Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
April 9, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1991 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 1, New York Mets 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 0
Daulton c 5 0 1 0
Hayes V. lf 4 0 2 0
Murphy rf 5 0 0 0
Kruk 1b 5 1 2 0
Hayes C. 3b 4 0 2 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 0 0 0
Ready 2b 3 0 2 1
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Hollins 3b 0 0 0 0
Grimsley p 3 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Backman 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 1 10 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 5 0 0 0
Jefferies 3b 5 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 2 0 0 0
Brooks rf 4 1 2 1
Johnson ss 4 0 0 0
Carreon lf 3 0 1 0
  Schourek p 0 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Teufel ph 1 0 0 0
  Simons p 0 0 0 0
Herr 2b 3 0 0 0
O'Brien c 2 0 1 0
  Miller pr 0 0 0 0
  Cerone c 1 1 1 1
Viola p 2 0 0 0
  Boston lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 2
Philadelphia 000 001 000 01100
New York 000 000 001 1250
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley   6.1 3 0 0 5 9
  Williams   1.1 0 0 0 2 1
  McDowell   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Boever  L (0-1) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.2
5
2
2
7
11
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Viola   6.0 8 1 1 2 6
  Schourek   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Innis   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Simons  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
1
1
3
8

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1, New York 1.  2B–Philadelphia V Hayes (1,off Viola), New York Brooks (2,off Grimsley).  HR–New York Cerone (1,9th inning off McDowell 0 on, 1 out); Brooks (1,10th inning off Boever 0 on, 2 out).  SH–C Hayes (1,off Schourek).  IBB–Ready (1,by Viola); Herr (1,by Grimsley).  SB–Herr (2,2nd base off Grimsley/Daulton); Carreon (1,2nd base off Grimsley/Daulton).  WP–Grimsley 2 (2).  IBB–Grimsley (1,Herr); Viola (1,Ready).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–3:25.  A–16,013.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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