Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets
April 26, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1989 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves 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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Atlanta Braves 1, New York Mets 6

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 3b 4 1 1 1
Smith L. lf 2 0 1 0
Perry 1b 5 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Thomas ss 4 0 1 0
James rf 3 0 0 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
Treadway 2b 4 0 1 0
Smith P. p 2 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Blocker ph 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 2 2 1
Jefferies 2b 4 0 2 1
Magadan 1b 4 1 2 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 1
Johnson 3b 4 1 1 2
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 0 0 0
Gooden p 3 1 2 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 11 5
Atlanta 001 000 000150
New York 100 021 02x6111
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (0-3) 4.2 6 3 3 1 8
  Assenmacher   1.1 1 1 1 0 3
  Acker   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
1
12
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (4-0) 8.2 5 1 1 6 9
  Myers  SV (4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
6
10

  E–Johnson (5).  DP–Atlanta 2, New York 1.  2B–New York Gooden (2,off P Smith); Jefferies (4,off P Smith).  HR–Atlanta Gant (3,3rd inning off Gooden 0 on, 1 out), New York McReynolds (3,6th inning off Assenmacher 0 on, 0 out); Johnson (3,8th inning off Acker 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–L Smith (3,by Gooden).  SB–L Smith 3 (7,2nd base off Gooden/Carter 3); James (1,2nd base off Gooden/Carter); Dykstra (3,2nd base off P Smith/Davis).  WP–P Smith (2).  BK–Gooden (1).  HBP–Gooden (1,L Smith).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:44.  A–39,665.
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