New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
May 16, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1996 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 6, San Diego Padres 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 1 3 1
Vizcaino 2b 5 1 3 0
Gilkey lf 4 1 1 1
Brogna 1b 4 0 0 1
Hundley c 3 1 1 1
Kent 3b 3 1 2 2
Everett rf 4 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 4 1 2 0
Harnisch p 3 0 0 0
  Mayne ph 1 0 0 0
  Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Finley cf 4 1 2 0
Gwynn T. rf 4 0 1 1
Joyner 1b 4 1 1 0
Livingstone 3b 3 1 1 0
  Shipley ph 1 0 0 0
Reed 2b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 2 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Gwynn C. ph 1 0 0 0
  Florie p 0 0 0 0
  Blair p 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Hamilton p 1 0 0 0
  Lopez ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 5 1
New York 020 031 0006121
San Diego 000 100 200350
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch  W (3-2) 7.0 5 3 1 0 6
  Mlicki   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Franco  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
1
0
7
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton  L (6-3) 5.1 12 6 6 2 4
  Sanders   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Florie   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Blair   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
2
8

  E–Everett (2).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Finley (10,off Harnisch).  3B–San Diego Finley (2,off Harnisch).  HR–New York Hundley (9,2nd inning off Hamilton 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Brogna (3,off Hamilton); Gilkey (3,off Sanders).  IBB–Hundley (4,by Hamilton).  WP–Hamilton (7).  IBB–Hamilton (1,Hundley).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:29.  A–17,341.
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