New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
August 30, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1987 at Candlestick Park. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, San Francisco Giants 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 1 2 0
Magadan 3b 3 1 1 1
  Santana pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 3 1 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0
Carter c 4 1 1 4
Johnson ss,3b 3 0 2 0
Backman 2b 4 0 1 0
Aguilera p 3 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thompson 2b 3 0 1 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Speier 2b 1 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 4 0 2 0
Aldrete lf 4 0 0 0
Maldonado rf 4 0 0 0
Davis cf 3 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 2 2 1
Brenly c 3 1 1 1
Uribe ss 4 0 1 1
Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Krukow p 2 0 1 0
  Milner cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
New York 500 000 000590
San Francisco 010 000 002390
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Aguilera  W (6-2) 8.2 9 3 3 1 4
  McDowell  SV (21) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (9-7) 0.1 5 5 5 1 0
  Krukow   6.1 3 0 0 2 4
  Lefferts   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Price   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–San Francisco Thompson (23,off Aguilera); Clark (21,off Aguilera); Milner (9,off Aguilera).  3B–New York Dykstra (3,off Reuschel).  HR–New York Carter (18,1st inning off Reuschel 3 on, 1 out), San Francisco Clark (27,9th inning off Aguilera 0 on, 1 out); Brenly (16,9th inning off Aguilera 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Aguilera (4,off Krukow).  HBP–Brenly (3,by Aguilera).  SB–Johnson (27,2nd base off Krukow/Brenly).  CS–Johnson (8,2nd base by Krukow/Brenly); Dykstra (7,2nd base by Krukow/Brenly).  HBP–Aguilera (1,Brenly).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:45.  A–36,362.
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