Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
July 12, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 2003 at Shea 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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Philadelphia Phillies 4, New York Mets 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Byrd cf 6 1 2 0
Polanco 2b 5 1 3 1
Thome 1b 4 0 2 1
Abreu rf 6 0 0 0
Houston 3b 3 1 1 1
  Perez 3b 2 0 0 0
Rollins ss 5 0 1 0
Burrell lf 2 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Ledee ph 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Punto ph 1 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Pratt c 5 0 3 0
Duckworth p 2 0 0 0
  Michaels lf 3 1 1 0
Totals 45 4 13 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 5 1 3 0
Duncan cf 2 1 1 1
Wigginton 3b 4 0 1 0
Burnitz rf 4 0 0 0
Perez lf 2 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph,lf 3 0 1 1
Phillips c 1 0 1 0
  Wilson pr,c 2 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 0 0 0
  McEwing pr,1b 1 0 1 0
Sanchez 2b 5 0 0 0
Seo p 2 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Glavine ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 8 2
Philadelphia 100 001 000 024131
New York 100 000 010 00281
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Duckworth   5.1 5 1 1 2 5
  Cormier   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Wendell   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Mesa  W (4-5) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
8
2
2
6
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seo   6.0 7 2 2 2 4
  Weathers   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Stanton   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Benitez   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Franco  L (0-1) 1.2 3 2 1 2 0
  Lloyd   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
13
4
3
4
6

  E–Perez (6), Reyes (7).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–Philadelphia Polanco (23,off Seo); Thome 2 (18,off Seo,off Franco); Pratt (7,off Seo), New York Phillips (11,off Duckworth).  HR–Philadelphia Houston (2,6th inning off Seo 0 on, 1 out), New York Duncan (1,1st inning off Duckworth 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Polanco (2,off Franco).  SH–Duncan 2 (2,off Duckworth,off Wendell).  IBB–Burnitz (6,by Wendell).  SB–Byrd (3,3rd base off Stanton/Phillips); Polanco (10,2nd base off Stanton/Phillips); Duncan (1,2nd base off Mesa/Pratt).  CS–Phillips (1,2nd base by Duckworth/Pratt).  BK–Cormier (1).  IBB–Wendell (3,Burnitz).  U-HP–Greg Gibson, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Marvin Hudson.  T–4:05.  A–33,452.
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