New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
April 29, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1986 at Fulton County Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 10, Atlanta Braves 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 1
Backman 2b 6 3 4 1
Hernandez 1b 4 3 3 1
Strawberry rf 5 1 1 4
Carter c 4 0 0 1
Foster lf 4 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 1 2 0
Johnson ss 5 1 2 1
Darling p 1 0 0 0
  Berenyi p 0 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 14 9
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Washington rf 2 2 1 1
Ramirez ss 5 1 2 2
Murphy cf 1 0 0 0
  Moreno cf 3 0 0 0
Horner 1b 4 0 0 1
Harper lf 4 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 1 0 0
Virgil c 3 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 0
Mahler p 2 1 1 1
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Chambliss ph 1 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Sample lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 5
New York 110 023 21010141
Atlanta 102 200 000561
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   3.2 5 5 5 4 2
  Berenyi  W (1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Leach   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  McDowell  SV (1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
5
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler   4.2 8 4 4 4 3
  McMurtry  L (0-1) 1.1 2 3 3 1 1
  Ward   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Assenmacher   1.0 1 1 0 0 1
  Garber   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
10
9
6
7

  E–Johnson (3), Oberkfell (3).  DP–New York 2.  PB–Carter (1).  2B–New York Hernandez 2 (6,off Mahler,off Assenmacher); Knight (2,off Ward); Johnson (2,off Ward), Atlanta Ramirez (4,off Darling); Mahler (1,off Darling).  HR–New York Strawberry (2,6th inning off McMurtry 2 on, 2 out), Atlanta Washington (2,3rd inning off Darling 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Carter (3,off Mahler).  SB–Dykstra (6,2nd base off Ward/Virgil); Washington (1,2nd base off Darling/Carter).  CS–Harper (4,3rd base by Berenyi/Carter).  WP–Darling 2 (3).  BK–Assenmacher (1).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–3:10.  A–12,258.
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