Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets
July 8, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 2009 at Citi Field. The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Mets 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 4 0 2 2
Hudson 2b 5 1 0 0
Ramirez lf 5 1 1 1
Blake 3b 1 0 0 0
Loretta 1b 4 0 1 1
Martin c 3 0 2 0
Ethier rf 5 0 0 0
Kemp cf 3 2 3 0
Kuroda p 0 0 0 0
  Wade p 0 0 0 0
  DeWitt ph 1 0 0 0
  Mota p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Pierre ph 1 0 0 0
  Troncoso p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cora ss 5 0 0 0
Murphy 1b 4 1 2 0
Wright 3b 4 2 2 1
Sheffield lf 3 1 0 0
Church rf 4 0 1 0
Reed cf 3 1 2 1
Schneider c 4 0 1 1
Castillo 2b 3 0 1 1
Perez p 2 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
  Parnell p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Tatis ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 4
Los Angeles 100 100 011491
New York 013 010 00x590
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Kuroda  L(3-5) 4.1 8 5 4 2 1
  Wade   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Mota   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Leach   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Troncoso   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
3
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  W(2-2) 5.0 4 2 2 7 2
  Parnell   1.2 2 0 0 1 3
  Feliciano   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Green   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Rodriguez  SV(22) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
9
6

  E–Blake (7).  DP–New York 2. Wright-Castillo-Murphy, Cora-Murphy.  2B–New York Murphy 2 (10,off Kuroda 2); Reed (4,off Kuroda).  3B–Los Angeles Kemp (6,off S. Green).  HR–Los Angeles Ramirez (8,9th inning off Rodriguez 0 on 0 out).  SH–Kuroda 2 (4,off Perez 2).  Team LOB–12.  Team–8.  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Marty Foster, 2B–Chad Fairchild, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–3:30.  A–40,027.
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