New York Mets vs Washington Nationals
July 31, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 2011 at Nationals Park. The Washington Nationals defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 2, Washington Nationals 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 4 0 2 0
Harris 2b 4 0 1 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 2 0
Wright 3b 4 0 1 0
Pagan cf 4 0 0 0
Bay lf 4 0 1 0
Duda rf 2 0 0 0
  Hairston ph,rf 2 2 2 2
Thole c 4 0 0 0
Niese p 1 0 0 0
  Igarashi p 0 0 0 0
  Paulino ph 1 0 0 0
  Beato p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Parnell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Bixler cf,lf 5 0 0 0
Desmond ss 5 1 2 1
Zimmerman 3b 4 1 2 1
Morse 1b 4 0 2 1
Werth rf 4 0 1 0
Espinosa 2b 4 0 1 0
Gomes lf 2 0 2 0
  Nix ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Clippard p 0 0 0 0
  Cora ph 1 0 0 0
  Storen p 0 0 0 0
Flores c 4 0 1 0
Zimmermann p 1 0 0 0
  Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Ankiel ph,cf 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 3 11 3
New York 000 000 101290
Washington 000 002 0013111
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Niese   5.1 8 2 2 0 6
  Igarashi   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Beato   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Byrdak   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Parnell  L(3-3) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
11
3
3
1
10
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Zimmermann   6.0 7 0 0 1 6
  Burnett   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Clippard   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Storen  W(6-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
8

  E–Zimmerman (8).  DP–Washington 1. Werth-Morse-Espinosa.  2B–Washington Morse 2 (26,off Niese 2); Desmond (15,off Niese); Zimmerman (10,off Niese); Werth (20,off Beato).  HR–New York Hairston 2 (7,7th inning off Burnett 0 on 0 out,9th inning off Storen 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Zimmermann (11,off Niese).  HBP–Ankiel (2,by Parnell).  Team–10.  SB–Werth (13,3rd base off Byrdak/Thole).  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–3:02.  A–25,307.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook