New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 25, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1987 at Candlestick Park. 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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New York Mets 8, San Francisco Giants 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 2 2
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Backman 2b 5 2 3 1
Hernandez 1b 4 1 3 1
McReynolds lf 5 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 2 1 0 0
Carter c 5 0 0 0
Magadan 3b 3 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 2 3 2
Mitchell p 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 1 0 0 0
  Dykstra ph,cf 2 1 2 0
Totals 37 8 13 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Uribe ss 4 1 0 0
Aldrete cf,1b 4 1 0 0
Leonard lf 5 2 3 0
Maldonado rf 5 1 2 2
Clark 1b 4 1 3 0
  Davis M. p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
Brenly c 3 1 2 3
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman 1b,3b 2 0 2 0
  Wasinger pr 0 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 5 0 2 2
Williams 3b 3 0 1 0
  Davis C. ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Krukow p 0 0 0 0
  Grant p 1 0 0 0
  Melvin c 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 15 7
New York 400 012 0108130
San Francisco 202 000 0037151
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell   2.2 7 4 4 1 2
  Leach  W (2-0) 2.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Sisk   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  McDowell   1.2 5 3 3 1 2
  Orosco  SV (8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
2
9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow   0.2 4 4 4 2 0
  Grant  L (1-1) 4.2 4 3 3 2 3
  Minton   2.1 5 1 1 1 1
  Davis   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
5
5

  E–Maldonado (3).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–New York Santana (3,off Krukow); Dykstra (9,off Grant), San Francisco Brenly (5,off Mitchell); Thompson (5,off Mitchell); Spilman (3,off McDowell); Leonard (18,off McDowell); Maldonado (15,off McDowell).  3B–New York Wilson (3,off Minton).  IBB–Strawberry (5,by Krukow).  SH–Grant (3,off Mitchell).  SB–Brenly (1,2nd base off Mitchell/Carter).  WP–Mitchell (2).  IBB–Krukow (5,Strawberry).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–3:24.  A–42,266.
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