New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 8, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1990 at Veteran's Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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 12, Philadelphia Phillies 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 3b 5 1 1 1
Miller cf 5 2 1 0
Magadan 1b 3 3 2 1
McReynolds lf 5 2 2 3
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1
Herr 2b 5 1 1 2
Johnson ss 3 2 0 0
O'Brien c 4 0 3 3
Gooden p 3 0 1 1
Totals 37 12 12 12
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 0 0
  Malone p 0 0 0 0
Booker ss 3 1 0 0
Hayes V. lf 4 1 2 2
Murphy rf 4 0 1 0
Daulton c 4 0 1 0
Hayes C. 3b 3 0 0 0
Jordan 1b 3 0 0 0
Morandini 2b 3 0 1 0
Ruffin p 1 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Hollins ph 1 0 0 0
  Greene p 0 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  Akerfelds p 0 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
New York 000 310 43112120
Philadelphia 200 000 000250
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (16-6) 9.0 5 2 2 2 10
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
10
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffin  L (6-13) 3.2 3 3 3 4 4
  Cook   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Greene   1.0 1 2 2 3 0
  McElroy   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Akerfelds   1.1 1 3 3 2 1
  Boever   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Malone   1.0 1 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
12
12
12
12
9

  E–None.  DP–New York 2.  2B–Philadelphia Daulton (27,off Gooden).  3B–New York Magadan (6,off Akerfelds).  HR–New York McReynolds (21,7th inning off Greene 1 on, 0 out); Jefferies (15,9th inning off Malone 0 on, 0 out), Philadelphia V Hayes (17,1st inning off Gooden 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Gooden (11,off Greene).  SF–Strawberry (5,off Akerfelds).  IBB–Jefferies (2,by Greene); Johnson (9,by McElroy).  IBB–Greene (1,Jefferies); McElroy (1,Johnson).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–3:14.  A–37,489.
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