New York Mets vs Montreal Expos
April 4, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 1988 at Stade Olympique. The New York Mets defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 10, Montreal Expos 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 2 1 3
Teufel 2b 5 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 2 4 2
McReynolds lf 5 2 4 3
Carter c 4 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 1 0
Elster ss 4 1 1 2
Gooden p 2 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 0 1 0 0
  Cone p 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 13 10
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 0 1 1
Webster cf 4 2 3 0
Brooks rf 5 1 2 3
Wallach 3b 5 1 2 0
Galarraga 1b 3 1 2 0
Foley 2b 4 0 0 1
  St. Claire p 0 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 0 0 0 0
  Engle ph 1 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
Rivera ss 5 1 2 0
Reed c 4 0 1 1
  Fitzgerald ph 1 0 0 0
Martinez p 2 0 1 0
  Candaele 2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 41 6 15 6
New York 011 203 20110130
Montreal 100 120 0206151
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (1-0) 5.0 11 4 4 1 1
  Cone   2.1 4 2 2 2 1
  Myers  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
3
4
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (0-1) 6.0 9 7 6 4 7
  St. Claire   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  McGaffigan   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McClure   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Parrett   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
9
6
7

  E–Foley (1).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Raines (1,off Gooden); Galarraga 2 (2,off Gooden,off Cone); Candaele (1,off Cone).  3B–Montreal Webster (1,off Gooden).  HR–New York Strawberry 2 (2,2nd inning off Dennis Martinez 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off St Claire 0 on, 1 out); Elster (1,4th inning off Dennis Martinez 1 on, 0 out); Dykstra (1,6th inning off Dennis Martinez 2 on, 2 out); McReynolds 2 (2,7th inning off St Claire 0 on,, Montreal Brooks (1,8th inning off Cone 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Strawberry (1,by Dennis Martinez).  SH–Dennis Martinez (1,off Gooden).  HBP–Galarraga (1,by Gooden).  SB–Dykstra (1,2nd base off Dennis Martinez/Reed); Brooks (1,2nd base off Cone/Carter).  CS–Strawberry 2 (2,2nd base by Dennis Martinez/Reed,2nd base by Parrett/Reed).  BK–Gooden (1), Dennis Martinez (1).  HBP–Gooden (1,Galarraga).  IBB–Dennis Martinez (1,Strawberry).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–3:30.  A–55,413.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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