Washington Nationals vs New York Mets
May 12, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 2008 at Shea Stadium. The Washington Nationals defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Nationals 10, New York Mets 4

Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Lopez 2b 5 0 2 1
Guzman ss 6 0 1 0
Zimmerman 3b 5 1 1 0
Johnson 1b 3 3 1 1
Milledge cf 4 1 1 2
Kearns rf 5 0 0 0
Mackowiak lf 2 2 0 1
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Flores c 3 2 1 2
Perez p 3 1 3 2
  Schroder p 0 0 0 0
  Harris lf 0 0 0 0
  Dukes ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 10 9
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 4 0 2 0
Church rf 4 0 1 0
Wright 3b 3 2 1 1
Beltran cf 5 0 2 1
Alou lf 5 1 3 0
Delgado 1b 5 0 0 0
Easley 2b 4 1 2 2
Schneider c 4 0 1 0
Figueroa p 2 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 4
Washington 011 134 00010100
New York 111 000 1004122
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  W(1-3) 6.1 11 4 4 2 5
  Schroder   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Rivera   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
1
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  L(2-3) 5.0 5 6 4 5 4
  Sosa   1.0 4 4 4 2 1
  Sanchez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Wagner   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
3

  E–Delgado (5), Figueroa (1).  2B–Washington Flores (4,off Figueroa); Zimmerman (8,off Sosa); Milledge (10,off Sosa); Guzman (11,off Wagner), New York Alou (2,off Perez).  HR–New York Easley (1,2nd inning off Perez 0 on 0 out); Wright (7,7th inning off Perez 0 on 1 out).  SH–Perez (2,off Figueroa).  SF–Mackowiak (1,off Figueroa).  HBP–Zimmerman (2,by Figueroa); Flores (1,by Figueroa).  IBB–Flores (1,by Sosa).  Team LOB–11.  Team–11.  SB–Wright (5,2nd base off Perez/Flores).  CS–J. Reyes (4,2nd base by Perez/Flores).  U-HP–Doug Eddings, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Lance Barksdale.  T–3:15.  A–45,321.
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