New York Mets vs Baltimore Orioles
August 31, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The New York Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, Baltimore Orioles 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 0 0 0
Alfonzo 3b 5 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 2 1 1
Huskey rf 3 1 2 2
Hundley dh 2 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 2 0 0 0
Pratt c 4 1 2 0
Baerga 2b 4 0 2 0
  Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 3 0 1 1
Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 0 0 0
Reboulet 2b 4 0 2 0
Surhoff lf 4 1 1 1
Berroa rf 4 0 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 0 0
Baines dh 3 0 0 0
Hoiles c 3 0 1 0
Bordick ss 2 0 0 0
  Tarasco ph 1 0 0 0
  Ledesma ss 0 0 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
New York 102 100 000480
Baltimore 000 001 000161
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (11-8) 7.0 4 1 1 1 1
  Rojas   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Franco  SV (33) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Key  L (14-8) 6.0 6 4 4 4 3
  Rhodes   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Benitez   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
6

  E–Bordick (12).  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–New York Huskey (23,off Key); Pratt (4,off Key).  HR–New York Gilkey (14,1st inning off Key 0 on, 2 out); Huskey (17,3rd inning off Key 1 on, 1 out), Baltimore Surhoff (16,6th inning off Reed 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Ordonez (11,off Key); McRae (4,off Benitez).  HBP–Olerud (12,by Key); Hundley (3,by Key).  SB–Huskey (8,2nd base off Key/Hoiles).  CS–Gilkey (10,2nd base by Rhodes/Hoiles).  HBP–Key 2 (5,Olerud,Hundley).  U-HP–Ray DiMuro, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:47.  A–48,075.
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