Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
April 18, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1986 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 2, New York Mets 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Redus lf 4 0 1 0
Thompson cf 4 1 1 1
Hayes 1b 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 2 1
Wilson rf 3 0 0 0
Russell c 3 0 0 0
Aguayo 2b 2 0 0 0
  Lefebvre ph 1 0 0 0
  Legg 2b 0 0 0 0
Jeltz ss 3 0 1 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
  Carman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 1 1 0
Teufel 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 2 1 0
Carter c 3 2 1 0
Strawberry rf 1 0 1 1
Foster lf 3 0 1 2
Knight 3b 4 0 1 2
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Santana ss 2 0 0 0
Darling p 3 0 0 0
  Johnson 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Philadelphia 200 000 000251
New York 300 000 20x560
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  L (0-2) 6.2 5 5 5 8 10
  Tekulve   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Carman   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
8
12
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (1-0) 7.0 4 2 2 1 4
  Orosco  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
8

  E–Hayes (2).  DP–Philadelphia 1, New York 1.  PB–Russell (1).  HR–Philadelphia Thompson (1,1st inning off Darling 0 on, 1 out); Schmidt (2,1st inning off Darling 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Wilson (1,by Darling).  IBB–Santana (2,by Carlton).  SB–Redus (2,2nd base off Orosco/Carter).  CS–Strawberry (1,2nd base by Carlton/Russell).  WP–Carlton (1), Orosco (1).  HBP–Darling (1,Wilson).  IBB–Carlton (1,Santana).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:35.  A–26,906.
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