New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
May 18, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, San Diego Padres 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 1 1 0
Backman 2b 5 1 0 0
Hernandez 1b 5 1 3 3
Strawberry rf 5 1 4 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 0
Carter c 3 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 1 2
Elster ss 4 0 0 0
Ojeda p 4 0 2 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0
Thon ss 2 2 1 0
Kruk 1b 3 0 0 1
Santiago c 4 0 0 0
Ready 3b 4 0 0 0
Moreland lf 3 0 1 0
Abner rf 3 0 0 0
Mack cf 2 0 0 0
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Sierra p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Comstock p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 2 1
New York 001 000 4005122
San Diego 000 001 001222
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  W (4-2) 8.1 2 2 1 3 5
  McDowell   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
2
2
1
3
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (3-5) 6.2 9 5 4 2 2
  Sierra   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Comstock   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
3
2

  E–Backman 2 (2), Thon (1), Santiago (3).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–New York Hernandez (10,off Jones); McReynolds (4,off Jones); Strawberry (6,off Jones); Johnson (6,off Sierra).  3B–San Diego Thon (1,off Ojeda).  HR–New York Hernandez (5,7th inning off Jones 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Johnson (5,by Jones).  SF–Kruk (1,off Ojeda).  SB–Strawberry 2 (9,2nd base off Jones/Santiago,2nd base off Comstock/Santiago); Thon (2,2nd base off Ojeda/Carter).  CS–Kruk (1,2nd base by Ojeda/Carter).  IBB–Jones (3,Johnson).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:55.  A–17,163.
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