New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 21, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1988 at Dodger Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 1 2 0
Backman 2b 5 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 1
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 1
Carter c 4 0 2 0
Johnson ss,3b 3 1 1 0
Wilson rf 4 1 1 0
Magadan 3b 3 0 1 0
  Elster pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Gooden p 4 0 1 2
Totals 36 4 11 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 3 0 0 0
Gibson lf 4 0 0 0
Guerrero 3b 4 0 1 0
Marshall 1b 3 0 1 0
Shelby cf 3 0 1 0
Scioscia c 3 0 0 0
Griffin ss 1 0 0 0
  Anderson ss 1 0 1 0
Belcher p 1 0 0 0
  Stubbs ph 1 0 0 0
  Holton p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
New York 020 020 0004110
Los Angeles 000 000 000041
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (8-0) 9.0 4 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  L (3-2) 5.0 7 4 4 1 5
  Holton   3.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Orosco   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
6

  E–Sax (4).  DP–New York 2, Los Angeles 2.  2B–New York Wilson (8,off Belcher); Dykstra (7,off Belcher), Los Angeles Shelby (3,off Gooden).  HBP–Johnson (1,by Holton); Griffin (1,by Gooden).  IBB–Magadan (1,by Belcher).  SB–Wilson (4,2nd base off Belcher/Scioscia); Davis (4,2nd base off Gooden/Carter); Griffin (3,2nd base off Gooden/Carter).  WP–Belcher 2 (2).  HBP–Gooden (4,Griffin); Holton (1,Johnson).  IBB–Belcher (2,Magadan).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:48.  A–47,017.
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