San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
May 15, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1987 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."

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San Francisco Giants 3, New York Mets 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Wasinger 2b,3b 3 0 1 1
Davis cf 4 1 0 0
Leonard lf 3 0 1 0
Maldonado rf 3 1 0 0
Youngblood 3b 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Aldrete ph,1b 2 0 1 1
Melvin 1b,c 4 0 1 1
Brenly c 2 0 0 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
Williams ss 3 1 1 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Krukow p 1 0 0 0
  Woodard 2b 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 2 2 2
Backman 2b 4 0 1 1
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 2 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 2 2
Johnson 3b 3 2 1 1
Lyons c 4 0 0 0
Santana ss 3 1 2 1
Fernandez p 2 1 1 1
  Sisk p 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 11 8
San Francisco 000 002 100350
New York 301 300 01x8110
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  L (1-4) 3.2 9 7 7 2 4
  Minton   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Gott   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  LaCoss   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
2
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (5-2) 5.0 0 0 0 4 7
  Sisk   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  McDowell  SV (1) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
5
9

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 2, New York 1.  2B–San Francisco Melvin (6,off Sisk), New York Dykstra (7,off Krukow).  3B–New York Fernandez (1,off Krukow).  HR–New York Strawberry (9,1st inning off Krukow 1 on, 2 out); Dykstra (3,3rd inning off Krukow 0 on, 0 out); Johnson (6,8th inning off LaCoss 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Leonard (1,by Sisk).  SB–Wasinger (1,2nd base off Fernandez/Lyons); Dykstra (5,2nd base off Krukow/Brenly); Johnson (6,2nd base off Krukow/Brenly).  CS–Backman (1,2nd base by Krukow/Brenly); Strawberry (3,2nd base by Krukow/Brenly).  BK–Krukow (2).  HBP–Sisk (2,Leonard).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–3:02.  A–35,502.
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