New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
August 27, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1998 at 3Com Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, San Francisco Giants 11

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harris lf,rf 4 0 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 4 1 2 0
Olerud 1b 3 1 1 0
Piazza c 3 1 3 2
  Fabregas c 1 0 0 0
McRae cf 4 0 2 0
Baerga 2b 4 0 1 0
Allensworth rf 3 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Hundley ph 1 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 2 0 0 0
  Lopez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Reynoso p 2 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Franco lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard rf 5 1 3 1
Mueller 3b 5 1 3 2
Bonds lf 3 0 1 0
Kent 2b 4 2 1 1
Hayes 1b 2 2 0 0
Burks cf 5 2 3 2
Mayne c 4 0 1 1
Sanchez ss 4 1 1 0
Darwin p 2 1 2 1
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Dunston ph 1 1 1 3
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Carter ph 1 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 16 11
New York 000 102 0003100
San Francisco 003 043 10x11160
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reynoso  L (5-1) 4.2 10 7 7 5 4
  McMichael   1.0 5 3 3 2 1
  Rojas   1.1 1 1 1 0 2
  Blair   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
11
11
7
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  W (8-10) 5.2 6 3 3 1 2
  Rodriguez   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Mesa   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, San Francisco 4.  2B–San Francisco Bonds (36,off Reynoso); Mueller (23,off McMichael Jr).  HR–New York Piazza (25,6th inning off Darwin 1 on, 2 out), San Francisco Burks (19,5th inning off Reynoso 0 on, 1 out); Dunston (2,6th inning off McMichael Jr 2 on, 2 out); Kent (23,7th inning off Rojas 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Darwin (4,off Reynoso).  SF–Mayne (2,off Reynoso).  HBP–Benard (2,by Reynoso).  IBB–Bonds (23,by McMichael Jr).  HBP–Reynoso (3,Benard).  IBB–McMichael Jr (7,Bonds).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–3:28.  A–17,823.
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