New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 17, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 2009 at AT&T Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 0, San Francisco Giants 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cora ss 2 0 1 0
  Tatis ss 2 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 2 0 0 0
Beltran cf 3 0 1 0
Sheffield rf 4 0 0 0
Wright 3b 2 0 1 0
Murphy lf 2 0 0 0
  Pagan ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Santos c 3 0 1 0
Reed 1b 4 0 1 0
Pelfrey p 1 0 0 0
  Church ph 1 0 0 0
  Takahashi p 0 0 0 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Castro ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 5 0
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Velez 2b 4 0 0 0
  Burriss 2b 0 0 0 0
Frandsen ss 4 0 0 0
Sandoval 3b 4 1 2 0
Molina c 4 0 2 1
Winn lf 3 0 0 0
Schierholtz rf 2 0 0 0
Rowand cf 3 1 1 0
Ishikawa 1b 3 0 1 0
Cain p 1 0 1 1
  Howry p 1 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
New York 000 000 000050
San Francisco 100 010 00x270
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Pelfrey  L(4-1) 6.0 6 2 2 2 2
  Takahashi   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Green   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
2
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Cain  W(4-1) 6.0 3 0 0 5 2
  Howry   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Affeldt   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Wilson  SV(9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
7
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 2. Wright-Castillo-Reed, Takahashi-Tatis-Reed, San Francisco 2. Ishikawa-Molina-Ishikawa, Frandsen-Burriss-Ishikawa.  2B–New York Cora (4,off Cain); Beltran (11,off Affeldt).  SH–Castillo (4,off Cain).  IBB–Wright (3,by Affeldt); Schierholtz (2,by Pelfrey).  Team LOB–9.  Team–5.  CS–Wright (7,2nd base by Cain/Molina).  U-HP–Brian Knight, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Doug Eddings, 3B–Hunter Wendelstedt.  T–2:44.  A–43,012.
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