Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets
August 9, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1999 at Shea Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 9, New York Mets 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 5 2 3 2
Vizcaino 2b 5 2 1 1
Sheffield lf 4 2 2 0
  Hubbard pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Karros 1b 4 0 2 4
White cf 5 0 2 1
Mondesi rf 3 1 1 0
Hundley c 4 1 1 1
Beltre 3b 3 1 1 0
Brown p 4 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Maddux p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen ph 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno rf 5 0 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 3 0 0 1
Olerud 1b 3 0 1 0
Piazza c 4 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 3 0 1 0
Hamilton cf 4 1 0 0
Agbayani lf 3 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Pratt ph 1 0 1 0
Ordonez ss 4 1 1 0
Hershiser p 1 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Franco lf 0 0 0 0
  Dunston ph,lf 2 0 2 1
Totals 34 2 6 2
Los Angeles 201 003 0129132
New York 000 000 011260
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (13-6) 7.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Borbon   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Maddux   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Shaw   1.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
2
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  L (11-9) 5.0 6 3 3 4 3
  Taylor   0.2 2 2 2 0 1
  Wendell   1.1 1 1 1 2 1
  Murray   2.0 4 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
8
6

  E–Grudzielanek (7), Karros (6).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Piazza (4).  2B–Los Angeles Beltre (20,off Taylor); Karros (33,off Wendell); Mondesi (17,off Murray), New York Dunston (6,off Borbon).  3B–Los Angeles Grudzielanek (2,off Taylor).  SF–Karros (5,off Murray); Alfonzo (7,off Borbon).  HBP–Mondesi (3,by Hershiser).  IBB–Beltre (9,by Hershiser).  SB–Mondesi (21,2nd base off Hershiser/Piazza); Hubbard (2,2nd base off Murray/Piazza).  WP–Hershiser (5), Murray (1).  HBP–Hershiser (7,Mondesi).  IBB–Hershiser (2,Beltre).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–3:10.  A–36,345.
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