San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
August 22, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1987 at Shea Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 8, New York Mets 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Jefferson cf,lf 4 2 2 0
Gwynn rf 5 1 2 2
Martinez lf 3 0 0 0
  Mack cf 1 0 0 1
Kruk 1b 3 2 3 2
  Flannery pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Santiago c 5 0 1 0
Ready 2b,3b 4 2 2 2
Templeton ss 4 0 1 1
Salazar 3b,1b 3 0 0 0
Whitson p 0 1 0 0
  Davis p 2 0 0 0
  McCullers p 1 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 0 1 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Backman 2b 1 0 0 0
  Teufel ph,2b 3 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 2 0
McReynolds lf 3 1 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Carter c 4 1 1 3
Johnson ss 3 0 0 0
Magadan 3b 4 0 1 0
Fernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
San Diego 021 002 1028110
New York 000 000 300372
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Davis  W (8-6) 4.0 2 2 2 2 3
  McCullers   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Gossage  SV (11) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (10-7) 6.0 6 5 4 3 4
  Sisk   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Myers   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
3
6

  E–Teufel (10), Johnson (23).  DP–New York 1.  2B–San Diego Ready (21,off Fernandez), New York Dykstra (24,off M Davis).  3B–San Diego Jefferson (6,off Sisk); Gwynn (11,off Myers).  HR–San Diego Ready (4,2nd inning off Fernandez 1 on, 1 out); Kruk (17,6th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 1 out), New York Carter (17,7th inning off McCullers 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Kruk (3,off Fernandez); Mack (2,off Myers).  IBB–Salazar (2,by Fernandez).  SH–Fernandez (7,off M Davis).  CS–Kruk (5,2nd base by Fernandez/Carter); Santiago (9,2nd base by Fernandez/Carter); Johnson (6,2nd base by M Davis/Santiago).  SB–McReynolds (11,2nd base off Whitson/Santiago).  IBB–Fernandez (8,Salazar).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:50.  A–38,476.
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