Montreal Expos vs San Diego Padres
May 2, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1997 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, San Diego Padres 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 5 1 1 2
Lansing 2b 4 0 1 0
White cf 4 1 2 1
Segui 1b 2 2 0 0
Rodriguez lf 4 0 3 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Obando rf 2 0 0 1
  Santangelo rf 1 0 0 0
Widger c 3 0 0 1
Strange 3b 4 1 1 0
Juden p 2 0 0 0
  Stankiewicz ph 0 0 0 0
  Telford p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Orsulak lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 3 1 1 0
Gomez ss 4 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 5 2 3 2
Caminiti 3b 3 0 2 0
  Shumpert pr 0 0 0 0
Vaughn lf 5 0 1 1
Lee 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Plantier ph 0 0 0 0
Flaherty c 5 0 0 0
Jones cf 5 1 1 1
Valenzuela p 3 0 1 0
  Cianfrocco 1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Montreal 100 100 210590
San Diego 200 100 1004110
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Juden   6.0 8 3 3 3 3
  Telford   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Veres  W (1-0) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Urbina  SV (3) 1.2 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
6
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela   7.0 7 4 4 3 5
  Bochtler  L (0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
6

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 2.  PB–Widger (3).  2B–San Diego Q Veras (6,off Juden); Vaughn (2,off Juden).  HR–Montreal White (5,1st inning off Valenzuela 0 on, 2 out); Grudzielanek (1,7th inning off Valenzuela 1 on, 1 out), San Diego Jones (1,4th inning off Juden 0 on, 1 out); Gwynn (6,7th inning off Telford 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Stankiewicz (2,off Valenzuela).  SF–Widger (2,off Bochtler).  HBP–Q Veras (2,by Juden).  SB–Rodriguez (1,2nd base off Valenzuela/Flaherty); Lansing (3,2nd base off Valenzuela/Flaherty); Gwynn 2 (4,2nd base off Juden/Widger 2); Q Veras 2 (6,2nd base off Juden/Widger,3rd base off Juden/Widger).  WP–Juden (2), Bochtler (1).  HBP–Juden (2,Q Veras).  U-HP–Ron Barnes, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–3:18.  A–22,503.
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