New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
May 23, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 2000 at Qualcomm Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, San Diego Padres 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McEwing cf,lf 4 1 0 0
  Piazza ph 1 1 1 2
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Bell rf 5 0 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 4 0 1 1
Ventura 3b 3 0 0 0
Zeile 1b 4 1 2 1
Pratt c 4 1 1 1
Agbayani lf 2 0 0 0
  Payton cf 1 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 0 0
Leiter p 2 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 0
  Nunnally pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Totals 36 5 6 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Owens lf 5 0 1 0
Rivera cf 2 1 1 0
  Klesko ph 1 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 5 2 2 2
Nevin 3b 4 0 0 0
Sprague 1b 4 0 1 1
Boone 2b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez c 4 0 0 0
Jackson ss 4 0 1 0
Spencer p 1 0 0 0
  Gomez ph 1 0 0 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 0 0 0 0
  DeHaan pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
New York 120 000 000 2560
San Diego 000 201 000 0371
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter   7.0 5 3 3 1 7
  Wendell  W (4-2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Benitez  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
7
3
3
2
10
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Spencer   7.0 4 3 2 1 8
  Wall   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Hoffman  L (0-1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 2
Totals
10.0
6
5
4
2
11

  E–Jackson (8).  2B–New York Zeile (14,off Spencer), San Diego Owens (5,off Leiter); Gwynn (4,off Leiter); Sprague Jr (9,off Leiter).  HR–New York Zeile (6,2nd inning off Spencer 0 on, 0 out); Pratt (3,2nd inning off Spencer 0 on, 0 out); Piazza (13,10th inning off Hoffman 1 on, 2 out), San Diego Gwynn (1,6th inning off Leiter 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Spencer (2,off Leiter).  HBP–Rivera (3,by Leiter).  SB–McEwing (2,2nd base off Spencer/Hernandez).  CS–Alfonzo (2,2nd base by Spencer/Hernandez); Rivera (1,2nd base by Leiter/Pratt).  HBP–Leiter (6,Rivera).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Ian Lamplugh, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Marvin Hudson.  T–2:58.  A–25,783.
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