Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets
August 26, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1987 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 2, New York Mets 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 5 0 3 0
Landreaux lf 4 0 0 0
Guerrero 1b 3 2 2 0
Shelby cf 3 0 1 0
Stubbs rf 2 0 0 0
  Landrum ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hatcher 3b 4 0 0 1
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Holton p 0 0 0 0
Scioscia c 3 0 0 0
  Trevino ph,c 1 0 0 0
Hoffman ss 4 0 0 0
Welch p 2 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Leary p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Crews p 0 0 0 0
  Garner 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 2 0 0 0
  McReynolds ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Backman 2b 3 0 0 0
  Teufel ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 1
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0
Mazzilli lf 3 2 2 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Carter c 3 0 1 1
Johnson 3b 3 0 1 0
Santana ss 2 0 0 0
Darling p 2 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson lf,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 6 2
Los Angeles 000 001 010262
New York 010 011 00x361
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  L (11-8) 6.0 6 3 3 2 6
  Leary   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Honeycutt   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Crews   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Young   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Holton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
4
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (11-8) 7.1 6 2 1 3 8
  Myers   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  McDowell  SV (20) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
3
10

  E–Hatcher (10), Scioscia (9), Hernandez (6).  DP–Los Angeles 2.  PB–Trevino (2).  2B–Los Angeles Guerrero (18,off Darling).  HR–New York Hernandez (13,6th inning off Welch 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–McReynolds (4,by Honeycutt).  SB–Mazzilli (5,2nd base off Welch/Scioscia).  CS–Johnson (7,2nd base by Welch/Scioscia).  WP–Welch (4).  IBB–Honeycutt (4,McReynolds).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Larry Poncino.  T–2:56.  A–39,270.
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