New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 6, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 2008 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 5 0 1 1
Church rf 5 1 2 1
Wright 3b 4 0 0 0
Alou lf 5 1 2 0
Delgado 1b 5 0 1 0
Pagan cf 5 1 2 0
Schneider c 4 1 2 0
Castillo 2b 4 0 1 1
Figueroa p 1 0 0 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
  Beltran ph 1 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 11 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Pierre lf 5 0 1 1
Jones cf 4 0 1 0
Kemp rf 3 0 1 0
Kent 2b 3 1 0 0
Loney 1b 4 1 2 0
Martin c 3 1 1 0
DeWitt 3b 4 2 3 4
Hu ss 4 0 1 0
Kuroda p 0 0 0 0
  Kuo p 2 0 0 0
  Broxton p 0 0 0 0
  Young ph 0 0 0 0
  Saito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
New York 121 000 0004111
Los Angeles 012 020 00x5102
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  L(2-2) 5.0 8 5 5 4 3
  Heilman   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Feliciano   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Smith   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Kuroda   3.1 8 4 2 3 1
  Kuo  W(2-1) 3.2 0 0 0 1 8
  Broxton   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Saito  SV(5) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
0
1

  E–Wright (7), DeWitt (5), Kuroda (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1. Kuroda-Martin-Loney.  2B–New York Church (6,off Broxton).  HR–New York Church (5,1st inning off Kuroda 0 on 1 out), Los Angeles DeWitt (2,5th inning off Figueroa 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Castillo (1,by Kuo).  Team LOB–13.  SH–Kuroda (2,off Figueroa); Young (1,off Feliciano).  Team–9.  SB–Alou (1,Home off Kuroda/Martin); Pagan (3,2nd base off Kuroda/Martin); Castillo (7,2nd base off Kuroda/Martin); Kemp 2 (9,2nd base off Figueroa/Schneider,2nd base off Heilman/Schneider); Pierre (11,2nd base off Figueroa/Schneider).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Adrian Johnson.  T–3:21.  A–43,927.
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