New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
July 24, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1997 at Dodger Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 3 0
Gilkey lf 4 0 2 0
Olerud 1b 4 0 1 0
  Ordonez pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Hundley c 4 1 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 3 0 1 0
Everett rf 3 0 0 1
Baerga 2b 4 1 1 1
Alexander ss 3 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Reed p 3 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 0 1 1
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Butler lf 3 0 1 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Guerrero 2b 4 1 1 1
Mondesi rf 4 0 1 0
Karros 1b 3 0 0 0
Zeile 3b 3 0 0 0
Hollandsworth cf,lf 3 0 0 0
Prince c 3 0 1 0
Cromer ss 3 0 0 0
Astacio p 2 0 0 0
  Anthony ph 1 0 0 0
  Cedeno cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
New York 000 000 0033101
Los Angeles 000 000 001141
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (8-4) 8.0 3 0 0 3 1
  Franco  SV (27) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
1
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Astacio   8.0 6 0 0 0 8
  Guthrie  L (1-3) 0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Hall   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
8

  E–Hundley (10), Cromer (3).  DP–New York 2.  HR–Los Angeles Guerrero (3,9th inning off J Franco 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Alfonzo (7,off Guthrie).  SF–Everett (2,off Guthrie).  IBB–M Franco (3,by Hall).  SB–Gilkey (6,2nd base off Astacio/Prince); Butler (12,2nd base off Reed/Hundley).  CS–Gilkey (7,2nd base by Astacio/Prince).  WP–Astacio (4).  IBB–Hall (7,M Franco).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:34.  A–53,655.
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