New York Mets vs Montreal Expos
April 9, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 2004 at Estadio Hiram Bithorn. The New York Mets defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Montreal Expos 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Matsui ss 3 0 2 0
Gutierrez 2b 3 0 0 0
Floyd lf 3 2 2 1
  Spencer lf 2 0 1 0
Piazza c 3 0 0 0
  Wilson c 2 0 0 0
Cameron cf 3 0 1 0
Phillips 1b 3 0 0 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
  McEwing ph 1 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Moreno p 0 0 0 0
Garcia rf 5 0 1 1
Wigginton 3b 5 1 0 0
Yates p 2 0 0 0
  Valent ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Zeile 1b 2 0 1 1
Totals 38 3 8 3
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Bergeron cf 4 0 2 0
Vidro 2b 4 0 1 2
Cabrera ss 5 0 2 0
Everett rf 4 0 1 0
Wilkerson 1b 2 0 0 0
  Lopez ph,1b 3 0 0 0
Batista 3b 5 0 0 0
Sledge lf 2 0 0 0
  Rivera ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  Calloway ph 0 0 0 0
Schneider c 5 1 1 0
Day p 1 0 0 0
  Fox ph 1 0 0 0
  Kim p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll ph 0 1 0 0
  Biddle p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 1 0 1 0
Totals 39 2 8 2
New York 100 100 000 01380
Montreal 000 000 020 00280
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Yates   6.0 5 0 0 0 4
  Stanton   1.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Looper   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Weathers  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Moreno  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
8
2
2
4
8
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Day   5.0 3 2 2 4 7
  Kim   3.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Biddle   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Ayala  L (0-2) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
11.0
8
3
3
8
11

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Montreal 1.  2B–New York Matsui (3,off Biddle); Zeile (1,off Ayala), Montreal Vidro (2,off Looper).  HR–New York Floyd (1,1st inning off Day 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Floyd (1,by Day); Piazza (1,by Day); Gutierrez (1,by Ayala).  IBB–Matsui (2,by Ayala); Everett (1,by Looper).  Team LOB–13.  SH–Bergeron (1,off Stanton).  Team–9.  CS–Matsui (1,2nd base by Day/Schneider).  SB–Calloway (1,2nd base off Moreno/V Wilson).  HBP–Day 2 (2,Floyd,Piazza); Ayala (1,Gutierrez).  IBB–Looper (1,Everett); Ayala (1,Matsui).  U-HP–Rob Drake, 1B–Kevin Kelley, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–3:44.  A–14,739.
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