San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
May 17, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 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."

"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 4, New York Mets 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Speier 3b 4 0 0 1
Clark 1b 3 0 0 0
Leonard lf 4 1 1 0
Maldonado rf 4 1 3 1
Davis C. cf 4 0 1 1
Melvin c 3 0 0 0
Williams ss 3 0 1 0
  Aldrete ph 1 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 3 1 2 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 1 1 0
Hammaker p 2 0 1 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Davis M. p 0 0 0 0
  Woodard ph,2b 2 0 1 1
Totals 34 4 11 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 4 1 3 0
Hernandez 1b 5 1 2 1
McReynolds lf 5 1 1 0
Carter rf 4 1 3 2
  Strawberry rf 0 0 0 0
Lyons c 3 1 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 2 3
Santana ss 4 0 3 0
Cone p 4 0 0 0
  Dykstra cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 14 6
San Francisco 001 000 0214110
New York 000 060 00x6141
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hammaker  L (1-1) 4.2 8 3 3 0 6
  Minton   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Davis   1.1 2 1 1 1 2
  Gott   2.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
14
6
6
2
11
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (2-2) 8.0 9 3 2 2 6
  McDowell  SV (2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
2
6

  E–Cone (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–San Francisco C Davis (7,off Cone); Thompson (3,off Cone); Leonard (14,off Cone); Spilman (2,off McDowell), New York Teufel (7,off Hammaker); Carter (4,off Minton).  3B–San Francisco Maldonado (2,off Cone).  HR–New York Johnson (7,5th inning off M Davis 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Speier (1,off Cone).  CS–Maldonado (3,2nd base by Cone/Lyons); C Davis (4,Home by Cone/Lyons).  SB–Teufel (2,2nd base off Hammaker/Melvin).  BK–Hammaker 2 (2).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–3:00.  A–46,744.
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