New York Mets vs Arizona Diamondbacks
August 15, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1998 at Bank One Ballpark. The New York Mets defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, Arizona Diamondbacks 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Phillips rf,lf 5 1 2 1
Alfonzo 3b 4 1 2 0
Olerud 1b 4 1 3 3
Piazza c 4 0 1 0
McRae cf 4 0 1 0
Hundley lf 3 0 0 0
  Harris rf 1 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 4 1 1 0
Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0
Reynoso p 2 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph 1 1 1 1
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Fox 2b,rf 5 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 0 3 0
Lee 1b 4 1 0 0
Williams 3b 3 1 0 0
White cf 3 1 1 2
Bell ss 4 1 2 1
Garcia rf 4 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Stinnett c 3 0 1 1
Wolcott p 1 0 0 0
  Dellucci ph 0 0 0 0
  Banks p 0 0 0 0
  Batista ph 1 0 0 0
  Chouinard p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Stankiewicz 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
New York 201 000 2005111
Arizona 000 004 000470
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reynoso  W (4-0) 6.0 6 4 4 2 3
  McMichael   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Rojas   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Franco  SV (25) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
6
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Wolcott   5.0 5 3 3 0 5
  Banks   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Chouinard  L (0-2) 0.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Embree   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Olson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
0
7

  E–Reynoso (1).  2B–New York Piazza (23,off Wolcott); Alfonzo (20,off Wolcott); Baerga (25,off Chouinard); Phillips (5,off Chouinard), Arizona Bell (21,off Reynoso).  HR–New York Olerud (16,1st inning off Wolcott 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Ordonez (14,off Chouinard).  HBP–Stinnett (4,by Reynoso); Dellucci (3,by Reynoso).  SB–Olerud (2,2nd base off Banks/Stinnett); McRae (20,2nd base off Embree/Stinnett); White (18,2nd base off Reynoso/Piazza).  CS–McRae (9,3rd base by Embree/Stinnett).  BK–Reynoso (1).  HBP–Reynoso 2 (2,Stinnett,Dellucci).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:57.  A–48,307.
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