New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
August 25, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 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 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 2 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph,lf 3 0 2 1
Backman 2b 2 0 0 0
  Teufel ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 2 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0
Wilson lf,cf 5 0 1 1
Johnson 3b 5 1 2 1
Hearn c 3 1 0 0
Santana ss 3 1 2 0
Darling p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Knight ph 1 0 1 1
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Flannery 2b 4 1 3 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 2 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 1
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 2 1 1 0
Wynne cf 3 0 1 1
Templeton ss 4 0 1 0
Show p 0 0 0 0
  LaPoint p 2 0 0 0
  Kruk ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
New York 000 011 021581
San Diego 100 000 100292
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   6.2 7 2 2 2 2
  Orosco  W (5-5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Niemann   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  McDowell  SV (17) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Show   2.1 0 0 0 0 1
  LaPoint   4.2 5 2 2 6 2
  Lefferts  L (7-5) 2.0 3 3 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
3
7
5

  E–Backman (11), McReynolds (6), Templeton (18).  DP–New York 3.  2B–New York Santana (10,off LaPoint); K Mitchell (21,off LaPoint); Johnson (13,off Lefferts), San Diego Wynne (16,off Darling); Templeton (13,off Darling).  3B–New York Wilson (4,off Lefferts).  SH–Darling 2 (7,off LaPoint 2).  IBB–Santana (11,by Lefferts).  IBB–Lefferts (10,Santana).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:57.  A–18,605.
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