New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
May 18, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1984 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, San Diego Padres 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 1 1 0
Oquendo ss 1 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 1 1 0
  Gardenhire ss 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 1
Foster lf 3 1 1 2
Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0
Wilson cf 2 1 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0
Fitzgerald c 3 0 1 0
Gooden p 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 0 0 0
  Gaff p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 1 1
  Chapman pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 4 1 2 0
Gwynn rf 4 1 1 0
Brown cf 4 1 1 1
Garvey 1b 4 0 1 1
Kennedy c 3 2 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
Martinez lf 2 0 0 1
Templeton ss 2 0 1 2
Whitson p 2 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
New York 000 003 001461
San Diego 000 310 01x570
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  L (3-3) 4.2 5 4 4 3 8
  Gorman   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Gaff   2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
5
9
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  W (3-3) 5.2 5 3 3 4 5
  Lefferts   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Gossage  SV (10) 2.1 1 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
6
9

  E–Gardenhire (4).  DP–San Diego 2.  2B–New York Heep (2,off Whitson), San Diego Brown (2,off Gooden); Kennedy (6,off Gaff).  3B–San Diego Gwynn (3,off Gooden).  HR–New York Foster (7,6th inning off Whitson 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Gooden (1,off Whitson).  SF–Hernandez (4,off Whitson); Martinez (2,off Gaff).  IBB–Nettles (2,by Gaff); Templeton (5,by Gaff).  SB–Wilson (10,2nd base off Gossage/Kennedy); Templeton (4,2nd base off Gooden/Fitzgerald); Wiggins (25,2nd base off Gooden/Fitzgerald).  WP–Gaff (1).  IBB–Gaff 2 (3,Nettles,Templeton).  T–2:42.  A–17,319.
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