San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
August 15, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 2002 at Shea Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 5, New York Mets 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Vazquez 2b 3 1 2 1
Kingsale cf 5 0 1 0
Klesko 1b 5 0 2 1
Trammell rf 3 1 1 0
Cruz ss 5 1 0 0
Lampkin c 5 1 3 2
Hubbard lf 4 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Matos 3b 5 1 1 1
Tomko p 3 0 1 0
  Buchanan ph 1 0 0 0
  Davey p 0 0 0 0
  Holtz p 0 0 0 0
  Villafuerte p 0 0 0 0
  Gant lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 11 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 5 0 1 0
Perez cf 5 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 3 0 2 0
Wigginton 3b 4 1 0 0
Tarasco rf 3 1 1 1
  Valentin ph 1 1 1 0
  McEwing rf 0 0 0 0
Cedeno lf 4 0 2 0
Wilson c 2 0 1 1
Thomson p 2 0 0 0
  Cerda p 0 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  Burnitz ph 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Piazza ph 1 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 2
San Diego 000 140 0005112
New York 000 100 020383
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Tomko  W (6-8) 6.0 6 1 1 1 2
  Davey   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Holtz   0.2 1 2 0 1 0
  Villafuerte   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman  SV (31) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
1
3
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson  L (7-10) 4.2 10 5 3 3 2
  Cerda   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Strickland   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Guthrie   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Benitez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
3
5
7

  E–Lampkin (2), Matos (7), Alomar (7), Vaughn (9), Wilson (4).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Klesko (24,off Thomson); Lampkin (8,off Thomson), New York Vaughn (15,off Tomko).  HR–New York Tarasco (6,4th inning off Tomko 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Wilson (6,by Davey).  SB–Hubbard (9,2nd base off Strickland/Wilson); Cedeno (14,2nd base off Tomko/Lampkin).  HBP–Davey (2,Wilson).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Andrew Fletcher.  T–2:57.  A–27,182.
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