New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
August 26, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1989 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, San Diego Padres 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 2b 5 0 1 2
Samuel cf 3 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 3 1 1 1
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 0
Teufel 1b 3 1 1 0
  Magadan ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Lyons c 2 0 1 1
Elster ss 4 1 1 0
Darling p 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Sasser ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 4 2 1 0
Alomar 2b 4 1 2 0
Gwynn rf 4 2 2 2
Clark 1b 4 2 1 0
Wynne cf 3 1 1 4
Templeton ss 5 0 3 1
Santiago c 3 1 1 1
Pagliarulo 3b 3 0 1 0
Rasmussen p 2 0 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 12 8
New York 000 310 000471
San Diego 210 030 12x9121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  L (12-10) 5.0 8 6 6 2 7
  Musselman   1.2 1 1 1 4 0
  Innis   1.1 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
7
7
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  W (7-9) 5.0 6 4 4 4 3
  Grant   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Harris  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
5

  E–Darling (4), Roberts (7).  2B–New York Strawberry (23,off Rasmussen), San Diego Roberts (9,off Darling); Jack Clark (11,off Darling); R Alomar (20,off Innis); Gwynn (21,off Innis); Templeton (21,off Innis).  HR–New York McReynolds (17,5th inning off Rasmussen 0 on, 1 out), San Diego Santiago (8,2nd inning off Darling 0 on, 1 out); Wynne (6,5th inning off Darling 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Darling (5,off Rasmussen); Grant (1,off Musselman); Wynne (5,off Musselman).  SF–Lyons (3,off Rasmussen); Gwynn (5,off Darling); Wynne (1,off Innis).  IBB–Santiago (4,by Musselman).  SB–Samuel (31,2nd base off Rasmussen/Santiago); Roberts (16,2nd base off Darling/Lyons).  CS–Samuel (11,2nd base by Grant/Santiago); R Alomar (12,2nd base by Darling/Lyons).  WP–Darling (8).  BK–Darling (3).  IBB–Musselman (2,Santiago).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Joe West.  T–3:03.  A–28,469.
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