Florida Marlins vs New York Mets
May 31, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 2009 at Citi Field. The New York Mets defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 2, New York Mets 3

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Coghlan lf 4 1 1 0
Bonifacio 3b 3 0 1 1
Ramirez ss 4 0 3 1
Cantu 1b 4 0 0 0
Hermida rf 4 0 0 0
Uggla 2b 4 0 1 0
Baker c 3 0 0 0
Ross cf 3 0 0 0
Volstad p 2 0 0 0
  Gload ph 0 1 0 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  Paulino ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Pagan cf 2 0 1 1
  Reed cf 2 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 3 0 1 0
Wright 3b 4 0 1 0
Sheffield lf 4 1 1 0
Murphy 1b 2 0 0 0
Martinez rf 3 1 1 1
Santos c 3 0 1 1
Valdez ss 2 1 1 0
Maine p 1 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Tatis ph 1 0 0 0
  Putz p 0 0 0 0
  Parnell p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 7 3
Florida 000 000 020260
New York 001 000 20x370
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Volstad  L(4-4) 7.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Calero   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
2
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Maine  W(5-3) 6.0 3 0 0 2 5
  Feliciano   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Putz   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Parnell   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Rodriguez  SV(14) 1.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
10

  E–None.  DP–Florida 2. Ramirez-Uggla-Cantu, Ramirez-Uggla-Cantu, New York 1. Wright-Murphy.  2B–Florida Uggla (9,off Maine); Ramirez (16,off Maine), New York Pagan (3,off Volstad); Castillo (4,off Volstad); F. Martinez (2,off Volstad); Santos (5,off Volstad).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Maine (2,off Volstad); Murphy (3,off Volstad).  Team–4.  SB–Wright (12,2nd base off Calero/Baker); Wright (12,2nd base off Calero/Baker).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–2:33.  A–40,482.
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