New York Mets vs Baltimore Orioles
June 23, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1998 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 6, Baltimore Orioles 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 0 0 0
Alfonzo 3b 4 1 1 0
Piazza dh 5 0 1 0
Gilkey lf 5 1 1 2
Huskey rf 5 1 2 1
  Kirby rf 0 0 0 0
Pratt 1b,c 4 1 2 1
Lopez 2b 3 1 3 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 3 2
Castillo c 0 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph,1b 3 1 2 0
  Olerud 1b 0 0 0 0
Yoshii p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Bohanon p 0 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 15 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 0 1 1
Carter dh 5 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 0 2 1
Palmeiro 1b 3 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 4 1 2 0
Ripken, Jr. 3b 3 1 1 0
Webster c 2 0 0 0
Bordick ss 3 1 2 1
Johns p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
New York 000 200 3106150
Baltimore 030 000 000380
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Yoshii   3.1 6 3 3 2 1
  Wendell   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bohanon   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hudek  W (1-4) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Cook   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Franco  SV (17) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johns   3.2 6 2 2 1 1
  Mills   2.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Rhodes  L (3-3) 1.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Benitez   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
1
3

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Pratt 2 (2,off Johns,off Benitez); Gilkey (13,off Rhodes), Baltimore Surhoff 2 (19,off Yoshii 2); Davis (13,off Hudek).  SH–Castillo (6,off Johns); Lopez (2,off Benitez); Webster 2 (3,off Yoshii,off Hudek).  HBP–Palmeiro (5,by Yoshii).  CS–Huskey (4,2nd base by Rhodes/Webster).  HBP–Yoshii (3,Palmeiro).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Brian O'Nora, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Eric Cooper.  T–3:04.  A–46,385.
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