Arizona Diamondbacks vs New York Mets
May 4, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1998 at Shea Stadium. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Arizona Diamondbacks 4, New York Mets 2

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
White cf 5 0 0 0
Bell ss 2 1 0 0
Lee 1b 6 1 2 0
Williams 3b 4 1 0 0
Benitez lf 3 0 1 1
  Dellucci ph,lf 2 1 1 2
Meulens rf 3 0 0 0
  Brede rf 3 0 0 0
Stinnett c 5 0 2 1
Stankiewicz 2b 4 0 2 0
Suppan p 2 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Batista ph 1 0 1 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 9 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Becker cf 5 0 0 0
Franco lf 4 0 1 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Bohanon p 1 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 4 0 1 0
  Gilbert pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Paquette 3b,1b 5 1 1 0
Baerga 2b 5 0 2 2
Huskey rf 4 0 1 0
Spehr c 4 0 1 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 0 0
Leiter p 1 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 2 7 2
Arizona 000 001 010 02490
New York 000 000 101 00271
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan   6.1 4 1 1 0 5
  Sodowsky   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Rodriguez   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Olson  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
11.0
7
2
2
1
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter   6.0 3 1 1 2 6
  McMichael   0.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Cook   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rojas   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Hudek   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Bohanon  L (0-1) 2.1 4 2 2 1 2
Totals
11.0
9
4
4
8
11

  E–Ordonez (1).  2B–Arizona Benitez (3,off Leiter); Stinnett 2 (2,off Rojas,off Bohanon); Lee (4,off Bohanon); Dellucci (2,off Bohanon), New York Baerga (4,off Suppan); Olerud (5,off Rodriguez).  3B–New York M Franco (1,off Suppan).  SH–Suppan (1,off Leiter).  HBP–White (4,by Leiter).  IBB–Williams 2 (4,by Hudek,by Bohanon).  WP–McMichael Jr (2).  HBP–Leiter (4,White).  IBB–Hudek (1,Williams); Bohanon (1,Williams).  U-HP–C.B. Bucknor, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–3:52.  A–18,980.
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