New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
August 23, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 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 3, San Francisco Giants 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 1 0 0
Backman 2b 3 1 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 2
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Gibbons c 4 0 1 0
Santana ss 3 1 0 0
Ojeda p 2 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Gladden cf 4 0 3 0
Thompson 2b 3 0 1 1
Davis C. rf 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 1 0 0
Brown 3b 4 0 1 0
Maldonado lf 4 0 0 0
Brenly c 3 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Uribe ss 1 1 0 0
Downs p 1 0 0 0
  Davis M. p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Kutcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 1
New York 000 030 000372
San Francisco 000 100 010250
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  W (14-4) 8.0 5 2 1 3 9
  McDowell  SV (16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
3
9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Downs  L (0-4) 4.2 5 3 3 2 4
  Davis   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Williams   3.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Minton   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
7

  E–Backman (9), Wilson (3).  DP–New York 1, San Francisco 1.  SH–Ojeda (5,off Downs); Thompson (17,off Ojeda).  CS–Strawberry (11,2nd base by Williams/Brenly).  SB–Gladden (20,2nd base off Ojeda/Gibbons).  WP–Downs (1).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:46.  A–31,033.
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