New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 23, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 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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New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Carreon cf 3 0 0 0
  O'Malley ph 1 0 1 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Teufel ph 1 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 5 1 1 0
Jefferies 2b 4 1 1 1
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 1
Johnson 3b 3 0 1 0
Diaz ss 3 0 0 0
  Sasser ph 1 0 1 1
  Miller pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Hundley c 3 0 1 0
Viola p 1 0 0 0
  Boston ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 1 0 0
Herr 2b 4 1 1 2
Hayes V. rf 5 0 1 0
Martinez 1b 2 1 1 0
Hayes C. 3b 4 1 0 1
Ready lf 2 1 0 0
  Campusano lf 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 2 2 4
Daulton c 3 0 0 0
Ruffin p 1 0 0 0
  Akerfelds p 1 0 1 0
  Vatcher lf 0 0 0 0
  Kruk ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 6 7
New York 000 102 010481
Philadelphia 000 005 02x761
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  L (13-5) 6.0 2 5 4 7 4
  Pena   2.0 4 2 2 1 4
Totals
8.0
6
7
6
8
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffin   5.1 6 3 3 1 3
  Akerfelds  W (4-0) 2.1 2 1 0 1 2
  McDowell  SV (15) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
2
7

  E–Jefferies (10), Thon (17).  2B–New York Hundley (4,off Ruffin); Strawberry (8,off Ruffin).  3B–Philadelphia Herr (2,off Pena).  HR–New York Jefferies (12,4th inning off Ruffin 0 on, 1 out), Philadelphia Thon (6,6th inning off Viola 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Viola (4,off Ruffin); Ruffin (5,off Viola).  IBB–Johnson (5,by Akerfelds); Dykstra (10,by Pena).  SB–McReynolds (6,2nd base off Akerfelds/Daulton); Dykstra (20,2nd base off Viola/Hundley); Thon (6,2nd base off Pena/Hundley).  WP–Akerfelds (7).  IBB–Pena (2,Dykstra); Akerfelds (4,Johnson).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:09.  A–39,260.
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