San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
August 6, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1998 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 8, New York Mets 9

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard rf 3 1 1 0
Mueller 3b 5 2 2 0
Bonds lf 5 1 3 1
Kent 2b 4 1 2 3
Snow 1b 3 0 0 0
  Carter ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Javier cf 4 0 1 1
Aurilia ss 5 1 2 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Mayne c 5 1 1 0
Hershiser p 2 0 0 0
  Dunston ph 1 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Hayes ph 1 1 1 3
  Johnstone p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 13 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Phillips rf,lf 5 2 4 1
Alfonzo 3b 5 1 1 3
Olerud 1b 5 2 2 1
Piazza c 4 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 1 1 0
McRae cf 4 1 2 2
Hundley lf 3 0 3 0
  Harris pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Lopez 2b,ss 3 1 1 1
Ordonez ss 3 1 1 0
  Baerga ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Yoshii p 3 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Pratt c 0 0 0 0
  Fabregas ph,c 1 0 0 1
Totals 39 9 16 9
San Francisco 200 000 0608130
New York 000 031 2129160
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser   6.0 10 4 4 0 5
  Morman   1.0 2 2 2 1 2
  Johnstone   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Nen  L (7-3) 1.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Mesa   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
9
9
4
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Yoshii   7.0 7 4 4 2 3
  Cook   0.2 3 3 3 0 1
  McMichael   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Wendell  W (4-0) 1.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
4
6

  E–None.  2B–San Francisco Aurilia (22,off Yoshii); Bonds (33,off Yoshii); Mayne (12,off Cook), New York Phillips (4,off Hershiser); Hundley (3,off Hershiser); Ordonez (12,off Hershiser).  HR–San Francisco Kent (16,8th inning off Cook 2 on, 0 out); Hayes (8,8th inning off McMichael Jr 2 on, 2 out), New York Alfonzo (7,5th inning off Hershiser 2 on, 1 out); McRae (17,6th inning off Hershiser 0 on, 0 out); Phillips (1,7th inning off Morman 0 on, 0 out); Olerud (15,7th inning off Morman 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Javier (3,by Wendell); Harris (3,by Nen).  WP–Nen (3).  IBB–Nen (3,Harris); Wendell (4,Javier).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–3:40.  A–36,920.
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