New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 23, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1996 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 3 1 1 0
Espinoza 3b 3 0 0 0
  Petagine ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 2 2 3
Hundley c 4 0 2 0
Baerga 1b 4 0 1 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Everett rf 3 1 1 0
Alfonzo 2b 4 0 1 2
Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
Clark p 2 0 0 0
  Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Tomberlin ph 0 1 0 0
  Bogar 3b 0 0 0 0
  Mayne ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Hollandsworth lf 5 0 0 0
Kirby cf 5 1 1 0
Piazza c 3 1 1 0
Karros 1b 3 2 2 2
Mondesi rf 4 1 2 2
DeShields 2b 3 1 0 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 0 3 1
Martinez p 3 1 2 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Radinsky p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen ph 1 0 1 0
  Parker pr 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 5
New York 000 200 030582
Los Angeles 000 040 30x7120
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Clark  L (12-10) 6.2 10 7 4 4 6
  Byrd   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wallace   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Henry   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
4
4
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (10-6) 7.0 6 4 4 3 5
  Osuna   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Radinsky   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Worrell  SV (33) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
7

  E–Espinoza (4), Ordonez (22).  DP–New York 1, Los Angeles 2.  PB–Piazza (11).  2B–New York Johnson (20,off Martinez), Los Angeles Kirby (4,off Clark); Karros (22,off Clark); Mondesi (27,off Clark).  HR–New York Gilkey (27,8th inning off Osuna 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Piazza (16,by Clark); DeShields (5,by Clark).  SB–Everett (5,2nd base off Martinez/Piazza).  CS–Gagne (1,2nd base by Clark/Hundley).  IBB–Clark 2 (8,Piazza,DeShields).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–2:54.  A–36,909.
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