Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
August 12, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1987 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, New York Mets 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 4 0 1 1
Foley 3b 4 0 1 1
Webster rf 3 0 0 0
Brooks ss 4 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 3 0 1 0
Winningham cf 4 0 0 0
Candaele 2b 4 0 0 0
Fitzgerald c 3 1 1 0
Sebra p 2 1 2 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 0 1 0
Backman 2b 4 1 0 1
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 0 0
Wilson lf 4 1 2 1
Magadan 3b 4 0 0 0
Lyons c 3 0 0 0
Santana ss 2 1 1 1
Darling p 2 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 3
Montreal 001 000 010262
New York 001 210 00x450
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sebra  L (6-13) 7.0 5 4 2 2 5
  McClure   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
4
2
2
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (9-7) 7.1 6 2 2 2 8
  McDowell  SV (17) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
8

  E–Winningham (5), Candaele (7).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Montreal Sebra (1,off Darling); Raines (25,off Darling), New York Santana (16,off Sebra).  SH–Darling (9,off Sebra).  SF–Santana (1,off Sebra).  SB–Backman 2 (10,2nd base off Sebra/Fitzgerald 2).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:21.  A–40,313.
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