New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
September 4, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 9, San Diego Padres 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 1 0 0
Backman 2b 4 1 1 1
Strawberry rf 2 1 0 0
Carter c 4 3 3 3
Heep lf 5 1 2 2
Paciorek 1b 5 0 1 1
Johnson 3b 5 1 1 1
Santana ss 4 1 2 0
Darling p 1 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 10 8
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 1 2 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 2 1
Garvey 1b 4 1 1 0
Nettles 3b 2 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 1
Martinez lf 3 0 1 0
McReynolds cf 4 0 0 0
Flannery 2b 4 0 0 0
Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Booker p 0 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Bumbry ph 1 0 0 0
  Wojna p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Dilone ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
New York 011 210 1039100
San Diego 001 000 010270
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (14-5) 8.0 7 2 2 3 4
  McDowell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (2-3) 4.1 5 5 5 2 3
  Booker   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lefferts   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Wojna   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Stoddard   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Patterson   1.0 2 3 3 3 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
5
8

  E–None.  2B–San Diego Templeton (24,off Darling).  3B–New York Johnson (3,off Jackson).  HR–New York Carter 2 (25,2nd inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Wojna 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Darling 2 (10,off Jackson,off Wojna).  HBP–Strawberry (1,by Jackson).  SB–Backman (25,2nd base off Jackson/Kennedy).  BK–Jackson (1), Patterson (1).  HBP–Jackson (1,Strawberry).  T–2:56.  A–15,676.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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