New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
July 7, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1985 at Fulton County Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 8, Atlanta Braves 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 1 0 0
Backman 2b 5 2 2 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 2
Carter c 4 0 1 2
Strawberry rf 3 1 1 1
Heep lf 3 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 1 3 2
  Chapman pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Johnson ss 4 0 0 0
  Santana ss 1 0 0 0
Darling p 3 1 1 0
  Sisk p 2 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 10 7
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Thompson rf 6 1 3 1
Zuvella ss 6 1 2 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 1
Harper lf 4 0 2 1
  Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ph 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 5 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 5 2 4 1
Hubbard 2b 4 1 0 0
Benedict c 5 0 4 1
Bedrosian p 2 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Perry ph 0 0 0 0
  Komminsk lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 43 5 16 5
New York 000 006 0208101
Atlanta 001 012 0015161
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (8-2) 5.0 10 4 3 2 5
  Sisk   3.2 6 1 1 2 3
  Orosco  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
5
4
4
8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Bedrosian   5.1 2 1 1 7 5
  Dedmon  L (4-1) 0.1 2 5 1 2 1
  Forster   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Shields   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Garber   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
8
4
11
10

  E–Johnson (6), Zuvella (3).  DP–New York 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–New York Knight (9,off Dedmon); Backman (5,off Shields); Hernandez (14,off Shields); Heep (11,off Garber), Atlanta Murphy (17,off Darling); Chambliss (7,off Sisk); Benedict (2,off Sisk).  3B–Atlanta Thompson (1,off Darling).  HR–Atlanta Chambliss (1,6th inning off Darling 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Dykstra 2 (6,2nd base off Bedrosian/Benedict 2); Strawberry (10,2nd base off Dedmon/Benedict); Darling (1,2nd base off Dedmon/Benedict); Chapman (5,2nd base off Garber/Benedict).  WP–Shields (3).  T–3:29.  A–26,757.
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