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1981 Regular Season Game 60
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National League Standings, August 18, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
1b
Kingman Dave
Kingman
rf
Valentine Ellis
Valentine
lf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
c
Stearns John
Stearns
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Lynch Ed
Lynch
August 18, 1981, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA

New York Mets 4, Atlanta Braves 0

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .297
Frank Taveras ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 .231
Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .310
Dave Kingman 1b 4 2 3 3 0 1 .243
- Mike Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Ellis Valentine rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .188
Lee Mazzilli lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .220
John Stearns c 4 1 3 0 0 0 .276
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .227
Ed Lynch p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .083
- Neil Allen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333
Braves ab r hbibbso
Rufino Linares lf 4 0 0 0 0 1
Claudell Washington rf 3 0 3 0 1 0
Chris Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Horner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Murphy cf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Glenn Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1
Bruce Benedict c 4 0 0 0 0 1
Rafael Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Mahler p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Brian Asselstine ph 0 0 0 0 1 0
- John Montefusco p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Jerry Royster ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Gene Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Terry Harper ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 10 2
Atlanta Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ed Lynch (W,2-3) 7.2 5 0 0 2 3 3.07
Neil Allen (Save,10) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 2.83
Atlanta Braves ip h rer bbso
Rick Mahler (L) 5.0 6 2 1 1 5
John Montefusco 3.0 4 2 2 0 3
Gene Garber 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Left on base: Mets 7, Braves 9
Errors: Frank Taveras 2 (19), Hubie Brooks, Bob Horner, Rafael Ramirez.
WP: Rick Mahler.
2B: Dave Kingman (7), Frank Taveras (8), Claudell Washington 2.
HR: Dave Kingman 2 (18).
SB: Mookie Wilson (16).
CS: Claudell Washington.


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