Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 18, 1984 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 17, 1984
Mets 2, Giants 0 1984 Regular Season Game 119
August 18, 1984
Giants 6, Mets 5 Next Game:
August 19, 1984
Giants 7, Mets 6

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National League Standings, August 18, 1984

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Wally
Backman rf
Danny
Heep 1b
Keith
Hernandez cf
Darryl
Strawberry lf
George
Foster 3b
Hubie
Brooks ss
Rafael
Santana c
Mike
Fitzgerald p
Ron
Darling

August 18, 1984, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Giants 6, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Wally Backman 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .281

Danny Heep rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .248

- Jerry Martin ph-rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .175

Keith Hernandez 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .301

Darryl Strawberry cf 5 0 2 2 0 0 .258

George Foster lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .254

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .288

Rafael Santana ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .299

- Rusty Staub ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .241

- Ron Gardenhire pr-ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Mike Fitzgerald c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .242

Ron Darling p 2 0 1 1 0 1 .170

- Ron Hodges ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .188

- Kelvin Chapman pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304

- Wes Gardner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ed Lynch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240

- Mookie Wilson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270

- Brent Gaff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Dan Gladden cf 4 2 2 1 0 0

Manny Trillo 2b 4 1 1 2 0 1

Chili Davis rf 4 1 1 1 0 0

Dusty Baker lf 3 0 2 1 1 0

- Greg Minton p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Randy Lerch p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Scot Thompson 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0

Bob Brenly c 3 0 0 1 1 0

Joel Youngblood 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Johnnie LeMaster ss 4 1 1 0 0 1

Bill Laskey p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Al Oliver ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Frank Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Richards ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jeffrey Leonard lf 1 1 1 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 12 1

San Francisco Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 8 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ron Darling 6.0 2 1 1 4 5 3.68

Wes Gardner 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 6.55

Ed Lynch 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 3.91

Brent Gaff (L,1-2) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 3.59

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Bill Laskey 5.0 8 3 2 0 3

Frank Williams 1.1 0 0 0 1 1

Bob Lacey 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Greg Minton 1.0 4 2 2 0 1

Randy Lerch (W) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0

Left on base: Mets 8, Giants 6
Errors: Wally Backman (7), Joel Youngblood.
WP: Brent Gaff, Randy Lerch.
2B: Mike Fitzgerald (8), Darryl Strawberry (21), Rafael Santana (8), Chili Davis, Manny Trillo, Johnnie LeMaster, Dusty Baker.
SH: Dan Gladden.
SF: Manny Trillo.
SB: Wally Backman (26), Dan Gladden, Johnnie LeMaster.
CS: Darryl Strawberry (6).

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