Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
April 20, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1990 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 2, New York Mets 1

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 0 1 0
Grissom cf 3 1 1 0
Raines lf 3 0 1 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 1 0
Galarraga 1b 3 0 1 1
Walker rf 3 1 1 1
Santovenia c 4 0 0 0
Owen ss 4 0 1 0
Smith p 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 2b 4 0 0 0
Miller cf 4 1 1 0
McReynolds lf 3 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 1
Marshall 1b 4 0 0 0
Teufel 3b 3 0 0 0
Lyons c 3 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 0 0 0
Darling p 1 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Carreon ph 1 0 0 0
  Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 0 0
  Machado p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 3 1
Montreal 011 000 000271
New York 000 001 000131
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (2-1) 8.0 3 1 1 1 5
  Burke  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
1
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  L (0-2) 5.0 5 2 2 3 7
  Musselman   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ojeda   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Machado   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
12

  E–Galarraga (3), Teufel (1).  2B–Montreal Owen (3,off Darling); DeShields (5,off Ojeda).  HR–Montreal Walker (1,2nd inning off Darling 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Galarraga (2,off Darling).  SB–Raines (4,2nd base off Darling/Lyons); Walker (4,2nd base off Darling/Lyons); Grissom (4,2nd base off Darling/Lyons); McReynolds (2,2nd base off Smith/Santovenia).  BK–Darling (1).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–2:35.  A–24,130.
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