Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
October 5, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1985 at Shea Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 8, New York Mets 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 3 3 1
Law 2b 4 1 2 1
Dawson rf 5 1 3 4
Brooks ss 5 1 3 1
Wallach 3b 4 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 0 0
Webster cf 4 1 2 0
Butera c 3 0 0 1
Youmans p 1 0 0 0
  Shines ph 1 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 13 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 2 0
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
  Gardenhire 2b 1 0 1 1
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 0
Carter c 3 0 0 0
  Reynolds c 0 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 2 3 1
Heep lf 3 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 1
Santana ss 4 0 0 0
Darling p 0 0 0 0
  Hurdle ph 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Montreal 201 010 0048132
New York 000 100 011382
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Youmans  W (4-3) 6.0 5 1 1 4 3
  Reardon  SV (40) 3.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  L (16-6) 6.0 7 4 4 0 3
  Leach   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Gardner   1.0 5 4 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
4
0
4

  E–Law (12), Brooks (28), Carter (8), Johnson (18).  DP–Montreal 2.  2B–Montreal Raines (30,off Darling); Law (30,off Gardner); Dawson (27,off Gardner), New York Gardenhire (2,off Reardon).  HR–Montreal Dawson (23,1st inning off Darling 1 on, 1 out); Brooks (13,3rd inning off Darling 0 on, 2 out), New York Strawberry (29,8th inning off Reardon 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Law (8,off Darling); Youmans (3,off Darling); Reardon (2,off Gardner).  SF–Butera (1,off Gardner).  SB–Dawson 2 (13,2nd base off Darling/Carter,2nd base off Leach/Carter).  WP–Youmans (5).  T–2:46.  A–45,404.
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