Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
August 24, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 2009 at Citi Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 6, New York Mets 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Victorino cf 3 1 1 0
Werth rf 2 1 0 0
Utley 2b 4 2 1 0
Howard 1b 5 2 2 5
Ibanez lf 5 0 2 1
Feliz 3b 4 0 0 0
Bruntlett ss 4 0 1 0
  Rollins ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Bako c 4 0 0 0
Lee p 3 0 0 0
  Francisco ph 1 0 0 0
  Park p 0 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 7 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Pagan cf 4 1 1 0
Castillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Sheffield lf 4 1 2 0
Tatis 3b 3 0 0 1
Murphy 1b 4 0 1 0
Santos c 3 0 0 0
Sullivan rf 3 0 1 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 1 0
Parnell p 1 0 0 0
  Valdez ph 1 0 0 0
  Takahashi p 0 0 0 0
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Reed ph 1 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Stokes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 1
Philadelphia 302 000 001672
New York 200 000 000263
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W(5-0) 7.0 6 2 0 0 5
  Park   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Lidge   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
0
0
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Parnell  L(3-6) 5.0 4 5 5 3 3
  Takahashi   1.1 1 0 0 2 2
  Dessens   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Feliciano   0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Stokes   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
7
9

  E–Utley 2 (10), Sheffield (2), Tatis (2), Santos (3).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Utley-Howard.  2B–Philadelphia Utley (23,off Feliciano); Ibanez (27,off Feliciano), New York A. Hernandez (12,off Lee); Murphy (25,off Lee).  3B–New York Sheffield (2,off Lee).  HR–Philadelphia Howard 2 (34,1st inning off Parnell 2 on 1 out,3rd inning off Parnell 1 on 1 out).  HBP–Victorino (6,by Parnell).  Team LOB–11.  SF–Tatis (3,off Lee).  Team–3.  SB–Victorino 2 (20,2nd base off Parnell/Santos,2nd base off Wagner/Santos).  CS–Pagan (5,2nd base by Lee/Bako).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Rob Drake, 2B–Tim Timmons, 3B–Mark Wegner.  T–3:05.  A–39,336.
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