New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 6, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1985 at Dodger Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 6 1 1 0
Paciorek rf 5 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Dykstra cf 0 0 0 0
Strawberry cf,rf 6 0 1 2
Carter 1b,c 4 0 2 0
Foster lf 5 0 2 0
Knight 3b 5 0 1 0
Reynolds c 3 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 0 2 0
Gooden p 3 0 2 0
  Hernandez ph,1b 2 1 0 0
Totals 46 2 11 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Duncan ss 6 0 1 0
Landreaux cf 5 0 0 0
  Maldonado ph 1 0 0 0
Marshall rf 6 0 1 0
Guerrero lf 5 0 2 0
Madlock 3b 6 0 4 0
Scioscia c 3 0 1 0
  Williams pr 0 0 0 0
  Yeager c 1 0 0 0
Brock 1b 3 0 1 0
  Cabell ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Sax 2b 3 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Bailor 2b 1 0 0 0
Valenzuela p 3 0 0 0
  Matuszek ph 1 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
  Russell ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 0 10 0
New York 000 000 000 000 22111
Los Angeles 000 000 000 000 00100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   9.0 5 0 0 0 10
  McDowell   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Leach   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Orosco  W (5-4) 1.2 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
13.0
10
0
0
3
13
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela   11.0 6 0 0 3 5
  Niedenfuer  L (6-5) 2.0 5 2 2 1 0
Totals
13.0
11
2
2
4
5

  E–Knight (5).  DP–New York 3, Los Angeles 3.  2B–New York Strawberry (10,off Niedenfuer), Los Angeles Guerrero (21,off Gooden).  IBB–Carter (12,by Niedenfuer); Brock (4,by McDowell).  SH–Yeager (1,off McDowell).  SB–Madlock (6,2nd base off Gooden/Reynolds); Duncan (23,2nd base off McDowell/Carter).  CS–Marshall (7,2nd base by Gooden/Reynolds).  IBB–McDowell (8,Brock); Niedenfuer (3,Carter).  T–3:47.  A–51,868.
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