New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
September 3, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 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."

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New York Mets 8, San Diego Padres 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 5 1 0 0
Paciorek rf 4 1 1 0
  Dykstra cf 1 0 1 1
Hernandez 1b 3 2 1 0
Carter c 4 3 3 6
Strawberry cf,rf 4 1 2 1
Foster lf 3 0 1 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Santana ss 3 0 1 0
Aguilera p 3 0 0 0
  Orosco p 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 8 11 8
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 1 2 1
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 1 2 1
Martinez lf 3 1 1 1
McReynolds cf 4 0 2 0
Flannery 2b 3 0 0 0
  Royster ph 0 0 0 0
Dravecky p 1 0 0 0
  DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
  Bumbry ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 1 0
  Booker p 0 0 0 0
  Bochy ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
New York 200 230 0018110
San Diego 000 010 110380
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Aguilera  W (7-5) 6.2 6 2 2 1 2
  Orosco   2.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Dravecky  L (11-9) 4.1 7 6 6 3 2
  DeLeon   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Lefferts   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Booker   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
4
4

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 3.  3B–New York Dykstra (3,off Booker), San Diego Garvey (5,off Aguilera).  HR–New York Carter 3 (23,1st inning off Dravecky 1 on, 2 out,4th inning off Dravecky 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off DeLeon 2 on, 1 out); Strawberry (22,4th inning off Dravecky 0 on, 0 out), San Diego Martinez (17,5th inning off Aguilera 0 on, 0 out); Kennedy (10,7th inning off Aguilera 0 on, 0 out); Garvey (17,8th inning off Orosco 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Strawberry (22,2nd base off DeLeon/Kennedy).  T–2:34.  A–14,960.
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