New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
May 24, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1986 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, San Diego Padres 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf,lf 5 0 1 0
Mitchell 3b 4 2 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 0
Carter c 4 1 2 2
Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 0 1 1
  Dykstra cf 0 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 4 1 1 0
Santana ss 4 0 2 2
Berenyi p 2 0 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Wynne cf 5 0 2 0
Templeton ss 5 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 3 0 2 0
Garvey 1b 5 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 1 1 0
McReynolds lf 5 2 3 3
Nettles 3b 4 1 2 1
  Royster ph 1 0 0 0
Flannery 2b 4 0 0 0
Thurmond p 1 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Kruk ph 1 0 1 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 0 0 0 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 0
  Dravecky pr 0 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Bochy ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 13 4
New York 000 410 0005112
San Diego 030 001 0004131
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Berenyi  W (2-0) 5.1 7 4 3 2 2
  Niemann   0.2 0 0 0 2 1
  McDowell   2.0 6 0 0 2 1
  Orosco  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
4
3
6
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Thurmond  L (2-4) 3.2 6 4 4 0 4
  Stoddard   1.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Walter   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  McCullers   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Lefferts   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
0
9

  E–Hernandez (4), Santana (3), Gwynn (1).  DP–New York 1, San Diego 1.  2B–New York Santana (3,off Thurmond), San Diego Kruk (3,off Berenyi).  HR–San Diego McReynolds 2 (9,2nd inning off Berenyi 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off Berenyi 0 on, 1 out); Nettles (7,2nd inning off Berenyi 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Foster (1,off Thurmond).  IBB–Kennedy (5,by McDowell).  SB–K Mitchell (2,2nd base off T Stoddard/Kennedy); Wilson (2,2nd base off McCullers/Kennedy).  IBB–McDowell (1,Kennedy).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:11.  A–36,679.
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