San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
July 28, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1998 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 3, New York Mets 7

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 4 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 5 1 3 2
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
  Sheets ss 1 0 0 0
Vaughn lf 4 0 0 0
Joyner 1b 4 1 3 1
Finley cf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez c 3 0 0 0
  Myers ph,c 1 0 0 0
Gomez ss 1 0 0 0
  Giovanola ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Ashby p 1 1 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 1 0
  Bruske p 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Leyritz ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 2 2 3
Alfonzo 3b 4 0 1 0
Olerud 1b 4 1 3 3
Piazza c 4 0 1 0
Hundley lf 3 0 0 0
  Harris lf 1 1 1 0
Baerga 2b 4 0 0 0
Huskey rf 4 0 0 0
Lopez ss 4 2 3 1
Nomo p 1 0 0 0
  Gilkey ph 0 1 0 0
  Pulsipher p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 1 0 0 0
  McMichael p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
San Diego 002 100 0003101
New York 000 040 21x7110
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Ashby  L (14-6) 6.0 6 4 4 1 3
  Bruske   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Boehringer   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
1
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Nomo  W (5-8) 5.0 3 3 3 3 8
  Pulsipher   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Wendell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Cook   0.2 3 0 0 0 1
  McMichael  SV (2) 1.2 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
13

  E–Finley (4).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Joyner (22,off Pulsipher), New York Lopez (9,off Ashby).  HR–San Diego Gwynn (10,3rd inning off Nomo 1 on, 1 out); Joyner (9,4th inning off Nomo 0 on, 0 out), New York Olerud (14,5th inning off Ashby 2 on, 2 out); McRae (16,7th inning off Bruske 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Veras (1,off Nomo).  SB–Harris (2,2nd base off Boehringer/G Myers).  U-HP–Brian Gibbons, 1B–Larry Poncino, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–3:00.  A–21,005.
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