Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets
July 31, 1998 Box Score

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

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Mets 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 3 1
Hubbard cf,3b 5 0 2 0
Sheffield rf 3 0 0 0
Karros 1b 3 1 0 0
Luke lf 4 1 1 0
Beltre 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Johnson c 4 0 1 1
Castro ss 3 0 1 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph,cf 1 1 1 1
Dreifort p 2 0 0 0
  Cora ss 1 0 0 0
  Prince ph 1 1 1 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 4 1 2 2
Harris 3b,lf 4 0 1 1
Olerud 1b 4 0 2 0
Piazza c 4 0 0 0
Hundley lf 2 0 0 0
  Alfonzo 3b 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
Huskey rf 4 0 1 0
  Agbayani pr 0 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 4 1 2 0
Ordonez ss 3 1 1 0
Yoshii p 2 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph 1 0 1 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Los Angeles 010 000 0034111
New York 000 030 0003100
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Dreifort   6.1 8 3 3 1 6
  Guthrie   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Osuna  W (6-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Shaw  SV (32) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Yoshii   7.0 6 1 1 1 8
  McMichael   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Franco  L (0-6) 0.2 4 3 3 0 2
  Wendell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
10

  E–Karros (7).  DP–Los Angeles 2, New York 2.  2B–Los Angeles Johnson (14,off Yoshii); Castro (6,off Yoshii); Hubbard (3,off Yoshii); Young (19,off J Franco).  3B–Los Angeles Cedeno (1,off J Franco), New York McRae (5,off Dreifort).  SH–Ordonez (12,off Dreifort).  SB–Hubbard (5,3rd base off McMichael Jr/Piazza); Sheffield (16,2nd base off McMichael Jr/Piazza).  WP–Dreifort (7), J Franco (1).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–3:11.  A–49,407.
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