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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 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 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 0 0
Backman 2b 5 2 2 0
Hernandez 1b 5 2 2 2
Strawberry rf 4 1 2 3
Heep lf 4 0 1 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell lf 0 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Hearn c 4 0 2 0
Santana ss 3 0 0 0
Ojeda p 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson lf 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 1 2 1
Duncan ss 5 1 3 1
Russell lf 4 0 1 2
Madlock 3b 4 0 0 0
Cabell 1b 4 0 2 0
  Marshall pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Scioscia c 3 0 0 0
Williams rf 2 0 1 0
  Brock ph 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez cf 4 1 1 0
Hershiser p 1 0 0 0
  Hamilton ph 1 1 1 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Matuszek ph 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
  Stubbs 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
New York 101 030 000590
Los Angeles 000 040 0004111
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  W (13-4) 5.0 7 4 4 3 2
  Sisk   1.2 3 0 0 2 0
  Orosco   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  McDowell  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
5
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  L (12-9) 5.0 7 5 5 1 4
  Pena   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Vande Berg   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Niedenfuer   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Howell   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
7

  E–Duncan (22).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Backman (15,off Hershiser), Los Angeles Cabell (9,off Ojeda); Duncan (7,off Ojeda).  HR–New York Hernandez (11,3rd inning off Hershiser 0 on, 0 out); Strawberry (17,5th inning off Hershiser 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Ojeda (4,off Hershiser); Santana (1,off Pena).  HBP–Madlock (4,by Sisk).  CS–Williams (3,2nd base by Sisk/Hearn); Madlock (3,2nd base by Sisk/Hearn).  HBP–Sisk (4,Madlock).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–3:23.  A–46,099.
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