New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
April 2, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 2, 1997 at Jack Murphy 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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New York Mets 5, San Diego Padres 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 3 2 1 0
Olerud 1b 5 1 2 3
Gilkey lf 5 0 0 0
  Borland p 0 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 0 1
Everett rf 4 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Bieser ph 1 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Jordan p 0 0 0 0
  Tomberlin lf 0 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 3 0 0 0
  Alexander 2b 2 0 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 3 2 1 1
Ordonez ss 4 0 0 0
Clark p 3 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Ochoa rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 5 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras Q. 2b 5 1 1 0
  Bergman p 0 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 6 0 2 1
Finley cf 4 1 1 0
Caminiti 3b 5 2 2 2
Vaughn lf 4 0 1 0
  Hitchcock p 0 0 0 0
  Veras D. p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  Slaught ph 1 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Cianfrocco 2b 1 1 1 0
Joyner 1b 4 0 2 1
Flaherty c 6 0 0 0
Gomez ss 6 0 2 1
Ashby p 2 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,lf 0 1 0 0
Totals 44 6 12 5
New York 100 002 100 001552
San Diego 000 200 101 0026120
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Clark   6.1 7 3 3 3 3
  McMichael   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Franco   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Perez   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Jordan  L (0-1) 1.1 1 2 1 1 0
  Borland   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.2
12
6
5
7
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Ashby   7.0 3 4 3 3 2
  Hitchcock   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Veras   1.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Hoffman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bochtler   1.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Bergman  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
5
5
4
7
4

  E–Baerga (1), Alfonzo (1).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Hundley (1); Flaherty (1).  2B–San Diego Finley (2,off Clark); Joyner (1,off McMichael).  HR–New York Olerud (1,6th inning off Ashby 1 on, 0 out); Alfonzo (1,7th inning off Ashby 0 on, 1 out), San Diego Caminiti (1,4th inning off Clark 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Ordonez (1,off Bochtler); Q Veras (1,off J Franco).  SF–Hundley (1,off Ashby); Joyner (1,off Jordan).  IBB–Olerud (1,by D Veras).  SB–Johnson 2 (2,2nd base off Ashby/Flaherty,2nd base off D Veras/Flaherty); Alexander (1,2nd base off D Veras/Flaherty).  IBB–D Veras (1,Olerud).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–4:08.  A–16,465.
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