Washington Nationals vs New York Mets
April 17, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 2008 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Nationals 2, New York Mets 3

Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Guzman ss 6 0 1 0
Belliard 2b 4 0 0 0
Zimmerman 3b 6 1 2 0
Johnson 1b 5 1 1 2
Milledge cf 6 0 1 0
Kearns rf 5 0 1 0
Pena lf 2 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Rauch p 0 0 0 0
  Estrada ph 1 0 0 0
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0
Nieves c 5 0 0 0
Lannan p 2 0 0 0
  Harris lf 3 0 0 0
Totals 46 2 6 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 6 1 2 0
Church rf 6 1 1 1
Wright 3b 5 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 1 1
Pagan cf 5 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Schneider ph 0 0 0 0
Clark lf 2 0 0 0
  Chavez ph,lf,cf 2 0 1 0
Casanova c 6 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 6 0 1 0
Figueroa p 2 0 0 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Beltran ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Easley lf 2 1 2 0
Totals 48 3 9 2
Washington 000 200 000 000 00263
New York 100 000 010 000 01390
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Lannan   6.0 3 1 1 0 11
  Rivera   1.2 1 1 0 1 1
  Ayala   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Rauch   1.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Colome   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  King   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hanrahan  L(0-1) 2.1 1 1 1 4 2
Totals
13.2
1
1
1
4
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa   7.0 3 2 2 2 7
  Heilman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Sanchez   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Feliciano   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Smith   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Sosa  W(2-1) 2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
14.0
2
0
0
1
2

  E–Belliard (1), King (1), Hanrahan (1).  DP–Washington 1. Guzman-Belliard-Johnson.  2B–New York Church (2,off Lannan).  HR–Washington Johnson (2,4th inning off Figueroa 1 on 1 out).  SH–Hanrahan (1,off Sosa); Clark (1,off Rivera); J. Reyes (2,off King).  HBP–Kearns (3,by Smith).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–Delgado 2 (3,by Colome,by Hanrahan); Wright (2,by Hanrahan).  Team–14.  CS–Kearns (2,2nd base by Smith/Casanova).  U-HP–Laz Diaz, 1B–Paul Schrieber, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–4:45.  A–47,785.
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