New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
May 16, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 2002 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 3, San Diego Padres 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno lf 5 1 3 1
Alomar 2b 5 0 1 0
Piazza c 3 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 4 0 1 1
Alfonzo 3b 4 0 3 0
Burnitz rf 3 1 0 0
Perez cf 3 1 2 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 0 0
Leiter p 2 0 1 1
  Wigginton ph 1 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 11 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hubbard cf 4 1 3 0
Jimenez 2b 3 0 1 0
Cruz ss 4 0 0 0
Trammell lf 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez c 2 0 1 0
  Lampkin ph,c 1 0 0 0
Pelaez 1b 4 0 1 0
Burroughs 3b 4 0 0 0
Sweeney rf 4 0 1 0
Lawrence p 2 0 0 0
  Lankford ph 1 0 0 0
  Davey p 0 0 0 0
  Pickford p 0 0 0 0
  Kotsay ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 0
New York 100 100 0013111
San Diego 100 000 000181
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter  W (5-2) 6.0 7 1 0 2 6
  Weathers   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Guthrie  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
2
8
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Lawrence  L (4-3) 7.0 8 2 2 3 5
  Davey   1.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Pickford   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
3
6

  E–Vaughn (3), Trammell (2).  DP–New York 2, San Diego 3.  2B–New York Cedeno (6,off Davey), San Diego Sweeney (3,off Leiter); Hubbard (1,off Leiter).  IBB–Perez (1,by Lawrence).  SB–Cedeno 2 (5,2nd base off Lawrence/Gonzalez,3rd base off Pickford/Lampkin); Alomar (4,2nd base off Lawrence/Gonzalez).  WP–Guthrie (1).  IBB–Lawrence (4,Perez).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Andrew Fletcher.  T–2:46.  A–15,931.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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