Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets
September 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1988 at Shea 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 0, New York Mets 8

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 0 0 0
  Brennan p 0 0 0 0
Scioscia c 3 0 1 0
  Reyes c 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
Gibson lf 3 0 1 0
  Sharperson 2b 1 0 1 0
Davis rf 4 0 0 0
Shelby cf 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez cf 0 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
Stubbs 1b 2 0 0 0
Woodson 3b 3 0 1 0
Griffin ss 3 0 1 0
Leary p 2 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Gwynn ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf,rf 5 1 2 2
Jefferies 2b 5 2 3 1
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 1
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0
  Dykstra cf 0 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Carter c 3 1 1 0
Elster ss 3 3 2 3
Darling p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 10 7
Los Angeles 000 000 000052
New York 002 020 40x8100
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Leary  L (15-9) 6.1 7 6 6 2 7
  Horton   0.2 2 2 0 0 1
  Brennan   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
6
3
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (14-9) 9.0 5 0 0 1 8
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
8

  E–Gibson (12), Davis (4).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Los Angeles Scioscia (16,off Darling); Gibson (28,off Darling), New York Jefferies (3,off Leary).  HR–New York Elster 2 (9,3rd inning off Leary 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Leary 1 on, 0 out); Jefferies (2,3rd inning off Leary 0 on, 2 out); Wilson (5,7th inning off Leary 1 on, 1 out).  WP–Leary (6).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:28.  A–44,889.
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