Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
May 20, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 2003 at Shea Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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

Philadelphia Phillies 11, New York Mets 7

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rollins ss 6 1 3 2
Polanco 2b 6 1 2 0
Thome 1b 3 2 1 2
Burrell lf 4 2 2 4
Abreu rf 4 2 2 0
Lieberthal c 4 1 0 0
Bell 3b 4 1 1 1
Ledee cf 4 1 1 1
Myers p 2 0 1 0
  Punto ph 2 0 1 1
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
  Silva p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 14 11
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno rf 3 1 1 1
Gonzalez cf,lf 3 2 0 0
Alomar 2b 3 0 1 1
  Duncan ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Floyd lf 4 1 1 2
  Scutaro 2b 0 0 0 0
Phillips 1b 3 0 1 1
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Strange p 0 0 0 0
  Bell 1b 1 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 4 1 2 0
Wilson c 4 1 1 1
McEwing ss 3 1 1 0
Seo p 2 0 0 0
  Clark 1b 1 0 0 0
  Cerda p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 1 1
  Trachsel pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
Philadelphia 000 001 73011140
New York 202 000 003791
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Myers  W (4-3) 6.0 4 4 4 3 1
  Adams   1.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Plesac   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Silva   1.0 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
5
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seo   6.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Weathers   0.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Lloyd  L (1-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Strange   0.1 5 6 6 3 0
  Cerda   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
7
5

  E–McEwing (3).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–Philadelphia Polanco (11,off Seo); Abreu (8,off Seo), New York Wigginton (7,off Silva).  HR–Philadelphia Burrell 2 (9,6th inning off Seo 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Weathers 2 on, 2 out); Thome (10,8th inning off Strange 1 on, 0 out), New York Floyd (8,3rd inning off Myers 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Rollins (6,2nd base off Seo/Wilson); Abreu (5,2nd base off Strange/Wilson).  CS–Cedeno (4,2nd base by Myers/Lieberthal).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Mark Carlson, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–3:08.  A–25,281.
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