New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 15, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1988 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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 1, San Francisco Giants 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 1
Wilson lf 4 0 2 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0
Mazzilli 1b 4 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 1 0
Teufel 2b 3 1 1 0
Elster ss 2 0 0 0
Fernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
  Carreon ph 1 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 1 0
Thompson 2b 4 1 3 2
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Mitchell 3b 4 1 2 3
Leonard lf 4 0 1 0
Maldonado rf 4 0 0 0
Melvin c 3 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
LaCoss p 2 0 1 0
  Aldrete ph 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 1 1 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
New York 001 000 000161
San Francisco 201 001 10x5100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (1-3) 5.1 6 4 4 0 7
  Leach   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Walter   0.2 2 1 1 0 2
  Innis   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
0
10
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  W (2-3) 7.0 5 1 1 1 7
  Lefferts   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
8

  E–Mazzilli (1).  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Carter (5).  2B–New York Wilson (7,off Lefferts), San Francisco Clark (9,off Fernandez); Thompson (7,off Fernandez).  3B–San Francisco Thompson (3,off Walter).  HR–San Francisco Mitchell (6,1st inning off Fernandez 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Elster (2,off LaCoss).  BK–Fernandez (5).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:45.  A–43,484.
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