San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
September 3, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1986 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 2, New York Mets 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Gladden cf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 4 0 1 0
Youngblood lf 3 1 0 0
Maldonado rf 4 1 1 0
Brenly 1b 3 0 1 1
Melvin c 2 0 0 1
Quinones 3b 2 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Davis M. p 0 0 0 0
  Davis C. ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
Mulholland p 1 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Kutcher 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 2 1 0 0
Wilson lf 3 1 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 0
Carter c 3 0 0 1
Mitchell rf 2 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 0 2 1
Teufel 2b 2 0 1 1
  Backman ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Santana ss 2 0 0 0
  Strawberry ph 1 0 0 0
  Elster ss 1 0 1 0
Ojeda p 2 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 6 3
San Francisco 000 000 200232
New York 201 010 00x460
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Mulholland  L (0-6) 3.0 3 3 2 5 1
  Berenguer   1.1 2 1 1 2 2
  Robinson   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Davis   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Williams   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
8
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  W (16-4) 9.0 3 2 2 1 7
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
1
7

  E–Thompson (13), Uribe (15).  2B–San Francisco Thompson (24,off Ojeda); Brenly (21,off Ojeda).  SF–Melvin (3,off Ojeda); Carter (14,off Mulholland).  SH–Ojeda (7,off Williams).  SB–Dykstra 2 (28,2nd base off Mulholland/Melvin,2nd base off Berenguer/Melvin).  CS–Hernandez (1,3rd base by Mulholland/Melvin).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–3:08.  A–25,851.
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