New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
August 21, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 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 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 1
Chapman 2b 4 0 1 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 1 2 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 1 2
Martin 1b 3 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 1 2 0
Fitzgerald c 4 1 1 1
Lynch p 2 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0
  Gaff p 0 0 0 0
  Backman ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 3 2 1 0
Gwynn rf 5 1 3 2
Garvey 1b 4 0 2 1
Nettles 3b 5 2 3 2
McReynolds cf 3 0 2 0
Brown lf 2 0 1 0
  Salazar ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Flannery ss 1 1 1 1
  Ramirez ph,ss 1 1 1 0
Lollar p 2 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 2 0 1 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 15 6
New York 000 002 0024100
San Diego 012 001 12x7150
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  L (8-8) 5.0 8 4 4 2 1
  Gorman   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Gaff   2.0 6 3 3 2 2
Totals
8.0
15
7
7
5
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Lollar  W (10-10) 5.1 6 2 2 2 4
  Lefferts   3.1 4 2 2 0 2
  Gossage  SV (24) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 3, San Diego 1.  2B–New York Brooks (19,off Lollar); Santana (10,off Lefferts), San Diego Nettles (9,off Lynch); Brown (4,off Lynch).  3B–San Diego Wiggins (5,off Lynch).  HR–San Diego Flannery (2,3rd inning off Lynch 0 on, 0 out); Nettles (18,6th inning off Lynch 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Flannery (1,by Lynch).  IBB–Ramirez (1,by Gorman); McReynolds (7,by Gaff).  SB–Wilson (38,2nd base off Lollar/Kennedy).  CS–Brown (2,3rd base by Lynch/Fitzgerald).  WP–Gorman (2).  HBP–Lynch (4,Flannery).  IBB–Gorman (3,Ramirez); Gaff (8,McReynolds).  T–2:45.  A–20,998.
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