San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
August 21, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 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 3, New York Mets 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 1 0
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Leonard lf 4 0 0 0
  Gladden lf 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 1 1
Brown 3b 4 1 3 0
Brenly c 4 1 1 2
Uribe ss 4 0 2 0
LaPoint p 3 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph 1 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
Paciorek rf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Carter c 4 0 2 0
Strawberry cf 4 1 1 1
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Santana ss 3 0 0 0
Lynch p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 1 1 1
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
San Francisco 000 000 1023100
New York 000 010 010270
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint  W (6-11) 8.0 7 2 2 0 6
  Garrelts  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
0
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch   8.0 8 1 1 0 7
  McDowell  L (6-5) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
0
7

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  HR–San Francisco Driessen (8,7th inning off Lynch 0 on, 0 out); Brenly (17,9th inning off McDowell 1 on, 1 out), New York Strawberry (18,5th inning off LaPoint 0 on, 0 out); Johnson (8,8th inning off LaPoint 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Trillo (9,off Lynch).  CS–Brown (3,2nd base by Lynch/Carter).  SB–Strawberry (19,2nd base off LaPoint/Brenly).  T–2:12.  A–22,450.
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