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Mets
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
August 16, 1988
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets, played on August 16, 1988 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 16, 1988 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 16, 1988 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | New York Mets |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dwight Gooden |
Home Starting Pitcher | Atlee Hammaker |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 29,134 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 54 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Greg Bonin 1B: Fred Brocklander 2B: Frank Pulli 3B: Ed Montague |
New York Mets Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mookie Wilson | Center Fielder |
Tim Teufel | Second Baseman |
Keith Hernandez | First Baseman |
Darryl Strawberry | Right Fielder |
Kevin McReynolds | Left Fielder |
Gary Carter | Catcher |
Howard Johnson | Third Baseman |
Kevin Elster | Shortstop |
Dwight Gooden | Pitcher |
Davey Johnson | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Brett Butler | Center Fielder |
Robby Thompson | Second Baseman |
Mike Aldrete | First Baseman |
Kevin Mitchell | Left Fielder |
Candy Maldonado | Right Fielder |
Bob Melvin | Catcher |
Matt Williams | Third Baseman |
Jose Uribe | Shortstop |
Atlee Hammaker | Pitcher |
Roger Craig | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Mets
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
August 16, 1988
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Hammaker
Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Teufel vs. Hammaker
The umpire calls a balk on Hammaker Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Teufel vs. Hammaker
Teufel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Uribe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Hernandez vs. Hammaker
Hernandez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wilson scores. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Strawberry vs. Hammaker
Strawberry hits a line drive into right field. Maldonado picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Maldonado. Hernandez moves to third. Strawberry moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
McReynolds vs. Hammaker
McReynolds is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Carter vs. Hammaker
Carter hits a ball on the ground into left field. Mitchell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mitchell. Hernandez scores. Strawberry scores. McReynolds moves to third. Carter moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Hammaker
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. McReynolds scores. Carter moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Elster vs. Hammaker
Elster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carter scores. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Gooden vs. Price
Joe Price now pitching.
Gooden strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Price
Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Elster moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Teufel vs. Price
Teufel hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Butler. Teufel reaches second base with a double. Elster scores. Wilson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Hernandez vs. Price
Hernandez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Thompson misplays the ball. That's an error on Thompson. Teufel scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Strawberry vs. Price
Strawberry hits a fly ball into center field. Butler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 9 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Gooden
Butler hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Teufel reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Gooden
Thompson hits a popup into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Aldrete vs. Gooden
Aldrete strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 9 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
McReynolds vs. Davis
Ron Davis now pitching.
McReynolds hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aldrete scoops it up and throws to first, with Davis covering, for the out. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Davis
Carter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Davis
Johnson hits a line drive into center field. Butler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Elster vs. Davis
Elster takes first base on ball four. Carter moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gooden vs. Davis
Gooden hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 9 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Gooden
Mitchell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McReynolds. Mitchell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maldonado vs. Gooden
Maldonado hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mitchell scores. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Melvin vs. Gooden
Melvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Gooden
Williams strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Davis
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Teufel vs. Davis
Teufel strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Davis
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Uribe vs. Gooden
Uribe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Gooden
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gooden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Gooden
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gooden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Davis
Strawberry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 9 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
McReynolds vs. Davis
McReynolds hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Davis
Carter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Uribe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Davis
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Maldonado settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Davis
Elster hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 11 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Gooden
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Aldrete vs. Gooden
Aldrete hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mitchell vs. Gooden
Mitchell hits a fly ball into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thompson tags and scores. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Maldonado vs. Gooden
There's a wild pitch. Aldrete moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Maldonado vs. Gooden
Maldonado strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Melvin vs. Gooden
Melvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gooden vs. Davis
Gooden hits a fly ball into right field. Maldonado settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Davis
Wilson hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Teufel vs. Davis
Teufel strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Davis
Hernandez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Gooden
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Uribe vs. Gooden
Uribe hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Riles vs. Gooden
Ernie Riles pinch hits for Ron Davis.
Riles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Riles for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Brantley
Jeff Brantley now pitching. Ernie Riles now playing shortstop.
Strawberry strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McReynolds vs. Brantley
McReynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Riles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Brantley
Carter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Brantley
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Gooden
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gooden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Gooden
Thompson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Carter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Aldrete vs. Gooden
Aldrete hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Aldrete for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Brantley
Donell Nixon now playing center field. Chris Speier now playing second base.
Elster hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brantley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gooden vs. Brantley
Gooden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Riles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Brantley
Wilson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Gooden
Barry Lyons now catching. Lee Mazzilli now playing first base.
Mitchell strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maldonado vs. Gooden
Maldonado hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Gooden, and towards Johnson, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Melvin vs. Gooden
Melvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Gooden
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Melvin moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Gooden
Will Clark pinch hits for Jeff Brantley.
Clark strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Teufel vs. Lefferts
Craig Lefferts now pitching.
Teufel hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Mazzilli vs. Lefferts
Mazzilli hits a fly ball into right field. Maldonado settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 11 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Strawberry vs. Lefferts
Strawberry hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McReynolds vs. Lefferts
McReynolds hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Lyons vs. Lefferts
Lyons hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 13 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Riles vs. McClure
Bob McClure now pitching.
Riles hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. McClure
Nixon strikes out. There goes Riles. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. McClure
Speier hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of McReynolds. Speier reaches second base with a double. Riles moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Aldrete vs. McClure
Aldrete hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mazzilli scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Aldrete for the out. Riles scores. Speier moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mitchell vs. McClure
Mitchell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Speier scores. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Maldonado vs. McClure
Maldonado hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Melvin vs. McClure
Melvin strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 13 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Lefferts
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elster vs. Lefferts
Elster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sasser vs. Lefferts
Mackey Sasser pinch hits for Bob McClure.
Sasser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lefferts fields it and throws to second for the out. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Wilson vs. Lefferts
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Teufel vs. Lefferts
Teufel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Riles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Mets, 13 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Nunez
Ed Nunez now pitching.
Williams hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Nunez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Nunez
Joel Youngblood pinch hits for Craig Lefferts.
Youngblood hits a popup towards short. Elster settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Riles vs. Nunez
Riles hits a ball on the ground into center field. Wilson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wilson. Riles moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 13 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Nixon vs. Nunez
Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. McReynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/16/1988 -- New York at San Francisco (N) New York AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI Wilson M, cf 6 2 3 1 Butler B, cf 3 0 0 0 Teufel T, 2b 6 2 2 2 Nixon D, cf 2 0 0 0 Hernandez K, 1b 4 1 1 1 Thompson R, 2b 3 1 1 0 Mazzilli L, 1b 1 0 0 0 Speier C, 2b 1 1 1 0 Strawberry D, rf 5 3 3 2 Aldrete M, 1b 4 0 1 1 McReynolds K, lf 4 2 1 2 Mitchell K, lf 3 2 2 2 Carter G, c 3 1 2 1 Maldonado C, rf 4 1 2 3 Lyons B, c 1 0 0 0 Melvin B, c 4 0 1 0 Johnson H, 3b 4 1 1 1 Williams M, 3b 4 0 1 0 Elster K, ss 4 1 2 1 Uribe J, ss 2 0 0 0 Gooden D, p 4 0 0 0 Brantley J, p 0 0 0 0 McClure B, p 0 0 0 0 Clark W, ph 1 0 0 0 Sasser M, ph 1 0 0 0 Lefferts C, p 0 0 0 0 Nunez E, p 0 0 0 0 Youngblood J, ph 1 0 0 0 Hammaker A, p 0 0 0 0 Price J, p 0 0 0 0 Davis R, p 1 0 0 0 Riles E, ph-ss 3 1 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 43 13 15 11 36 6 11 6 New York 900 200 020 -- 13 San Francisco 010 100 040 -- 6 New York IP H R ER BB SO Gooden D (W) 7.0 6 2 2 0 5 McClure B 1.0 4 4 4 0 2 Nunez E 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Hammaker A (L) 0.1 6 7 7 1 0 Price J 0.2 2 2 1 0 1 Davis R 4.0 3 2 2 2 4 Brantley J 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 Lefferts C 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 E -- Maldonado C, Mitchell K, Thompson R, Wilson M DP -- New York 1 LOB -- New York 7, San Francisco 4 2B -- Teufel T, Mitchell K, Speier C HR -- McReynolds K, Strawberry D, Maldonado C SF -- Mitchell K WP -- Gooden D, McClure B Balk -- Hammaker A T -- 2:54 A -- 29134
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