New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
July 30, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1997 at 3Com Park. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, San Francisco Giants 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 1 2 1
Gilkey lf 4 0 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 5 1 3 1
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
Huskey 1b 3 0 1 0
  Lidle p 0 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph 1 0 1 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Everett rf 5 0 1 2
Lopez 2b 4 0 1 0
Ordonez ss 3 1 1 0
Reed p 1 0 0 0
  Ochoa ph 1 1 1 0
  Olerud 1b 1 1 1 1
Totals 36 5 13 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Javier cf 4 0 1 0
Vizcaino ss 4 0 1 0
Bonds lf 2 0 0 0
Kent 2b 4 0 0 0
Snow 1b 2 0 1 0
Hill rf 4 0 0 0
Lewis 3b 3 0 0 0
  Mueller 3b 1 0 0 0
Johnson c 4 2 2 2
Rueter p 3 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
New York 000 000 0325131
San Francisco 000 010 100250
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (9-4) 7.0 5 2 2 3 0
  Lidle   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Franco  SV (28) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
0
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter   7.0 7 2 2 2 4
  Tavarez  L (3-3) 1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Poole   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Henry   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Rodriguez   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
5
4

  E–Lopez (5).  DP–New York 2, San Francisco 2.  2B–New York Olerud (24,off Poole).  HR–San Francisco Johnson 2 (4,5th inning off Reed 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Reed 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Reed (2,off Rueter).  IBB–Hundley (14,by Henry).  CS–Johnson (9,2nd base by Henry/Johnson).  IBB–Henry (2,Hundley).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Larry Poncino, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:41.  A–15,234.
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