San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
August 21, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1989 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 1, New York Mets 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 3 0 2 0
  McCament p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Mitchell lf 4 0 1 0
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Riles rf,2b 3 0 0 0
  Litton ph 1 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 0 1 0
  Maldonado ph 1 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
LaCoss p 2 0 1 0
  Sheridan rf 1 1 1 1
Totals 34 1 7 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 2b 5 0 3 0
Samuel cf 4 1 0 1
Johnson 3b 4 1 2 1
Strawberry rf 3 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 2 0 0 1
Magadan 1b 3 1 0 0
Lyons c 4 0 1 0
Elster ss 4 1 2 1
Darling p 3 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
San Francisco 000 000 010171
New York 000 121 00x490
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (7-8) 5.0 9 4 4 2 2
  McCament   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Bedrosian   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
4
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (12-9) 8.1 7 1 1 0 10
  Myers  SV (22) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
11

  E–Riles (7).  2B–San Francisco LaCoss (2,off Darling); Kennedy (13,off Darling), New York Jefferies (23,off LaCoss); Johnson (34,off LaCoss); Elster 2 (21,off LaCoss 2).  HR–San Francisco Sheridan (2,8th inning off Darling 0 on, 1 out).  SF–McReynolds (6,off LaCoss).  IBB–Strawberry (8,by LaCoss).  SB–Thompson (10,2nd base off Darling/Lyons); Samuel (29,2nd base off LaCoss/Kennedy).  IBB–LaCoss (4,Strawberry).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:21.  A–41,200.
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