San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
May 24, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1988 at Shea Stadium. 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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San Francisco Giants 4, New York Mets 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 1 0
Thompson 2b 4 1 1 1
Clark 1b 4 2 2 2
Mitchell 3b 3 0 2 1
Leonard lf 4 0 1 0
Maldonado rf 4 0 0 0
Brenly c 3 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
Krukow p 2 0 0 0
  Hammaker p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Backman 2b 3 0 1 1
  Miller ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 2 1
Elster ss 3 1 2 0
Ojeda p 2 0 0 0
  Lyons ph 1 0 0 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
San Francisco 000 301 000470
New York 001 010 000270
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  W (4-2) 5.0 5 2 2 0 2
  Hammaker  SV (5) 4.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  L (4-3) 7.0 6 4 4 0 3
  Walter   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Innis   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
0
6

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  3B–San Francisco Butler (4,off Ojeda); Clark (2,off Ojeda).  HR–San Francisco Clark (11,4th inning off Ojeda 1 on, 0 out), New York Johnson (7,5th inning off Krukow 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Mitchell (4,off Ojeda).  CS–Mitchell (4,2nd base by Ojeda/Carter).  SB–Dykstra (7,2nd base off Krukow/Brenly); Strawberry (10,2nd base off Hammaker/Brenly).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:34.  A–36,816.
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