New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
August 29, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1987 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 1, San Francisco Giants 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 3 0
Teufel 2b 3 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 0
Carter c 4 0 2 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 1
Santana ss 3 0 1 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 0 0
Fernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 1 0 0 0
  Almon ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Dykstra ph 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thompson 2b 4 2 2 0
Mitchell 3b 5 3 3 0
Brenly c 2 1 1 1
Maldonado rf 1 0 0 3
Davis cf 3 1 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
Youngblood lf 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph,1b 4 2 2 2
Aldrete 1b,lf 4 0 1 1
Uribe ss 3 0 2 2
Hammaker p 2 0 0 0
  Milner cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 9 11 9
New York 000 000 001180
San Francisco 500 010 21x9112
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (10-8) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Leach   4.0 4 3 3 1 2
  Sisk   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Myers   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Orosco   2.0 4 3 3 1 4
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
3
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hammaker  W (9-9) 7.0 5 0 0 2 2
  Downs   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
3

  E–Thompson (13), Uribe (9).  DP–New York 1, San Francisco 3.  2B–New York Carter 2 (15,off Hammaker,off Downs), San Francisco Uribe 2 (13,off Leach,off Orosco); Mitchell (16,off Orosco).  3B–San Francisco Mitchell (2,off Sisk).  SH–Uribe (5,off Leach); Hammaker (1,off Leach).  SF–Maldonado 3 (5,off Leach,off Sisk,off Orosco); Brenly (4,off Orosco).  IBB–C Davis (11,by Leach).  CS–Wilson (4,2nd base by Hammaker/Brenly).  SB–Brenly (9,2nd base off Sisk/Carter).  IBB–Leach (4,C Davis).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–3:07.  A–35,842.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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