Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets
August 20, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 2009 at Citi Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 3, New York Mets 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Infante 2b 3 0 1 1
Anderson lf 1 0 0 0
  Gorecki lf 3 0 1 0
Jones 3b 4 0 0 0
McCann c 4 1 1 1
Escobar ss 3 0 1 0
Diaz rf 4 0 1 0
LaRoche 1b 3 1 2 0
Church cf 4 1 2 1
Kawakami p 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Moylan p 0 0 0 0
  Soriano p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 9 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Pagan cf 5 0 1 0
Castillo 2b 4 1 2 0
Murphy 1b 5 0 1 0
Francoeur rf 4 1 1 0
Sullivan lf 2 0 1 1
  Sheffield ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 3 0 1 0
Schneider c 3 0 0 0
  Santos ph,c 1 0 1 1
Hernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Santana p 2 0 1 0
  Reed ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Valdez lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
Atlanta 002 100 000391
New York 001 000 010290
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Kawakami  W(6-9) 7.0 7 1 1 2 5
  Gonzalez   0.2 0 1 0 1 1
  Moylan   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Soriano  SV(18) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
3
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Santana  L(13-9) 7.0 9 3 3 0 2
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Rodriguez   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
4

  E–C. Jones (15).  DP–Atlanta 1. Infante-Escobar-LaRoche, New York 3. A. Hernandez-Castillo-Murphy, A. Hernandez-Castillo-Murphy, Castillo-A. Hernandez-Murphy.  2B–Atlanta LaRoche (27,off Santana); Church (25,off Santana), New York Francoeur (19,off Kawakami); Santana (3,off Kawakami); Tatis (14,off Kawakami).  HR–Atlanta McCann (15,4th inning off Santana 0 on 1 out).  SH–Kawakami 2 (5,off Santana 2).  SF–Infante (3,off Santana).  Team LOB–5.  Team–10.  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Paul Schrieber, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:41.  A–39,105.
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