New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 28, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1998 at Dodger Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf 2 1 0 0
Alfonzo 3b 5 0 2 0
Olerud 1b 5 1 2 3
Piazza c 4 2 2 1
McRae cf 3 0 1 0
Allensworth rf 4 0 0 0
  Harris ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 3 0 0 0
  Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Pratt ph 1 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph 0 0 0 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 5 0 0 0
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Lopez 2b 3 1 1 0
Totals 37 5 8 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 1 2 0
Hubbard lf 6 1 1 0
Sheffield rf 5 1 1 3
Karros 1b 4 1 3 1
Mondesi cf 5 0 2 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Grudzielanek ss 5 0 1 0
Johnson c 3 0 0 0
  Eisenreich pr 0 0 0 0
Perez p 2 0 1 0
  Radinsky p 0 0 0 0
  Beltre ph 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 40 4 13 4
New York 000 001 300 1582
Los Angeles 300 010 000 04132
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   5.0 11 4 4 2 2
  Blair   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wendell   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Cook  W (8-4) 2.0 0 0 0 2 4
  Franco  SV (29) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
13
4
4
6
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Perez   6.2 6 3 3 4 1
  Radinsky   1.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Shaw  L (3-7) 2.0 1 1 0 3 1
Totals
10.0
8
5
4
8
2

  E–Alfonzo (9), Ordonez (14), Karros (8), Bonilla (13).  DP–New York 1, Los Angeles 1.  HR–New York Piazza (26,6th inning off Perez 0 on, 0 out); Olerud (18,7th inning off Radinsky 2 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Sheffield (22,1st inning off Jones 2 on, 0 out); Karros (20,5th inning off Jones 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Harris (3,off Shaw); Perez (13,off Blair).  IBB–M Franco (6,by Shaw); Bonilla (4,by Wendell).  CS–McRae (11,2nd base by Perez/Johnson); Young (11,2nd base by Jones/Piazza).  SB–Grudzielanek (14,2nd base off Jones/Piazza); Mondesi (11,2nd base off Wendell/Piazza).  IBB–Wendell (7,Bonilla); Shaw (5,M Franco).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–C.B. Bucknor, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–4:02.  A–52,154.
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