New York Mets vs Florida Marlins
May 31, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 2002 at Pro Player Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 6, Florida Marlins 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 3 0 1 0
Perez cf 4 0 0 1
Piazza c 3 0 1 0
Vaughn 1b 4 1 1 0
  McEwing pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Alfonzo 3b 5 1 1 0
Burnitz rf 5 0 0 0
Cedeno lf 3 2 1 1
Ordonez ss 5 2 3 4
Astacio p 2 0 0 0
  Estes pr 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Valentin ph 1 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 8 6
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 5 0 1 0
Fox ss 5 1 1 0
Floyd rf 5 1 1 0
Lowell 3b 2 1 1 2
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Millar lf 4 1 1 2
Lee 1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 0 1 0
Burnett p 1 0 0 0
  Owens ph 1 0 0 0
  Izquierdo p 0 0 0 0
  Almanza p 0 0 0 0
  Raines ph 1 0 0 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
  Malloy ph 1 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 7 4
New York 030 001 100 1681
Florida 020 000 030 0570
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Astacio   5.0 2 2 2 3 5
  Weathers   2.0 1 0 0 1 4
  Strickland   1.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Roberts  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Benitez  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
5
5
4
11
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Burnett   5.0 5 3 3 4 8
  Izquierdo   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Almanza   1.1 1 1 1 0 3
  Looper   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Nunez  L (4-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
10.0
8
6
6
7
14

  E–Strickland (1).  PB–Piazza (2).  2B–New York Vaughn (5,off Burnett); Ordonez (9,off Burnett), Florida Lowell (24,off Strickland).  HR–New York Cedeno (2,7th inning off Almanza 0 on, 2 out); Ordonez (1,10th inning off V Nunez 0 on, 2 out), Florida Millar (4,2nd inning off Astacio 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Perez (1,off Izquierdo).  HBP–Astacio (1,by Izquierdo).  IBB–Piazza (2,by Izquierdo).  CS–McEwing (3,2nd base by Looper/Johnson).  SB–Floyd (5,2nd base off Strickland/Piazza); Wilson (16,3rd base off Strickland/Piazza).  WP–Burnett (5).  HBP–Izquierdo (4,Astacio).  IBB–Izquierdo (2,Piazza).  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Lance Barksdale, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–3:26.  A–18,177.
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