New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
August 20, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 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 1, San Diego Padres 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 1 1 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 2 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 1
Santana ss 3 0 1 0
Hodges c 3 0 0 0
Fernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 4 2 2 1
Gwynn rf 4 0 1 1
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
McReynolds cf 4 1 1 0
Martinez lf 2 0 0 1
Salazar 3b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0
Show p 3 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
New York 000 100 000–151
San Diego 100 110 00x–350
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (4-2) 6.0 5 3 2 2 3
  Gardner   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
5
3
2
3
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Show  W (13-7) 8.0 5 1 1 4 3
  Gossage  SV (23) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
4
  E–Hernandez (6).  DP–San Diego 3.  PB–Hodges (3).  3B–San Diego McReynolds (6,off Fernandez).  HR–San Diego Wiggins (3,5th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Martinez (9,off Fernandez).  SB–Wiggins (53,2nd base off Fernandez/Hodges).  T–2:27.  A–50,869.
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