New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
August 27, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 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 6, San Diego Padres 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 2 2 0
Backman 2b 5 1 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 2 2 1
Strawberry rf 4 1 2 4
Heep lf 4 0 0 0
  Wilson lf 1 0 0 0
Knight 3b 5 0 0 1
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
Gibbons c 5 0 2 0
Santana ss 5 0 2 0
Gooden p 2 0 1 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 13 6
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Flannery 2b,3b 6 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 5 1 3 0
Kruk lf 4 2 2 0
McReynolds cf 4 1 0 0
Garvey 1b 5 1 1 2
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bochy ph,c 2 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 1 1
  Roberts pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Templeton ss 5 0 3 1
Whitson p 1 0 1 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Royster ph 1 0 1 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
  Wynne ph 1 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Lefferts ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 5 13 4
New York 302 000 000 016131
San Diego 000 001 040 005132
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   7.0 7 1 1 1 7
  McDowell   0.0 2 4 3 1 0
  Orosco   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Sisk  W (3-2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
13
5
4
2
10
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson   5.0 6 5 4 3 4
  Hawkins   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  McCullers   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gossage  L (5-7) 3.0 4 1 1 0 3
Totals
11.0
13
6
5
4
9

  E–Backman (12), Templeton (19), Whitson (1).  DP–New York 1, San Diego 1.  2B–New York Hernandez (29,off Gossage), San Diego Templeton 2 (15,off Gooden,off Sisk); Kruk (15,off Gooden); Garvey (19,off Gooden).  HR–New York Strawberry (19,3rd inning off Whitson 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Gooden (11,off Whitson); Backman (11,off Hawkins).  SF–Hernandez (3,off Gossage).  IBB–Strawberry (9,by Hawkins).  SB–Strawberry (26,2nd base off Whitson/Kennedy); Gwynn 2 (24,2nd base off Gooden/Gibbons,3rd base off Gooden/Gibbons).  IBB–Hawkins (6,Strawberry).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–3:07.  A–19,747.
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