San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
August 28, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 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 3, New York Mets 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 6 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 6 0 2 0
Finley cf 6 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 2 3 2
Joyner 1b 5 0 3 0
Flaherty c 5 0 0 0
Gomez ss 5 1 2 0
Reed 2b 3 0 1 0
Valenzuela p 2 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Veras p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman p 0 0 0 0
  Cianfrocco ph 1 0 1 1
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 3 13 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 6 0 1 0
Alfonzo 2b 5 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 6 0 1 0
Hundley c 4 1 0 0
Ochoa rf 4 0 2 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Tomberlin ph 1 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Mayne ph 1 0 0 0
Espinoza 3b 4 0 1 1
Bogar 1b 3 0 0 0
  Petagine ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 5 1 3 0
Clark p 0 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Everett ph 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Jones rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 2 8 1
San Diego 000 000 101 0013130
New York 001 001 000 000280
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela   6.0 4 2 2 3 4
  Worrell   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Veras   3.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Bochtler   1.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Bergman  W (6-8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman  SV (32) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
12.0
8
2
2
6
10
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Clark   6.0 6 1 1 0 3
  DiPoto   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Byrd   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Henry   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Franco   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Wallace  L (0-1) 2.0 5 1 1 1 1
Totals
12.0
13
3
3
2
7

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1, New York 1.  2B–San Diego Joyner (23,off Wallace), New York Gilkey (37,off Hoffman).  HR–San Diego Caminiti 2 (31,7th inning off Clark 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off J Franco 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Reed (5,off Wallace); Clark (9,off Valenzuela); Espinoza (4,off Valenzuela).  HBP–C Jones (2,by Veras).  SB–Joyner (5,2nd base off DiPoto/Hundley); Johnson (48,2nd base off Valenzuela/Flaherty).  CS–Finley (7,2nd base by Wallace/Hundley).  WP–Valenzuela (6).  HBP–Veras (1,C Jones).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:53.  A–17,442.
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