Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
March 31, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on March 31, 1998 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 0, New York Mets 1

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Glanville cf 6 0 0 0
Jefferies lf 5 0 1 0
  Bottalico p 0 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 4 0 1 0
Lieberthal c 6 0 1 0
Brogna 1b 6 0 0 0
Lewis 2b 5 0 2 0
Abreu rf 6 0 2 0
Relaford ss 6 0 2 0
Schilling p 3 0 0 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
  Sefcik ph 0 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Leiter p 0 0 0 0
  Arias ph 1 0 0 0
  Amaro, Jr. lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 0 9 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 1 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 5 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 5 0 1 0
Olerud 1b 4 0 1 0
  Lopez pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 4 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  Tatum ph 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo ph 1 0 1 1
Huskey rf 5 0 0 0
Spehr c 5 0 2 0
Ordonez ss 5 0 0 0
Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Becker ph 1 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 1 0 0 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
  Franco M. 1b 2 0 1 0
Totals 45 1 7 1
Philadelphia 000 000 000 000 00090
New York 000 000 000 000 01170
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Schilling   8.0 2 0 0 1 9
  Spradlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Brewer   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Leiter   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Bottalico  L (0-1) 2.2 4 1 1 2 2
Totals
13.2
7
1
1
3
14
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   6.0 4 0 0 2 1
  McMichael   1.2 3 0 0 0 0
  Cook   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Franco   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Rojas   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Wendell  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
14.0
9
0
0
6
6

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1, New York 2.  SH–Glanville (1,off J Franco); Jones (1,off Schilling); Alfonzo (1,off Bottalico).  IBB–Rolen (1,by J Franco); Jefferies (1,by Rojas); Lopez (1,by Bottalico).  SB–Relaford (1,2nd base off Rojas/Spehr).  CS–Lewis (1,2nd base by Rojas/Spehr).  IBB–Bottalico (1,Lopez); J Franco (1,Rolen); Rojas (1,Jefferies).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–4:35.  A–49,142.
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