Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets
October 8, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 8, 1988 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Mets 8

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 5 1 1 0
Hatcher 1b 4 0 1 0
  Woodson 1b 1 0 0 0
Gibson lf 5 0 1 1
Marshall rf 4 1 0 0
Shelby cf 2 1 1 0
Scioscia c 4 0 2 0
  Gonzalez pr 0 1 0 0
  Dempsey c 0 0 0 0
Hamilton 3b 3 0 1 1
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
  Davis ph 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
Hershiser p 3 0 0 0
  Heep ph 0 0 0 0
  Sharperson ph,ss 0 0 0 1
Totals 34 4 7 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 1 1
  Cone p 0 0 0 0
Jefferies 3b 3 0 1 0
  Elster pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Hernandez 1b 2 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 5 1 3 3
McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Johnson ss,3b 4 2 0 0
Carter c 4 0 1 1
Backman 2b 4 1 2 2
Darling p 2 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Dykstra ph,cf 0 1 0 0
Totals 33 8 9 8
Los Angeles 021 000 010472
New York 001 002 05x892
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser   7.0 6 3 1 4 4
  Howell   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Pena  L (0-1) 0.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Orosco   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Horton   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 9 8 6 7 4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   6.0 5 3 2 4 5
  McDowell   1.2 2 1 1 1 3
  Myers  W (2-0) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Cone   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 7 4 3 6 9

  E–Gibson (1), Hamilton (1), Hernandez (1), McDowell (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–New York Strawberry (2,off Hershiser); Backman (1,off Pena).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Jefferies (1,by Orosco).  IBB–Hernandez (1,by Hershiser).  Team–9.  SB–Sax (2,2nd base off Darling/Carter); Shelby (1,2nd base off Darling/Carter); Johnson (1,2nd base off Pena/Dempsey).  WP–Hershiser (1).  HBP–Orosco (1,Jefferies).  IBB–Hershiser (1,Hernandez).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Paul Runge, LF–John McSherry, RF–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:44.  A–44,672.

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