San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
August 7, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 2008 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 3, New York Mets 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hairston cf,2b 3 0 1 0
Iguchi 2b 3 0 0 0
  Giles ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez A. 1b 3 0 1 1
Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 0 0
Headley lf 3 1 1 1
Gerut rf,cf 4 1 1 1
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez ss 4 0 1 0
Banks p 1 0 0 0
  Meredith p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez E. ph 1 1 1 0
  Corey p 0 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes J. ss 5 0 1 0
Reyes A. 2b 5 0 0 0
Wright 3b 5 1 3 2
Beltran cf 4 1 3 0
Tatis rf,lf 3 1 0 0
Murphy lf 4 1 2 1
  Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
Castro c 2 0 0 0
  Cancel c 2 0 1 0
Evans 1b 3 0 1 2
Santana p 3 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Chavez rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
San Diego 010 000 011360
New York 000 201 0025120
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Banks   5.0 9 3 3 1 4
  Meredith   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Corey   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bell  L(6-5) 0.2 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.2
2
2
2
0
0
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Santana   7.0 4 2 2 3 7
  Sanchez   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Smith   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Schoeneweis   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Heilman  W(2-6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  DP–New York 2. A. Reyes-Evans, A. Reyes-J. Reyes-Evans.  2B–San Diego Hairston (16,off Santana), New York Beltran (26,off Banks); Wright (29,off Banks).  3B–New York J. Reyes (13,off Banks).  HR–San Diego Headley (8,2nd inning off Santana 0 on 1 out); Gerut (10,9th inning off Schoeneweis 0 on 1 out), New York Wright (21,9th inning off Bell 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Hairston (3,by Sanchez).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Evans (2,off Meredith).  Team–8.  SB–Beltran (17,2nd base off Meredith/Hundley).  U-HP–Todd Tichenor, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Bruce Dreckman.  T–2:54.  A–49,352.
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