New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 23, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1991 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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New York Mets 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 4 1 1 0
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 3 0 0 1
Brooks rf 3 0 0 0
  Boston rf 0 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 1 1 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Elster ss 2 0 0 1
O'Brien c 4 0 1 0
Darling p 2 0 1 0
  Jefferies ph 1 0 0 0
  Simons p 0 0 0 0
  Carreon ph 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 3 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 2 0
Booker ss 3 0 0 0
  Ready ph 1 0 0 0
Kruk 1b 4 0 1 0
Murphy rf 4 0 0 0
Hayes V. lf 1 1 0 0
Hayes C. 3b 4 0 1 1
Morandini 2b 3 0 1 0
Lake c 3 0 1 0
Grimsley p 1 0 0 0
  Lindeman ph 1 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Jordan ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
New York 000 011 000231
Philadelphia 000 000 100160
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (1-1) 6.0 4 0 0 1 2
  Simons   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Franco  SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  L (0-3) 6.0 1 2 1 6 1
  Boever   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  McDowell   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
3
2
1
8
3

  E–Coleman (1).  DP–New York 3.  PB–Lake (1).  2B–New York Darling (1,off Grimsley), Philadelphia Dykstra (5,off Darling); C Hayes (1,off Simons).  SF–Elster (1,off Grimsley).  HBP–Brooks (1,by Grimsley).  SB–Johnson (3,2nd base off Grimsley/Lake).  CS–Johnson (2,2nd base by Boever/Lake).  WP–Grimsley (8).  HBP–Grimsley (3,Brooks).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:43.  A–20,187.
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