New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
July 5, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1990 at Fulton County Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 9, Atlanta Braves 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson 3b 5 1 1 0
Magadan 1b 5 2 2 1
Jefferies 2b 4 1 1 1
Strawberry rf 5 1 2 3
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 0
Carreon cf 4 1 1 2
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Elster ss 4 1 1 1
Mercado c 4 1 2 1
Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Whitehurst p 1 0 0 0
  Miller ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 11 9
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 5 2 2 0
Treadway 2b 5 2 2 0
Gant cf 5 3 4 6
Presley 3b 5 0 0 1
Murphy rf 3 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 1 0 0 1
  Justice ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Olson c 4 0 1 0
Thomas ss 4 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 2 1 0 0
  Hesketh p 0 0 0 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
  Gregg ph 1 0 0 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 8
New York 021 000 5109113
Atlanta 310 300 0018102
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda   1.1 5 4 3 2 0
  Whitehurst  W (1-0) 4.2 4 3 3 0 3
  Pena   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Franco  SV (16) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
8
7
2
8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   6.1 7 6 6 2 3
  Hesketh  L (1-2) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Kerfeld   1.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Mercker   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
2
6

  E–Johnson (17), Elster (13), Ojeda (2), L Smith (8), Thomas (7).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York McReynolds (12,off Leibrandt); Jefferies (21,off Hesketh), Atlanta Gant (18,off Ojeda).  HR–New York Carreon (9,2nd inning off Leibrandt 1 on, 0 out); Magadan (3,3rd inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 0 out); Mercado (3,7th inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 0 out); Strawberry (21,7th inning off Hesketh 2 on, 1 out); Elster (7,8th inning off Kerfeld 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta Gant 2 (17,4th inning off Whitehurst 2 on, 1 out,9th inning off Franco 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Ojeda (1,off Leibrandt).  SF–Cabrera (1,off Ojeda).  SB–Murphy (6,2nd base off Pena/Mercado).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Ron Barnes.  T–3:04.  A–34,312.
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