New York Mets vs Boston Red Sox
June 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1998 at Fenway Park. The New York Mets defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 9, Boston Red Sox 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 5 3 3 1
Piazza c 0 0 0 0
  Castillo c 3 2 1 1
Olerud 1b 4 2 3 3
  Tatum ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 5 0 2 1
Alfonzo 3b 3 0 0 1
Franco dh 4 0 0 0
Huskey rf 2 1 1 0
Lopez ss 4 1 1 2
Leiter p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis rf 2 0 0 0
Valentin 3b 4 0 0 0
Garciaparra ss 3 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 4 2 3 2
Leyritz dh 3 0 0 0
Buford cf 4 0 0 0
Benjamin 2b 3 0 1 0
Varitek c 3 0 1 0
Bragg lf 2 0 0 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Barkley p 0 0 0 0
  Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
New York 102 300 3009110
Boston 000 100 001251
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter  W (6-3) 6.0 4 1 1 4 3
  Wendell   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Clontz   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Hudek   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
5
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (6-2) 4.0 8 6 6 1 4
  Barkley   2.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Wasdin   3.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
2
8

  E–Martinez (1).  DP–New York 4, Boston 1.  2B–New York Gilkey (12,off Martinez).  HR–New York Castillo (2,3rd inning off Martinez 0 on, 2 out); Olerud (6,3rd inning off Martinez 0 on, 2 out); Lopez (1,4th inning off Martinez 1 on, 1 out); Gilkey (3,4th inning off Martinez 0 on, 2 out), Boston Vaughn 2 (17,4th inning off Leiter 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Hudek 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Alfonzo (2,off Wasdin).  HBP–Piazza (1,by Martinez); Huskey (1,by Barkley).  SB–Huskey (6,2nd base off Barkley/Varitek).  HBP–Martinez (3,Piazza); Barkley (1,Huskey).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–2:37.  A–32,214.
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