Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets
September 23, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 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 5, New York Mets 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
McLouth cf 5 0 1 1
Diaz rf 5 0 2 0
Jones 3b 3 0 0 0
  Moylan p 0 0 0 0
  O'Flaherty p 0 0 0 0
  Norton ph 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Soriano p 0 0 0 0
McCann c 5 1 1 0
Anderson lf 4 1 2 0
  Gorecki lf 0 0 0 0
Escobar ss 3 2 0 0
LaRoche 1b 5 1 3 2
Johnson 2b 3 0 1 2
Hudson p 3 0 1 0
  Infante ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Pagan lf 4 0 2 1
Castillo 2b 5 0 1 1
Wright 3b 4 0 1 0
Beltran cf 4 0 2 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0
Francoeur rf 4 1 2 0
Schneider c 3 0 2 0
  Tatis ph 1 0 0 0
  Parnell p 0 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 1 0
  Sheffield ph 1 0 0 0
  Valdez ss 0 0 0 0
Pelfrey p 1 1 0 0
  Reed ph 1 0 0 0
  Takahashi p 0 0 0 0
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Santos ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
Atlanta 031 000 1005111
New York 001 100 0002111
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson  W(2-1) 6.0 9 2 2 2 3
  Moylan   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  O'Flaherty   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Gonzalez   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Soriano  SV(26) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
4
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Pelfrey  L(10-12) 6.0 9 4 3 3 5
  Takahashi   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Dessens   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Feliciano   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Parnell   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
4
9

  E–Johnson (10), Wright (16).  DP–Atlanta 3. Johnson-Escobar-LaRoche, Hudson-Escobar-LaRoche, Escobar-Johnson-LaRoche.  2B–Atlanta LaRoche (33,off Pelfrey), New York Pagan (17,off Moylan); Francoeur (31,off Gonzalez).  SF–Johnson (2,off Pelfrey).  Team LOB–11.  Team–11.  SB–Castillo (19,2nd base off Hudson/McCann); Castillo (19,2nd base off Hudson/McCann).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Doug Eddings, 2B–Brian Knight, 3B–Hunter Wendelstedt.  T–3:18.  A–38,266.
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