New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 2, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1990 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson 3b 5 1 1 0
Boston cf 5 2 3 2
Jefferies 2b 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 1 1 2
McReynolds lf 3 0 0 0
Marshall 1b 4 0 1 0
Sasser c 4 0 3 0
Elster ss 3 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 0 0
Gooden p 2 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  O'Malley ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 2 3 0
Herr 2b 4 1 1 1
Hayes V. rf 4 0 1 0
Jordan 1b 3 1 1 1
Kruk lf 3 0 2 1
Hayes C. 3b 3 0 0 1
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 0 0 0
Daulton c 3 1 2 1
Howell p 2 0 0 0
  Booker 3b 0 0 0 0
  Ready ph 1 0 0 0
  Hollins 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
New York 002 000 101490
Philadelphia 202 000 01x5100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  L (3-5) 6.0 9 4 4 3 2
  Musselman   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
3
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Howell  W (6-3) 7.0 7 3 3 3 7
  McDowell  SV (13) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
9

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Marshall (6,off Howell), Philadelphia Dykstra (15,off Gooden); Herr (11,off Gooden).  3B–New York Johnson (1,off McDowell).  HR–New York Strawberry (8,3rd inning off Howell 1 on, 2 out); Boston (4,7th inning off Howell 0 on, 2 out), Philadelphia Daulton (1,8th inning off Musselman 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Howell (4,off Gooden).  SF–C Hayes (1,off Gooden).  HBP–Jordan (3,by Musselman).  IBB–Kruk (5,by Gooden).  SB–Boston (4,2nd base off Howell/Daulton); Jordan (1,2nd base off Gooden/Sasser); Kruk (3,2nd base off Gooden/Sasser); V Hayes (5,2nd base off Gooden/Sasser).  WP–Howell (5).  HBP–Musselman (1,Jordan).  IBB–Gooden (3,Kruk).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:48.  A–41,950.
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