Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 5, 1983 - Box Score

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September 4, 1983
Padres 7, Mets 5 1983 Regular Season Game 137
September 5, 1983
Mets 6, Phillies 5 Next Game:
September 6, 1983
Phillies 2, Mets 0

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National League Standings, September 5, 1983

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson 3b
Hubie
Brooks 1b
Keith
Hernandez lf
George
Foster rf
Darryl
Strawberry c
Ron
Hodges 2b
Brian
Giles ss
Jose
Oquendo p
Mike
Torrez

September 5, 1983, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Joe Morgan 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0

- Ozzie Virgil ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0

Pete Rose 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0

Mike Schmidt 3b 2 1 1 2 2 1

Joe Lefebvre rf 4 0 0 0 0 0

- Kiko Garcia 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Greg Gross lf 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Sixto Lezcano ph-rf 0 1 0 0 1 0

Garry Maddox cf 4 0 1 0 0 1

Bo Diaz c 3 0 0 0 1 0

- Bob Dernier pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0

Ivan De Jesus ss 4 1 2 1 0 0

Charles Hudson p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Guillermo Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Von Hayes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ron Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gary Matthews ph 0 0 0 1 0 0

- Al Holland p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .275

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .264

Keith Hernandez 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .306

George Foster lf 5 1 1 3 0 0 .240

Darryl Strawberry rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .239

Ron Hodges c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .253

Brian Giles 2b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .236

- Danny Heep ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252

- Bob Bailor ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262

Jose Oquendo ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .230

- Rusty Staub ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .300

- Tucker Ashford 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179

Mike Torrez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .053

- Dave Kingman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200

- Doug Sisk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400

- Mark Bradley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206

- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

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

Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 5 2

New York Mets 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 10 2

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Charles Hudson 4.1 7 3 1 4 1

Guillermo Hernandez 1.2 0 0 0 0 1

Ron Reed 2.0 0 0 0 0 1

Al Holland (L) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mike Torrez 5.0 4 3 3 3 1 3.98

Doug Sisk 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.24

Jesse Orosco (W,13-5) 1.0 1 2 1 2 0 1.30

Left on base: Phillies 5, Mets 9
Errors: Ron Hodges (12), Mookie Wilson, Joe Morgan 2.
PB: Ron Hodges.
2B: Ron Hodges (10).
HR: George Foster (23), Mike Schmidt.
Intentional Walks: Danny Heep, Darryl Strawberry.
SH: Mike Torrez, Charles Hudson.
SF: Gary Matthews.
SB: Mookie Wilson (43), Darryl Strawberry (15), Joe Morgan 2, Sixto Lezcano.

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