New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
August 21, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1996 at 3Com Park. The San Francisco Giants 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 11, San Francisco Giants 12

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 6 2 2 2
Espinoza 3b 2 1 2 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Tomberlin ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Everett ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 2 3 4
Hundley c 5 2 3 3
Baerga 1b 5 0 1 0
  Harnisch pr 0 0 0 0
  Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
Ochoa rf 3 1 1 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Mayne ph 0 0 0 0
  Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Petagine ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 5 0 2 2
Bogar ss,3b 5 0 1 0
Person p 0 0 0 0
  Ordonez ph,ss 5 3 2 0
Totals 44 11 17 11
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard cf 4 2 3 0
Mueller 3b 4 1 1 0
Hill rf 5 2 3 2
Bonds lf 2 2 0 0
  Hubbard lf 0 0 0 0
Lampkin c 5 2 1 3
Wilson 1b 4 1 1 1
Aurilia ss 3 1 0 0
Canizaro 2b 4 1 1 4
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Scott p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Van Landingham p 2 0 0 0
  Dewey p 0 0 0 0
  Scarsone 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 12 10 10
New York 001 050 03211171
San Francisco 720 001 02x12100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Person  L (2-5) 2.0 5 9 8 4 2
  Wallace   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  DiPoto   2.0 1 1 1 1 3
  Byrd   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mlicki   1.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
12
11
8
9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Van Landingham   4.2 10 6 6 0 0
  Dewey  W (5-2) 2.1 2 1 1 2 1
  Poole   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Scott   0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Beck  SV (28) 1.1 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
11
11
2
1

  E–Gilkey (6).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Espinoza 2 (5,off VanLandingham 2); Gilkey (35,off VanLandingham); Ochoa (15,off VanLandingham); Alfonzo (9,off VanLandingham), San Francisco Hill 2 (19,off Person,off Mlicki); Benard (14,off Person).  HR–New York Hundley (38,8th inning off Scott 1 on, 2 out); Johnson (8,9th inning off Beck 1 on, 2 out), San Francisco Canizaro (2,1st inning off Person 3 on, 1 out); Lampkin (5,2nd inning off Person 1 on, 1 out); Hill (13,6th inning off DiPoto 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Gilkey (3,by VanLandingham).  IBB–Bonds 2 (20,by Person,by Mlicki).  SB–Johnson (46,2nd base off VanLandingham/Lampkin).  WP–Person (3).  HBP–VanLandingham (7,Gilkey).  IBB–Person (2,Bonds); Mlicki (7,Bonds).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Ron Barnes.  T–2:58.  A–11,473.
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