San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
September 7, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1986 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 5, New York Mets 6

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 2 0 0 0
  Flannery ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Kruk rf,1b 4 1 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 1
Martinez 1b 2 0 1 1
  Gwynn ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Bochy c 4 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 1 2 0
Wynne cf 2 0 0 0
Roberts 2b 5 1 4 1
Wojna p 1 1 1 0
  Lefferts p 1 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 1 0 0 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 2 2 0
Backman 2b 3 2 3 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 3 3
Strawberry rf 5 0 1 0
Heep lf 3 1 1 1
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 0
Hearn c 3 0 2 1
Elster ss 2 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 1 0
  Santana ss 2 0 0 1
Fernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Carter ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 14 6
San Diego 003 001 0015100
New York 200 103 00x6141
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Wojna   4.1 13 3 3 2 1
  Lefferts  L (7-7) 1.0 1 3 3 3 0
  Stoddard   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Walter   2.0 0 0 0 3 1
Totals
8.0
14
6
6
9
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   5.0 6 3 2 3 1
  Sisk  W (4-2) 1.0 1 1 1 3 1
  McDowell  SV (19) 3.0 3 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
8
4

  E–Johnson (20).  DP–San Diego 1, New York 1.  SH–Wojna (2,off Fernandez); Backman (13,off Walter).  SF–Martinez (2,off Fernandez).  SB–Dykstra (29,2nd base off Wojna/Bochy); Backman 2 (12,2nd base off Wojna/Bochy,2nd base off Lefferts/Bochy).  WP–Fernandez (4).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–3:17.  A–38,630.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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