Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
September 24, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1989 at Shea Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 6, New York Mets 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 5 0 2 2
Aldrete lf 3 0 0 0
  Santovenia ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Hesketh p 1 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 1 0
Brooks rf 4 2 2 0
Wallach 3b 4 1 1 1
Foley 2b 2 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Grissom lf 1 0 0 0
Fitzgerald c 4 0 1 1
  Nixon pr 0 1 0 0
  Owen ss 0 0 0 0
Huson ss 3 0 0 0
  Raines ph 0 1 0 0
  Reyes c 0 0 0 0
Gardner p 2 0 0 0
  Noboa 2b 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hudler 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 7 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 2b 4 0 0 0
Miller cf 5 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 3 1 1 3
Carreon lf 3 0 1 0
  Samuel pr 0 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 4 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Machado p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 0 0 0 0
  Thornton pr 0 0 0 0
Lyons c 4 0 1 0
  McReynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Elster ss 2 2 1 1
  Sasser ph 1 0 0 0
Cone p 3 0 0 0
  Teufel 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 6 4
Montreal 000 010 005672
New York 000 000 410564
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner   6.2 4 3 3 3 8
  Smith   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Thompson   0.2 0 1 0 2 0
  Hesketh  W (6-4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Burke  SV (28) 0.2 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
5
4
7
10
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone   7.2 2 1 0 1 6
  Myers   0.2 4 4 4 0 1
  Machado  L (0-1) 0.2 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
6
5
2
9

  E–Dave Martinez (6), Foley (8), Johnson (22), Lyons (10), Elster (15), Teufel (9).  PB–Fitzgerald (6); Lyons (5).  2B–Montreal Wallach (42,off Myers), New York Carreon (6,off Z Smith).  HR–New York Elster (9,7th inning off Gardner 0 on, 0 out); Strawberry (29,7th inning off Z Smith 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Elster (2,by Gardner); Carreon (1,by Gardner).  IBB–Johnson (7,by Gardner); Jefferies (7,by Thompson); K Hernandez (3,by Burke).  SB–Raines (39,2nd base off Machado/Lyons); Dave Martinez (23,2nd base off Machado/Lyons); Johnson 2 (40,2nd base off Gardner/Fitzgerald 2); Samuel (40,2nd base off Burke/Reyes).  HBP–Gardner 2 (2,Elster,Carreon).  IBB–Gardner (1,Johnson); Thompson (2,Jefferies); Burke (7,K Hernandez).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–3:18.  A–36,769.
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