New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 20, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2000 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 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harris lf 4 2 2 2
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 1 1 0
Alfonzo 2b 5 1 1 2
Piazza c 5 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 4 0 0 0
Zeile 1b 5 0 2 0
Payton cf 3 1 1 0
Bordick ss 5 1 1 0
Jones p 1 1 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Trammell ph 1 1 1 1
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton ph 1 0 1 0
  McEwing pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Totals 38 9 10 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0
  White ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 5 1 1 0
Sheffield lf 4 2 1 0
Green rf 4 0 2 1
Karros 1b 4 1 3 1
Hundley c 3 2 2 3
Beltre 3b 4 0 1 0
Cora ss 3 0 0 0
  Elster ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Dreifort p 2 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Santangelo ph 1 0 1 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Leyritz ph 1 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 5
New York 220 002 0309101
Los Angeles 021 110 1006113
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   4.2 8 5 5 1 2
  Cook   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wendell  W (6-4) 2.0 3 1 1 2 2
  Franco   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Benitez  SV (33) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
8
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Dreifort   5.0 7 6 5 5 4
  Osuna   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Adams  L (5-6) 2.0 2 3 0 0 1
  Olson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
5
5
6

  E–Harris (11), Grudzielanek (15), Hundley (8), Beltre (20).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  PB–Hundley (7).  2B–New York Bell (28,off Dreifort); Payton (17,off Dreifort); Zeile (34,off Dreifort), Los Angeles Green (35,off Jones Sr).  HR–New York Alfonzo (16,1st inning off Dreifort 1 on, 1 out); Trammell (2,6th inning off Dreifort 0 on, 0 out); Harris (4,6th inning off Dreifort 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Hundley 2 (21,2nd inning off Jones Sr 1 on, 1 out,4th inning off Jones Sr 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Bell (2,off Dreifort).  IBB–Hundley (5,by Wendell).  SB–Harris (11,2nd base off Dreifort/Hundley); Grudzielanek (10,2nd base off Jones Sr/Piazza); Santangelo (3,2nd base off Wendell/Piazza); Karros (2,2nd base off Wendell/Piazza).  WP–Dreifort (14).  IBB–Wendell (6,Hundley).  U-HP–Mike DiMuro, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–3:21.  A–46,122.
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