Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
August 12, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1988 at Shea Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, New York Mets 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 0 0 0
Raines lf 3 2 0 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 0 0
Brooks rf 5 1 2 1
  Rivera ss 0 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 4 1 0 1
Foley 2b 4 0 1 0
  Fitzgerald ph 0 0 0 1
  Martinez rf 0 0 0 0
Santovenia c 5 0 1 2
Hudler ss,2b 5 0 0 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 4 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 6 0 1 1
Backman 2b 3 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Teufel 2b 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 3 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Carter c 5 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 5 1 1 0
Elster ss 5 1 1 0
Cone p 3 0 2 0
  Wilson lf 2 0 1 0
Totals 42 2 7 1
Montreal 010 100 000 003542
New York 000 020 000 000270
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   7.0 5 2 1 1 4
  Burke   3.0 2 0 0 3 1
  McGaffigan  W (4-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
7
2
1
4
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone   8.0 3 2 2 1 12
  McDowell   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Myers  L (5-2) 2.0 1 3 3 3 1
Totals
12.0
4
5
5
4
13

  E–Wallach (12), Santovenia (4).  DP–Montreal 1.  HR–Montreal Brooks (15,2nd inning off Cone 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Fitzgerald (2,off Myers).  IBB–Wallach (4,by Myers); Hernandez (3,by Burke); Strawberry (18,by Burke).  SH–Backman (8,off Burke).  SB–Dykstra (25,2nd base off Burke/Santovenia).  IBB–Burke 2 (8,Hernandez,Strawberry); Myers (2,Wallach).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–4:01.  A–46,380.
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