New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
September 2, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1985 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 12, San Diego Padres 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 1 1 0
Paciorek rf 5 2 2 0
Hernandez 1b 5 4 5 3
Carter c 5 2 3 1
Strawberry cf 5 1 2 3
Foster lf 3 1 1 1
Knight 3b 5 1 3 4
Santana ss 5 0 0 0
Fernandez p 4 0 1 0
Totals 41 12 18 12
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 4 1 1 1
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 3 0 0 0
Martinez lf 2 2 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 2 1
McReynolds cf 4 0 1 1
Kennedy c 4 0 1 0
Royster 2b 3 0 0 0
Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
  DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
  Dilone ph 0 0 0 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 5 3
New York 420 000 42012180
San Diego 100 000 201450
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (6-8) 9.0 5 4 4 4 6
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
4
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Thurmond  L (6-8) 0.1 4 4 4 1 0
  DeLeon   2.2 5 2 2 0 2
  Walter   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Patterson   2.0 7 6 6 0 0
  Gossage   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
18
12
12
3
3

  E–None.  DP–New York 2, San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Nettles 2 (19,off Fernandez 2).  3B–New York Strawberry (4,off Thurmond).  HR–New York Knight (6,7th inning off Patterson 2 on, 2 out); Hernandez (10,8th inning off Patterson 1 on, 2 out), San Diego Gwynn (5,1st inning off Fernandez 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Backman 2 (24,2nd base off DeLeon/Kennedy,2nd base off Walter/Kennedy).  CS–Backman (8,3rd base by Walter/Kennedy).  WP–Fernandez (2).  T–2:43.  A–26,306.
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