New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 3, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 2002 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 7, Philadelphia Phillies 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno lf 5 2 3 0
Alfonzo 3b 3 1 1 0
Piazza c 5 2 2 6
Vaughn 1b 3 1 1 1
Payton cf 4 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
Valentin ss 3 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Cerda p 0 0 0 0
  Perez cf 1 0 0 0
Burnitz rf 4 0 0 0
McEwing 2b 2 0 0 0
  Alomar ph,2b 2 0 0 0
D'Amico p 2 1 1 0
  Ordonez ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 8 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ledee cf 5 1 2 0
Rollins ss 5 1 2 1
Abreu rf 3 2 1 2
Burrell lf 4 2 3 2
Rolen 3b 4 1 2 0
Anderson 2b 3 1 1 1
Lieberthal c 4 0 2 1
Perez 1b 3 0 0 0
Wolf p 1 0 0 0
  Glanville ph 1 0 1 1
  Silva p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 14 8
New York 000 004 300780
Philadelphia 010 005 11x8141
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
D'Amico   5.0 8 4 4 0 3
  Weathers   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Cerda   0.2 0 1 1 1 1
  Strickland  L (6-5) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Guthrie   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
8
8
3
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Wolf   6.0 5 4 4 1 6
  Silva   0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Plesac  W (2-1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Mesa  SV (22) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
3
7

  E–Rolen (8).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Philadelphia Anderson (17,off Weathers); Burrell (17,off Strickland); Ledee (6,off Strickland).  HR–New York Piazza 2 (17,6th inning off Wolf 2 on, 1 out,7th inning off Silva 2 on, 2 out); Vaughn (10,6th inning off Wolf 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Perez (3,by Weathers); Anderson (4,by Strickland).  SB–Abreu (15,2nd base off Strickland/Piazza); Rolen (4,2nd base off Strickland/Piazza).  CS–Rolen (2,3rd base by Strickland/Piazza); Rollins (8,2nd base by Guthrie/Piazza).  IBB–Weathers (3,Perez); Strickland (4,Anderson).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Brian Runge.  T–3:15.  A–50,396.
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