New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
May 29, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1987 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, San Diego Padres 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 2 0
Teufel 2b 3 0 0 1
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Magadan 3b 1 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 5 1 1 1
McReynolds lf 5 0 2 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1
Carter c 3 1 1 1
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
  McDowell p 1 0 0 0
Santana ss 3 1 1 1
Darling p 1 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Backman ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Jefferson lf 3 1 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Cora 2b 5 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 4 1 1 1
Mitchell 3b 5 0 0 0
Kruk 1b 4 2 3 2
Santiago c 4 0 2 0
Mack cf 4 0 1 1
Templeton ss 3 0 2 0
Dravecky p 1 0 0 0
  Wynne ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Ready ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
  Steels ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
New York 100 201 100590
San Diego 000 130 0004100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   4.2 6 4 4 3 2
  Innis   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Leach  W (3-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Myers   0.2 0 0 0 1 2
  McDowell  SV (4) 2.1 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Dravecky   4.0 4 3 3 3 4
  Davis   2.0 2 1 1 2 0
  Lefferts  L (0-2) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  McCullers   1.2 1 0 0 2 2
  Gossage   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
7
8

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  PB–Santiago (9).  2B–New York Wilson (8,off Dravecky); McReynolds (8,off S Davis), San Diego Mack (2,off Darling); Gwynn (12,off Darling); Templeton (6,off Leach).  3B–New York Wilson (4,off Dravecky).  HR–New York Strawberry (14,4th inning off Dravecky 0 on, 0 out); Carter (5,4th inning off Dravecky 0 on, 0 out); Santana (2,6th inning off S Davis 0 on, 0 out); Hernandez (5,7th inning off Lefferts 0 on, 0 out), San Diego Kruk (5,5th inning off Darling 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Teufel (1,off Dravecky).  IBB–Strawberry (6,by S Davis); Johnson (2,by McCullers).  HBP–Templeton (1,by Darling); Santiago (2,by Darling).  SB–Wilson (8,2nd base off McCullers/Santiago); Jefferson 2 (10,2nd base off Darling/Carter 2); Santiago (5,2nd base off Innis/Carter).  WP–S Davis (5).  HBP–Darling 2 (2,Templeton,Santiago).  IBB–S Davis (3,Strawberry); McCullers (4,Johnson).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–3:23.  A–19,330.
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