New York Mets vs Boston Red Sox 2023-10-19

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Event
New York Mets vs Boston Red Sox

Date
Thu 19th October 2023 UTC
Wed 18th October 2023 Local

Timestamp
2023-10-19T00:03:00

Time

00:03:00 UTC (20:30:00 Local)

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24-05-12 17:03 (PST Los Angeles)
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24-05-12 19:03 (CST Chicago)
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24-05-12 20:03 (EST New York)
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24-05-13 01:03 (GMT London)
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24-05-13 02:03 (CET Paris)
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24-05-13 04:03 (GST Dubai)
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24-05-13 05:33 (IST Kolkata)
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24-05-13 09:03 (JST Tokyo)
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24-05-13 10:03 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
MLB

Season
1986

Round
200

Status
Match Finished

Location
New York
USA
Shea Stadium
(55,076 Attendance)

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Just as they did against Houston in the National League Championship Series, the Mets opened the World Series by taking a 1–0 defeat. Boston's Bruce Hurst dominated the Mets with his forkball and looping curve, allowing only four hits over eight innings to get the win. In the bottom of the sixth, Hurst got Ray Knight to ground into an inning-ending double play and thwart a scoring opportunity for the Mets.

New York's Ron Darling was equally effective, yielding only one unearned run in the seventh inning when second baseman Tim Teufel committed an error by letting a ground ball from Rich Gedman go through his legs, allowing Jim Rice to score from second. Red Sox closer Calvin Schiraldi, acquired from the Mets in the previous offseason, walked Darryl Strawberry to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning. However, Schiraldi got Knight to force out Strawberry at second base and then got Wally Backman to fly out to left field. With two outs, Danny Heep pinch hit for Rafael Santana. Schiraldi worked Heep to a 2–2 count and then struck him out swinging to solidify the victory.