Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
August 14, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1988 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Montreal Expos 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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Montreal Expos 2, New York Mets 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hudler 2b 4 0 0 0
Raines lf 4 1 1 1
Galarraga 1b 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 2 0
Santovenia c 4 0 0 0
Jones rf 3 1 1 1
  Brooks ph 1 0 0 0
Nixon cf 2 0 0 0
Rivera ss 2 0 0 0
Martinez p 2 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
  Fitzgerald ph 1 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Magadan 3b 3 0 3 0
  Elster pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 0 1
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 1
Johnson ss,3b 3 1 1 1
Teufel 2b 4 1 2 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Sasser c 4 0 0 0
Fernandez p 3 0 1 0
  Backman 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 3
Montreal 100 100 000243
New York 120 010 00x4101
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (14-8) 5.0 8 4 2 1 1
  Parrett   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  McGaffigan   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
2
1
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (7-10) 8.1 4 2 2 2 11
  McDowell  SV (13) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
11

  E–Hudler (6), Wallach (14), Dennis Martinez (6), Johnson (12).  DP–Montreal 2.  HR–Montreal Raines (11,1st inning off Fernandez 0 on, 1 out); Jones (2,4th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 2 out), New York Johnson (22,2nd inning off Dennis Martinez 0 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–3:02.  A–44,311.
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