New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1988 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 1 1 1
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 2 1 0
Carter c 1 0 0 1
Johnson 3b 2 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 4 0 1 1
Elster ss 3 0 0 0
Aguilera p 1 0 0 0
  Lyons ph 1 0 0 0
  Cone p 0 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 0 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 3 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 4 1 0 0
Thompson cf 4 1 1 0
Bradley lf 4 0 0 1
Schmidt 3b 4 3 2 0
Hayes 1b 3 3 3 1
Parrish c 3 1 3 5
James rf 4 0 1 1
Jeltz ss 2 0 1 1
Carman p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 11 9
New York 011 000 001330
Philadelphia 030 220 11x9111
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Aguilera  L (0-1) 4.0 8 5 5 0 2
  Cone   3.0 3 3 3 6 3
  Walter   1.0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
8
7
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carman  W (1-0) 9.0 3 3 2 4 5
Totals
9.0
3
3
2
4
5

  E–Thompson (1).  DP–New York 2, Philadelphia 1.  PB–Carter (1).  2B–New York Teufel (1,off Carman), Philadelphia Jeltz (1,off Aguilera); Hayes (2,off Cone); Parrish (1,off Cone).  HR–New York Dykstra (2,3rd inning off Carman 0 on, 0 out), Philadelphia Parrish (2,2nd inning off Aguilera 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Carter (1,off Carman); Bradley (1,off Walter).  IBB–Parrish (1,by Cone); Jeltz (1,by Cone).  BK–Walter (1).  IBB–Cone 2 (2,Parrish,Jeltz).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:35.  A–30,994.
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