San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
August 12, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 2003 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 4, New York Mets 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Cruz, Jr. rf 5 0 2 0
Snow 1b 3 1 1 0
  Galarraga ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Grissom cf 5 0 0 0
Bonds lf 4 3 3 3
Alfonzo 2b 3 0 1 0
Santiago c 5 0 0 1
Perez ss 4 0 2 0
Feliz 3b 3 0 1 0
Ponson p 3 0 0 0
  Zerbe p 0 0 0 0
  Hammonds ph 1 0 0 0
  Brower p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno rf 4 0 1 1
  Gonzalez rf 0 0 0 0
Reyes ss 4 0 2 1
Floyd lf 4 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
Phillips 1b 3 2 2 1
Perez cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilson c 3 1 1 1
McEwing 2b 1 2 1 0
Heilman p 2 0 1 1
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Duncan ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 5
San Francisco 001 020 0014111
New York 031 000 10x580
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson  L (0-2) 6.2 8 5 5 2 2
  Zerbe   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Brower   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Heilman  W (2-5) 5.0 7 3 3 3 7
  Roberts   2.0 3 0 0 1 3
  Weathers  SV (3) 2.0 1 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
4
14

  E–Grissom (8).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–San Francisco Cruz (20,off Heilman); Perez (14,off Heilman); Snow (18,off Heilman), New York Phillips (17,off Ponson); McEwing (11,off Ponson); Reyes (10,off Ponson).  HR–San Francisco Bonds 2 (37,3rd inning off Heilman 0 on, 1 out,9th inning off Weathers 0 on, 1 out), New York Phillips (8,3rd inning off Ponson 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Bonds (48,by Heilman); McEwing (3,by Ponson).  SH–Duncan (5,off Ponson).  SB–McEwing (1,2nd base off Ponson/Santiago).  WP–Ponson (1).  IBB–Ponson (2,McEwing); Heilman (2,Bonds).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Justin Klemm, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–2:41.  A–37,461.
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