New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 18, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1986 at Dodger Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 2 0
  Strawberry ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Mitchell rf 5 1 3 0
Hernandez 1b 5 2 2 0
Carter c 3 2 2 1
Foster lf 3 3 2 4
  Dykstra cf 1 0 0 0
Knight 3b 5 0 1 0
Teufel 2b 5 0 1 2
Santana ss 4 0 0 0
Berenyi p 1 0 0 0
  Niemann p 2 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 7
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Duncan ss 3 1 1 0
  Anderson ss 1 0 0 0
Sax 2b 3 1 1 0
Landreaux cf 4 0 1 1
Madlock 3b 3 0 1 1
Marshall rf 4 0 1 1
Scioscia c 4 0 1 0
Brock 1b 4 1 1 0
Stubbs lf 2 0 0 0
  Williams ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
Reuss p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 1 1 1
  Galvez p 1 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Cabell ph 1 0 1 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
New York 401 000 3008130
Los Angeles 004 000 000492
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Berenyi   2.2 5 4 4 1 1
  Niemann  W (1-2) 3.2 2 0 0 0 3
  McDowell   2.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  L (2-2) 3.0 7 5 5 0 1
  Galvez   3.1 4 3 2 4 0
  Vande Berg   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
7
4
3

  E–Anderson (2), Landreaux (5).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Hernandez (12,off Galvez); Carter (6,off Niedenfuer), Los Angeles Marshall (6,off Berenyi).  HR–New York Foster 2 (4,1st inning off Reuss 2 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Reuss 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Madlock (1,off Berenyi).  WP–Berenyi (3).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–3:02.  A–44,426.
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