San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
May 25, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1988 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 3, New York Mets 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 0 1 0
Thompson 2b 5 0 4 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 5 1 1 1
Leonard lf 4 0 1 0
Maldonado rf 4 1 2 0
Melvin c 3 0 0 0
Uribe ss 4 1 1 0
LaCoss p 2 0 1 2
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Aldrete ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Bockus p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 11 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 1 1 0
Backman 2b 4 1 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 0
Strawberry rf 3 2 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 2 2
Carter c 3 0 1 2
Johnson 3b 2 1 0 0
Elster ss 4 0 1 1
Darling p 3 0 1 0
  McDowell p 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 5
San Francisco 020 000 0103111
New York 300 003 00x690
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (3-4) 5.2 7 6 4 3 5
  Robinson   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Lefferts   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Bockus   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
6
4
3
10
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (5-3) 7.1 9 3 3 2 5
  McDowell   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Myers  SV (7) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
7

  E–Clark (4).  2B–San Francisco LaCoss (1,off Darling); Maldonado (7,off Darling), New York McReynolds (5,off Lefferts).  HR–San Francisco Mitchell (7,8th inning off Darling 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Carter (3,off LaCoss).  IBB–Strawberry (5,by LaCoss); Johnson (8,by LaCoss).  SB–Thompson (3,2nd base off Darling/Carter); Leonard (6,2nd base off Darling/Carter).  WP–LaCoss (3).  IBB–LaCoss 2 (2,Strawberry,Johnson).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:46.  A–22,118.
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