New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 17, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1986 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets 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 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 1 1 0
  Wilson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Backman 2b 4 0 2 0
Hernandez 1b 5 0 3 1
Strawberry rf 5 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 0 3 0
Johnson ss 4 0 0 1
Hearn c 3 0 2 0
Fernandez p 2 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 13 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Duncan ss 4 1 1 0
Sax 2b 4 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 1 2 1
  Anderson pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Marshall rf 4 2 2 1
Cedeno lf 2 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
  Cabell ph 0 0 0 0
  Landreaux ph,cf 1 1 1 1
Trevino c 3 0 1 2
  Scioscia ph,c 1 0 1 0
Brock 1b 1 0 0 0
Williams cf 2 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Welch p 2 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Russell lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 8 5
New York 001 001 0002130
Los Angeles 000 200 04x680
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (4-1) 7.1 6 5 5 4 6
  McDowell   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
4
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Welch   5.1 10 2 2 2 3
  Vande Berg   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Niedenfuer  W (2-2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Howell   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
13
2
2
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 2.  2B–New York Hearn (1,off Welch); Knight (8,off Welch), Los Angeles Marshall (5,off Fernandez).  SH–Backman (3,off Welch); Williams (2,off Fernandez).  SB–Dykstra (12,2nd base off Welch/Trevino); Strawberry (5,2nd base off Niedenfuer/Trevino); Brock (1,2nd base off Fernandez/Hearn).  CS–Backman (4,2nd base by Vande Berg/Trevino); Knight (1,2nd base by Niedenfuer/Trevino); Brock (4,3rd base by Fernandez/Hearn).  BK–McDowell (1).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:57.  A–39,429.
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