Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 18, 1981 - Box Score

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Phillies 3, Mets 2 1981 Regular Season Game 89
September 18, 1981
Mets 8, Cardinals 1 Next Game:
September 19, 1981
Mets 6, Cardinals 2

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National League Standings, September 18, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson c
John
Stearns 3b
Hubie
Brooks rf
Ellis
Valentine 1b
Dave
Kingman lf
Lee
Mazzilli 2b
Doug
Flynn ss
Ron
Gardenhire p
Ed
Lynch

September 18, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Tom Herr 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0

Garry Templeton ss 4 0 2 0 0 0

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0

George Hendrick cf 4 1 2 0 0 0

Dane Iorg lf 4 0 1 1 0 1

Ken Oberkfell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0

Darrell Porter c 4 0 1 0 0 2

Sixto Lezcano rf 4 0 1 0 0 2

Bob Shirley p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Luis DeLeon p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Sykes p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Tenace ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Otten p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Kaat p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tito Landrum ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .285

John Stearns c 4 2 1 0 0 1 .273

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 2 3 3 0 0 .301

Ellis Valentine rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .202

Dave Kingman 1b 2 2 1 1 2 0 .205

- Mike Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223

Lee Mazzilli lf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .227

Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 2 3 0 0 .211

Ron Gardenhire ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .190

Ed Lynch p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .150

- Jesse Orosco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 1

New York Mets 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 x 8 10 1

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Bob Shirley (L) 0.1 3 4 3 0 1

Luis DeLeon 3.2 1 0 0 1 2

Bob Sykes 2.0 1 0 0 1 1

Jim Otten 1.1 4 4 4 1 1

Jim Kaat 0.2 1 0 0 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ed Lynch (W,4-3) 6.0 6 1 1 0 1 2.48

Jesse Orosco (Save,1) 3.0 4 0 0 0 4 0.00

Left on base: Cardinals 9, Mets 3
Errors: Doug Flynn (7), Ken Oberkfell.
WP: Ed Lynch.
2B: Dave Kingman (9), Keith Hernandez, Garry Templeton, George Hendrick.
3B: Hubie Brooks (2).
Intentional Walks: Dave Kingman 2, Lee Mazzilli.
SB: Mookie Wilson (21).
CS: Ron Gardenhire (1).

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