San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
August 6, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 2008 at Shea Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 4, New York Mets 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Gerut cf 5 1 1 1
Gonzalez E. 2b 2 0 0 0
  Iguchi 2b 1 0 0 0
Giles rf 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez A. 1b 4 0 0 0
Kouzmanoff 3b 3 0 0 0
Headley lf 4 1 1 1
Bard c 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 4 1 2 0
Baek p 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Hairston ph 1 0 1 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes J. ss 5 1 1 0
Murphy lf 5 1 3 1
Wright 3b 5 0 2 1
Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Tatis rf 4 0 1 0
Easley 2b 3 0 0 0
Schneider c 3 0 2 0
Martinez p 3 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Kunz p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes A. ph 1 0 0 0
  Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 9 2
San Diego 200 000 110462
New York 100 010 000291
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Baek  W(4-5) 6.1 8 2 2 1 5
  Adams   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman  SV(24) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L(3-3) 6.1 4 3 2 3 3
  Feliciano   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Kunz   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Schoeneweis   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–Edgar Gonzalez 2 (5), Wright (13).  DP–San Diego 1. Giles-A. Gonzalez.  2B–San Diego Rodriguez (1,off P. Martinez).  3B–New York Murphy (1,off Baek).  HR–San Diego Gerut (9,1st inning off P. Martinez 0 on 0 out); Giles (6,1st inning off P. Martinez 0 on 1 out); Headley (7,8th inning off Kunz 0 on 1 out).  SH–Baek 2 (4,off P. Martinez 2).  HBP–Bard (1,by P. Martinez); Easley (6,by Baek).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Schneider (6,by Baek).  Team–10.  SB–Hairston (3,2nd base off Schoeneweis/Schneider); Wright (14,2nd base off Baek/Bard); J. Reyes (37,2nd base off Baek/Bard).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–Todd Tichenor, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:53.  A–48,018.
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