San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
May 18, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1985 at Shea Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 8, New York Mets 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Gladden cf 4 1 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0
  Rajsich ph 1 0 1 2
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Leonard lf 5 1 1 1
Davis C. rf 3 2 3 2
Brown 3b 5 1 1 2
Thompson 1b 5 0 3 0
Trevino c 4 1 1 0
Uribe ss 4 2 1 0
Laskey p 2 0 0 1
  Davis M. p 0 0 0 0
  Kuiper ph 0 0 0 0
  Wellman 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 3 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 0 0
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 2
Heep rf 3 0 0 0
  Christensen ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 0 1 0
Lynch p 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 1 0
  Blocker pr 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 4 2
San Francisco 001 000 100 68111
New York 000 200 000 0241
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Laskey   7.1 4 2 1 1 4
  Davis  W (2-1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Minton   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
4
2
1
1
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch   8.0 5 2 2 1 5
  Gardner  L (0-1) 2.0 6 6 6 4 1
Totals
10.0
11
8
8
5
6

  E–Trillo (4), Wilson (4).  DP–New York 1.  2B–San Francisco Thompson (1,off Lynch); C Davis (8,off Gardner).  3B–San Francisco Uribe (1,off Lynch).  HR–San Francisco C Davis (5,7th inning off Lynch 0 on, 0 out); Brown (2,10th inning off Gardner 1 on, 2 out), New York Foster (5,4th inning off Laskey 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Laskey (2,off Lynch); Uribe (2,off Gardner); Kuiper (1,off Gardner); Backman (2,off Laskey).  IBB–C Davis (7,by Gardner); Gladden (1,by Gardner).  CS–C Davis (4,2nd base by Lynch/Carter).  SB–Wilson (12,2nd base off Laskey/Trevino); Santana (1,2nd base off Laskey/Trevino).  WP–Gardner (1).  IBB–Gardner 2 (2,C Davis,Gladden).  T–2:49.  A–32,646.
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