Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets
May 23, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1987 at Shea Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Mets 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 1 2 1
Shelby cf 5 0 1 0
Landreaux rf 4 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
Guerrero lf 3 2 2 3
Scioscia c 4 0 1 0
Stubbs 1b 2 0 0 0
Woodson 3b 4 1 0 0
Duncan ss 4 0 1 0
Welch p 3 0 0 0
  Williams rf 0 0 0 0
  Bryant ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 2 2 2
Backman 2b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Johnson 3b,ss 3 0 0 0
Santana ss 2 0 0 0
  Magadan ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Darling p 2 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Los Angeles 200 000 110470
New York 100 000 010262
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (5-2) 7.1 5 2 2 3 9
  Young  SV (3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
12
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  L (2-3) 8.0 6 4 3 4 5
  Leach   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
5
7

  E–Johnson (7), Darling (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Duncan (5,off Leach).  HR–Los Angeles Guerrero 2 (13,1st inning off Darling 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Darling 0 on, 1 out), New York Dykstra 2 (6,1st inning off Welch 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Welch 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Bryant (1,by Leach).  SB–Duncan (7,3rd base off Leach/Carter); Dykstra (8,2nd base off Welch/Scioscia); Johnson (8,2nd base off Welch/Scioscia).  CS–Stubbs (1,2nd base by Darling/Carter); Guerrero (1,2nd base by Darling/Carter).  IBB–Leach (3,Bryant).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–3:22.  A–38,606.
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