New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 16, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1990 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets 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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New York Mets 3, San Francisco Giants 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 2b 5 0 1 0
Magadan 1b 3 1 1 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 5 0 3 0
Strawberry rf 5 0 1 1
McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Boston cf 2 1 1 0
  Carreon ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Sasser c 4 1 2 1
Elster ss 4 0 1 1
Gooden p 3 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Teufel ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 10 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 1 0
Riles 2b 4 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 1 2 2
Mitchell lf 4 1 1 1
Bass rf 4 1 1 1
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 0 1 0
  Parker ph 1 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 1 0
Garrelts p 2 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Leach ph 1 0 0 0
  Hammaker p 0 0 0 0
  Carter ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 7 4
New York 020 001 000 03101
San Francisco 000 000 030 1471
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   7.1 4 2 2 4 8
  Franco   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Musselman   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Pena  L (1-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.2
7
4
4
4
9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Garrelts   5.0 7 3 3 1 1
  Vosberg   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Hammaker   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Brantley  W (1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
3
3
2
3

  E–Johnson (9), Bass (2).  2B–New York Elster (4,off Garrelts).  3B–New York Boston (1,off Garrelts).  HR–San Francisco Clark (6,8th inning off Gooden 1 on, 1 out); Bass (5,8th inning off Franco 0 on, 2 out); Mitchell (8,10th inning off Pena 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Johnson (2,3rd base by Brantley/Carter); Butler (4,2nd base by Gooden/Sasser).  SB–Butler (8,2nd base off Gooden/Sasser).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:01.  A–18,985.
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