San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
August 16, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 2009 at Citi Field. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 2, New York Mets 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Velez cf 3 1 2 1
Winn rf,lf 4 0 1 1
Sanchez F. 2b 4 0 0 0
Sandoval 3b 3 0 0 0
Lewis lf 3 0 1 0
  Garko ph 1 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
Ishikawa 1b 4 0 0 0
Uribe ss 4 0 0 0
Whiteside c 4 1 1 0
Sanchez J. p 1 0 0 0
  Schierholtz ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Pagan cf 4 1 1 0
Castillo 2b 4 1 1 2
Sheffield lf 3 0 1 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Francoeur rf 4 1 2 0
Tatis 3b 2 0 0 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 1 1
Santos c 3 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 1 0 0 0
Pelfrey p 3 0 0 0
  Stokes p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 3
San Francisco 000 010 010250
New York 000 020 001361
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanchez   7.0 4 2 2 4 7
  Romo  L(3-2) 1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Affeldt   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
6
3
3
4
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Pelfrey   7.1 5 2 2 1 5
  Stokes   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Feliciano   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez  W(3-4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
9

  E–A. Hernandez (8).  DP–San Francisco 1. J. Sanchez-Uribe-Ishikawa.  2B–San Francisco Lewis (18,off Pelfrey); Velez (7,off Pelfrey); Winn (27,off Pelfrey), New York Pagan (8,off J. Sanchez).  HR–New York Castillo (1,5th inning off J. Sanchez 1 on 2 out).  SH–J. Sanchez (5,off Pelfrey); Tatis (3,off Romo).  IBB–Sandoval (8,by Stokes).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  CS–A. Hernandez (4,2nd base by J. Sanchez/Whiteside); A. Hernandez (4,2nd base by J. Sanchez/Whiteside).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Scott Barry, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–2:46.  A–38,793.
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