New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
August 20, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1996 at 3Com Park. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 7, San Francisco Giants 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 2 3 1
Espinoza 3b 4 0 1 1
Gilkey lf 4 0 1 1
Hundley c 3 1 1 2
Baerga 1b 4 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Ochoa rf 3 1 2 0
  Petagine 1b 1 0 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 4 0 1 0
Ordonez ss 3 1 1 0
  Tomberlin ph 0 0 0 0
  Jones C. ph 0 1 0 0
  Bogar ss 1 0 0 0
Jones B. p 3 0 1 0
  Everett ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 36 7 12 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard cf 4 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 2 1 1 0
Hill rf 4 1 1 2
Bonds lf 3 0 0 0
Wilkins c 3 1 1 1
  Batiste ph 1 0 0 0
Wilson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Creek p 0 0 0 0
  Bautista p 0 0 0 0
  Decker ph 1 0 0 0
Aurilia ss 3 0 0 0
Scarsone 2b 3 0 0 0
Fernandez p 2 0 0 0
  McCarty 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
New York 210 000 0407120
San Francisco 012 000 000342
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (11-7) 7.0 4 3 3 1 10
  Henry   1.1 0 0 0 2 3
  Franco  SV (27) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
3
14
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (5-13) 7.1 9 4 4 4 3
  Creek   0.0 2 3 2 1 0
  Bautista   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
6
4

  E–Mueller (4), McCarty (2).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–New York Johnson (19,off Fernandez), San Francisco Mueller (2,off B Jones).  HR–New York Hundley (37,1st inning off Fernandez 1 on, 2 out), San Francisco Wilkins (10,2nd inning off B Jones 0 on, 1 out); Hill (12,3rd inning off B Jones 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Espinoza (3,off Fernandez); Alfonzo (7,off Fernandez).  SF–Gilkey (8,off Bautista).  IBB–Hundley (11,by Fernandez); C Jones (1,by Creek).  SB–Johnson (45,2nd base off Fernandez/Wilkins).  WP–Fernandez (6).  IBB–Fernandez (4,Hundley); Creek (2,C Jones).  U-HP–Ron Barnes, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:51.  A–10,885.
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