New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 28, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1987 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Almon 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 1
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Carter c 4 1 1 1
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0
Mazzilli rf,1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 1 0 0
Santana ss 3 1 1 2
Darling p 3 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Strawberry rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 2 2 2 1
Thompson cf 2 0 0 0
  Schu ph,1b 2 0 1 1
Hayes 1b,cf 5 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 2 1
Wilson rf 4 0 1 1
James lf 4 0 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Dowell ss 2 0 0 0
  Hughes ph 1 0 0 0
  Aguayo ss 1 0 0 0
Carman p 2 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph,lf 2 2 2 0
Totals 35 5 9 4
New York 000 200 200460
Philadelphia 000 000 032590
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   7.0 2 2 2 5 8
  Orosco   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  McDowell  L (4-3) 1.0 6 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.2
9
5
5
5
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carman   7.0 5 4 4 1 4
  Tekulve   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bair  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
6

  E–None.  PB–Carter (2).  2B–New York McReynolds (17,off Carman).  3B–Philadelphia G Gross (1,off Darling).  HR–New York Hernandez (9,4th inning off Carman 0 on, 0 out); Carter (9,4th inning off Carman 0 on, 0 out); Santana (4,7th inning off Carman 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Samuel (16,2nd base off Darling/Carter).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:48.  A–52,206.
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