Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 16, 1984 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 15, 1984
Cubs 5, Mets 4 1984 Regular Season Game 150
September 16, 1984
Mets 9, Cubs 3 Next Game:
September 17, 1984
Phillies 2, Mets 1

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National League Standings, September 16, 1984

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson 2b
Kelvin
Chapman 1b
Keith
Hernandez lf
George
Foster ss
Hubie
Brooks rf
Darryl
Strawberry 3b
Ray
Knight c
Mike
Fitzgerald p
Bruce
Berenyi

September 16, 1984, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 9, Chicago Cubs 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 5 1 3 0 0 1 .275

Kelvin Chapman 2b 4 1 2 1 1 1 .293

Keith Hernandez 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .315

George Foster lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .265

Hubie Brooks ss 5 1 0 0 0 1 .282

Darryl Strawberry rf 4 3 3 5 0 0 .245

Ray Knight 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .250

Mike Fitzgerald c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .244

- Junior Ortiz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205

Bruce Berenyi p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .229

- Danny Heep ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228

- Ed Lynch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Bob Dernier cf 4 1 0 0 1 0

Ryne Sandberg 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2

- Bill Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Billy Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Thad Bosley lf 4 1 2 0 1 0

Leon Durham 1b 5 0 2 3 0 1

Keith Moreland rf 5 0 0 0 0 3

Ron Cey 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1

- Tom Veryzer 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jody Davis c 3 0 0 0 0 2

- Ron Hassey c 1 0 1 0 0 0

Larry Bowa ss 2 0 0 0 1 0

- Davey Lopes ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 1

Steve Trout p 1 1 0 0 1 1

- Rich Bordi p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dan Rohn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ron Meridith p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Owen 2b-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 9 13 2

Chicago Cubs 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bruce Berenyi (W,9-6) 7.0 2 2 2 7 7 3.88

Ed Lynch 2.0 3 1 1 0 4 4.42

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Steve Trout (L) 5.1 10 6 6 0 2

Rich Bordi 0.2 1 0 0 1 2

Ron Meridith 1.0 1 3 0 1 0

Bill Johnson 2.0 1 0 0 0 2

Left on base: Mets 5, Cubs 11
Errors: Thad Bosley, Ryne Sandberg.
PB: Junior Ortiz.
WP: Bruce Berenyi.
2B: Kelvin Chapman (12), Leon Durham.
HR: Darryl Strawberry (22).
SH: Bruce Berenyi.
SB: Mookie Wilson (45), Darryl Strawberry (26), Thad Bosley.
CS: Kelvin Chapman (6).

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