New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
August 21, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 2003 at Qualcomm Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, San Diego Padres 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno rf 3 2 1 2
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
Reyes ss 3 1 0 0
Phillips c 3 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Wigginton 3b 4 1 1 3
Gonzalez cf,rf 3 0 0 0
  Perez rf 0 0 0 0
Scutaro 2b 4 1 1 0
McEwing lf 3 0 0 0
Seo p 2 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Duncan cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 4 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Vazquez ss 5 0 1 0
Kotsay cf 4 0 2 0
Loretta 2b 4 0 0 0
Nevin rf 4 0 1 0
Klesko 1b 2 1 0 0
White lf 4 0 1 0
Burroughs 3b 4 0 2 1
Ojeda c 3 0 0 0
  Hansen ph 1 0 0 0
Perez p 2 0 0 0
  Merloni ph 1 0 0 0
  Matthews M. p 0 0 0 0
  Hackman p 0 0 0 0
  Matthews G. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 7 1
New York 320 000 000541
San Diego 000 100 000170
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seo  W (7-8) 6.0 6 1 1 1 2
  Stanton   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Weathers   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  L (4-7) 7.0 4 5 5 3 9
  Matthews   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hackman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
5
5
3
10

  E–Scutaro (1).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–New York Scutaro (3,off Perez), San Diego Kotsay (20,off Seo); White (16,off Seo); Burroughs (23,off Seo).  3B–San Diego Burroughs (4,off Seo).  HR–New York Wigginton (9,1st inning off Perez 2 on, 2 out); Cedeno (6,2nd inning off Perez 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Gonzalez (1,by Hackman).  HBP–Hackman (6,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:35.  A–21,958.
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