Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 24, 1984 - Box Score

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September 23, 1984
Mets 6, Expos 1 1984 Regular Season Game 157
September 24, 1984
Mets 7, Phillies 5 Next Game:
September 25, 1984
Mets 6, Phillies 4

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National League Standings, September 24, 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 ss
Hubie
Brooks 3b
Ray
Knight c
Mike
Fitzgerald p
Walt
Terrell

September 24, 1984, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 7, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Jeff Stone lf 4 0 0 1 0 1

Juan Samuel 2b 5 2 2 1 0 0

Von Hayes cf 5 1 1 1 0 0

Mike Schmidt 3b 5 0 0 1 0 3

Al Oliver 1b 3 1 2 0 1 1

Tim Corcoran rf 3 0 0 0 0 1

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

Ozzie Virgil c 4 1 2 0 0 1

Steve Jeltz ss 2 0 1 0 1 0

- John Wockenfuss ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Ivan De Jesus pr-ss 0 0 0 0 0 0

John Denny p 1 0 0 1 0 1

- John Russell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Larry Andersen p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Wally Backman 2b 2 1 1 1 3 0 .278

Danny Heep rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .229

- Kelvin Chapman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .298

- Herm Winningham cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .313

Darryl Strawberry cf-rf 2 1 1 3 2 0 .249

George Foster lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .268

Hubie Brooks ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .284

Ray Knight 3b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .256

Mike Fitzgerald c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242

Walt Terrell p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .085

- Ron Hodges ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208

- Mookie Wilson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272

- Tom Gorman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

- Rusty Staub ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .257

- Jose Oquendo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222

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

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

Philadelphia Phillies 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 9 2

New York Mets 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 x 7 9 1

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

John Denny 7.0 6 5 5 6 4

Larry Andersen (L) 0.0 2 2 1 0 0

Tug McGraw 1.0 1 0 0 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Walt Terrell 4.0 7 4 4 1 0 3.57

Tom Gorman 3.0 1 1 1 1 5 3.02

Jesse Orosco (W,10-6) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 2.61

Brent Gaff (Save,1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.69

Left on base: Phillies 8, Mets 8
Errors: Wally Backman (10), Keith Hernandez, Mike Schmidt.
2B: Rusty Staub (4), Danny Heep (8), Al Oliver.
3B: Darryl Strawberry (4).
HR: Juan Samuel, Von Hayes.
Intentional Walks: Wally Backman, Darryl Strawberry.
HBP: Ron Hodges.
SH: Danny Heep, John Denny.
SF: John Denny, Jeff Stone.
CS: Hubie Brooks (5), Darryl Strawberry (8).

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