San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
August 27, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1996 at Shea Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 4, New York Mets 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Gwynn T. rf 4 1 2 0
Joyner 1b 4 1 2 1
Finley cf 4 1 1 3
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Vaughn lf 3 0 1 0
  Gwynn C. pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Flaherty c 4 0 1 0
Gomez ss 4 0 0 0
Reed 2b 4 1 1 0
Tewksbury p 1 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 1 0
Alfonzo 2b 4 0 1 0
Gilkey lf 3 1 0 0
Hundley c 3 0 1 1
Ochoa rf 3 1 1 0
Petagine 1b 4 1 1 2
Espinoza 3b 3 0 0 0
  Tomberlin ph 1 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 3 0 2 0
  Mayne ph 1 0 0 0
Jones B. p 2 0 0 0
  Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Jones C. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
San Diego 000 000 040481
New York 100 200 000372
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury   5.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Blair  W (2-6) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bochtler   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman  SV (31) 1.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   7.1 6 2 2 0 4
  Mlicki  L (5-6) 0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Wallace   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
0
4

  E–Gomez (8), Espinoza 2 (6).  DP–San Diego 1, New York 1.  2B–San Diego Joyner (22,off B Jones), New York Hundley (25,off Tewksbury); Johnson (21,off Bochtler).  HR–San Diego Finley (21,8th inning off Mlicki 2 on, 1 out), New York Petagine (2,4th inning off Tewksbury 1 on, 0 out).  SH–B Jones (8,off Tewksbury).  IBB–Hundley (12,by Hoffman).  CS–Ordonez (3,2nd base by Blair/Flaherty).  IBB–Hoffman (4,Hundley).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:35.  A–17,925.
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