New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
August 22, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 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 5, San Francisco Giants 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 2
Teufel 2b 4 0 2 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 2 1 1 0
Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 2 1
Knight 3b 4 1 2 1
Hearn c 5 0 0 0
Santana ss 3 2 1 0
Gooden p 2 0 0 0
  Backman 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Gladden cf 5 0 1 0
Thompson 2b 3 1 1 0
Davis rf 5 0 3 0
Clark 1b 4 0 2 1
Brown 3b 5 0 0 1
Maldonado lf 3 0 0 0
Brenly c 4 1 2 0
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
Blue p 2 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Aldrete ph 1 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 3 10 2
New York 000 311 000590
San Francisco 001 001 0013101
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (13-4) 8.2 10 3 3 4 7
  McDowell  SV (15) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
4
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (9-8) 4.2 8 4 4 4 2
  Minton   1.1 0 1 0 2 0
  Berenguer   3.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
8
4

  E–Uribe (14).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–New York Teufel (14,off Berenguer), San Francisco Brenly (19,off Gooden); Clark (15,off Gooden).  HR–New York Strawberry (18,4th inning off Blue 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gooden 2 (10,off Blue,off Minton); Clark (6,off Gooden).  HBP–Santana (2,by Minton).  IBB–Hernandez 2 (8,by Minton,by Berenguer).  CS–Wilson (5,2nd base by Blue/Brenly).  SB–Gladden (19,2nd base off Gooden/Hearn).  WP–Gooden (4).  BK–Gooden (3).  HBP–Minton (1,Santana).  IBB–Minton (15,Hernandez); Berenguer (1,Hernandez).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–3:18.  A–30,679.
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