New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
April 30, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 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 8, Atlanta Braves 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 2 3 1
Backman 2b 3 2 0 1
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 5 2 5 3
Carter c,lf 5 1 1 2
Heep lf 4 0 2 0
  Lyons c 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson ss 3 1 1 0
Gooden p 4 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 13 8
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 3 0 0 0
Sample lf 4 0 0 0
Washington rf 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 0 1 0
Thomas ss 4 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 2 0 1 0
Johnson p 1 0 1 0
  Murphy ph 1 1 1 1
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
  Virgil ph 1 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
New York 202 022 0008130
Atlanta 000 010 000161
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (4-0) 8.0 6 1 1 2 5
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (3-1) 5.0 10 6 5 1 1
  Dedmon   2.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Garber   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
7
2
3

  E–Hubbard (3).  DP–New York 1, Atlanta 2.  2B–New York Strawberry (6,off Johnson); Heep (1,off Johnson).  3B–New York Dykstra (1,off Dedmon).  HR–New York Carter (3,3rd inning off Johnson 1 on, 1 out); Strawberry (3,5th inning off Johnson 1 on, 1 out), Atlanta Murphy (5,5th inning off Gooden 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Backman (1,off Dedmon).  SB–Dykstra 2 (8,2nd base off Johnson/Simmons,3rd base off Johnson/Simmons); Johnson (2,2nd base off Dedmon/Simmons); Strawberry (1,2nd base off Dedmon/Simmons).  BK–Gooden (1).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:25.  A–23,361.
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