New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
September 1, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 8, San Diego Padres 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf 3 0 0 0
  Payton lf 2 1 2 0
Alfonzo 3b 4 2 1 1
Olerud 1b 3 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  Fabregas ph 1 1 1 2
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
Piazza c 4 1 1 3
McRae cf 3 1 1 1
Harris rf 4 1 2 0
Baerga 2b 4 0 1 0
Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0
  Lopez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Nomo p 1 0 0 0
  Pratt ph 1 0 0 0
  Beltran p 0 0 0 0
  Franco 1b 2 1 1 1
Totals 36 8 10 8
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 2 1 0 2
Gwynn rf 3 1 3 2
  Rivera pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 5 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Vaughn lf 5 3 3 3
Finley cf 4 1 1 2
Sweeney 1b 2 1 0 0
Hernandez c 4 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 2 3 0
Spencer p 2 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 0 0 0 0
  Leyritz ph 0 0 0 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
  Arias 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 10 9
New York 000 001 7008100
San Diego 301 101 30x9100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Nomo   4.0 5 5 5 4 2
  Beltran   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Rojas   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Wendell  L (4-1) 0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Cook   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
9
9
7
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Spencer   6.0 5 3 3 1 5
  Miceli   0.2 4 5 5 1 0
  Myers  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Wall   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Hoffman  SV (45) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
2
9

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–New York Harris (13,off Spencer), San Diego Gwynn (30,off Nomo); Gomez 3 (28,off Nomo,off Rojas,off Wendell).  HR–New York Alfonzo (14,6th inning off Spencer 0 on, 1 out); McRae (20,7th inning off Spencer 0 on, 0 out); Piazza (27,7th inning off Miceli 2 on, 2 out), San Diego Vaughn 2 (47,1st inning off Nomo 1 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Nomo 0 on, 0 out); Finley (12,7th inning off Wendell 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Spencer (1,off Nomo).  SF–Veras (3,off Nomo).  HBP–Leyritz (7,by Cook).  HBP–Cook (3,Leyritz).  U-HP–Kerwin Danley, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–3:12.  A–18,489.
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