New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 21, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1986 at Candlestick Park. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 7, San Francisco Giants 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf,lf 4 2 1 1
Backman 2b 5 1 3 2
Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 0
Carter c 5 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 2 2
Heep lf 3 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 5 0 1 0
Johnson ss 3 1 2 2
  Santana ss 1 0 0 0
Darling p 3 1 1 0
  Dykstra cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Gladden cf 4 2 1 1
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Brown 3b 3 0 1 1
Leonard lf 4 1 2 0
Davis rf 3 1 1 1
Melvin c 4 0 1 1
Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0
Uribe ss 2 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
Mason p 1 0 0 0
  Hensley p 0 0 0 0
  Woodard ph 1 0 0 0
  Laskey p 0 0 0 0
  Gulden ph 1 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Maldonado ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
New York 403 000 0007110
San Francisco 101 000 020460
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (5-0) 7.0 3 2 2 4 4
  McDowell   2.0 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
4
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Mason  L (2-4) 2.2 6 7 7 5 1
  Hensley   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Laskey   3.0 3 0 0 3 1
  Berenguer   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
8
7

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–New York Backman 2 (5,off Mason,off Hensley); Strawberry 2 (10,off Mason,off Berenguer); Johnson (7,off Mason), San Francisco C Davis (6,off McDowell); Melvin (5,off McDowell).  3B–San Francisco Brown (2,off Darling).  HR–San Francisco Gladden (2,3rd inning off Darling 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Heep (3,by Mason).  SB–Gladden (8,2nd base off Darling/Carter).  IBB–Mason (3,Heep).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–3:06.  A–18,618.
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