New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
August 31, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1980 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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 4, San Francisco Giants 11

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf,1b 4 0 0 0
Taveras ss 3 0 0 1
Washington rf,cf 4 0 0 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
Youngblood 3b 4 1 3 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 1 1 0
  Norman ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Henderson lf 3 1 0 0
Trevino c 4 0 1 2
Almon 2b 3 1 0 0
Falcone p 1 0 1 1
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
  Lynch p 0 0 0 0
  Morales cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 2 2 1
Evans 3b 4 0 1 1
Wohlford lf 3 1 0 0
  Holland p 1 1 1 2
Ivie 1b 4 3 3 2
Herndon rf 4 0 2 1
Stennett 2b 4 1 1 2
Pettini ss 2 0 0 0
  Venable ph 0 1 0 0
  LeMaster ss 2 0 0 0
Sadek c 2 0 1 0
  May ph,c 2 0 0 0
Hargesheimer p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Bourjos ph 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph,lf 2 2 2 2
Totals 35 11 13 11
New York 040 000 000470
San Francisco 100 005 14x11130
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone  L (6-9) 5.1 4 5 5 6 4
  Miller   0.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Lynch   1.1 4 4 4 1 1
  Hausman   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
11
11
7
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hargesheimer   1.1 4 4 4 1 0
  Griffin   3.2 2 0 0 2 1
  Lavelle  W (6-6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Holland  SV (5) 3.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
2

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–San Francisco Ivie 2 (16,off Falcone,off Lynch); Stennett (13,off Lynch).  3B–San Francisco Holland (1,off Lynch).  SF–Taveras (2,off Griffin).  SH–Evans (4,off Falcone).  CS–Youngblood (10,2nd base by Griffin/Sadek).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:58.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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