New York Yankees vs New York Mets
July 9, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1999 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Yankees 2, New York Mets 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 3 0 1 1
Jeter ss 4 1 1 0
O'Neill rf 4 0 1 1
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 4 0 2 0
Martinez 1b 3 0 0 0
Posada c 4 0 0 0
Curtis lf 1 1 0 0
Clemens p 1 0 0 0
  Manto ph 1 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Alfonzo 2b 4 1 2 0
Olerud 1b 2 2 1 1
Piazza c 4 1 2 3
Ventura 3b 4 0 0 0
McRae cf 4 1 1 0
Cedeno rf 4 0 3 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 2 1
Leiter p 3 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 12 5
New York 001 001 000250
New York 011 003 00x5120
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  L (8-3) 6.0 9 5 5 2 4
  Grimsley   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
2
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter  W (8-6) 8.0 4 2 2 4 2
  Benitez  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
5
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York McRae (10,off Clemens); Cedeno (12,off Grimsley).  HR–New York Olerud (13,3rd inning off Clemens 0 on, 2 out); Piazza (18,6th inning off Clemens 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Clemens (1,off Leiter).  SB–Knoblauch (15,2nd base off Leiter/Piazza); Ordonez (3,2nd base off Clemens/Posada).  CS–Cedeno (10,2nd base by Clemens/Posada).  WP–Clemens (3), Grimsley (5), Benitez (2).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–3:02.  A–53,820.
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