New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
October 4, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1991 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 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Boston cf 3 0 2 0
  Carreon ph,lf 3 0 1 0
  McDaniel pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Miller 2b 4 2 2 0
Johnson rf 6 0 1 1
McReynolds lf,cf 3 1 2 3
Jefferies 3b 4 0 1 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
  Cerone ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Donnels 1b,3b 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
Gardner ss 5 0 0 0
Viola p 2 0 0 0
  Elster ph 0 1 0 0
  Whitehurst p 1 0 0 0
  Templeton 1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 41 4 11 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ready 2b 5 0 2 1
Thon ss 5 1 2 1
Chamberlain lf 5 0 0 0
Kruk 1b 4 1 1 0
Hollins 3b 3 1 3 0
Murphy rf 4 0 0 2
Lake c 4 1 1 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Castillo cf 3 0 1 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Morris cf 0 0 0 0
Brantley p 0 0 0 0
  Lindeman ph 1 1 1 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
  Hartley p 0 0 0 0
  Backman ph 1 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Fletcher c 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 4
New York 100 003 000 04112
Philadelphia 000 020 020 15111
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Viola   5.0 8 2 2 0 1
  Whitehurst   2.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Burke   1.2 1 1 0 1 0
  Franco  L (5-9) 0.1 0 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.1
11
5
4
4
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Brantley   5.0 6 1 1 5 3
  Ruffin   0.2 1 2 2 1 1
  Hartley   1.1 2 1 1 1 2
  Boever   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Williams  W (12-5) 2.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
10.0
11
4
4
9
11

  E–Franco (1), Gardner (6), Brantley (1).  DP–New York 3, Philadelphia 1.  2B–New York Miller (20,off Ruffin); Carreon (6,off Williams), Philadelphia Hollins (9,off Burke).  3B–New York Miller (1,off Brantley), Philadelphia Hollins (2,off Viola).  HR–New York McReynolds (16,6th inning off Hartley 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–McReynolds (7,by Williams); Kruk (16,by Franco).  SH–Brantley (2,off Viola).  SF–Murphy (7,off Burke).  SB–Jefferies (26,2nd base off Brantley/Lake); Thon (11,2nd base off Viola/Hundley).  WP–Franco (6).  IBB–Franco (4,Kruk); Williams (5,McReynolds).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–3:29.  A–20,720.
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