New York Mets vs Washington Nationals
April 23, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 2008 at Nationals Park. 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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New York Mets 7, Washington Nationals 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 5 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 5 1 2 1
Wright 3b 4 1 0 0
Beltran cf 4 2 2 0
Church rf 5 1 2 2
Delgado 1b 5 0 1 1
Pagan lf 4 1 1 1
Schneider c 3 1 1 1
Santana p 2 0 2 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 6
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0
Guzman ss 4 0 2 0
Zimmerman 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Kearns rf 3 0 0 0
Milledge cf 4 0 0 0
Pena lf 4 1 2 0
Nieves c 4 1 2 0
Redding p 2 0 1 2
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
  Boone ph 0 0 0 0
  Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
New York 010 013 0027110
Washington 000 200 000271
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Santana  W(3-2) 7.0 7 2 2 1 4
  Sanchez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
2
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Redding  L(3-2) 5.0 4 3 3 3 3
  King   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Rivera   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hanrahan   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Colome   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
2
2
2
1
1

  E–Zimmerman (2).  DP–New York 1. Castillo-J. Reyes-Delgado.  2B–New York Beltran (8,off Redding); Santana 2 (3,off Redding,off King), Washington Redding (1,off Santana).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  SB–J. Reyes (4,2nd base off Redding/Nieves); Pagan 2 (2,2nd base off King/Nieves,3rd base off King/Nieves); Castillo (5,2nd base off Colome/Nieves).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Eric Cooper.  T–3:03.  A–32,780.
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