Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 8, 1985 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 5, 1985
Mets 7, Cubs 2 1985 Regular Season Game 105
August 8, 1985
Mets 14, Expos 7 Next Game:
August 9, 1985
Mets 6, Cubs 4

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National League Standings, August 8, 1985

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Wally
Backman rf
Tom
Paciorek 1b
Keith
Hernandez c
Gary
Carter cf
Darryl
Strawberry lf
George
Foster 3b
Ray
Knight ss
Rafael
Santana p
Rick
Aguilera

August 8, 1985, Olympic Stadium, Montreal, PQ

New York Mets 14, Montreal Expos 7

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Wally Backman 2b 6 2 2 3 0 0 .289

Tom Paciorek rf 3 3 1 0 1 1 .208

- Lenny Dykstra cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245

Keith Hernandez 1b 6 3 5 3 0 0 .301

Gary Carter c 5 1 2 3 0 0 .266

Darryl Strawberry cf-rf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .267

George Foster lf 5 1 3 3 0 0 .258

Ray Knight 3b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .218

- Howard Johnson 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222

Rafael Santana ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .256

Rick Aguilera p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333

- Clint Hurdle ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .211

- Terry Leach p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .400

Expos ab r h bi bb so

Tim Raines lf 4 1 1 0 1 0

Vance Law 2b 5 2 2 1 0 1

Andre Dawson rf 4 0 0 0 1 1

Hubie Brooks ss 4 2 2 1 0 0

Terry Francona 1b 4 1 4 1 0 0

Tim Wallach 3b 3 1 2 2 0 0

Herm Winningham cf 4 0 1 1 0 0

Mike Fitzgerald c 3 0 0 1 0 1

Joe Hesketh p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Razor Shines ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bert Roberge p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mitch Webster ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- David Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Nicosia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Gary Lucas p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Scot Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Tim Burke p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 1 5 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 14 20 1

Montreal Expos 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 12 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Rick Aguilera (W,5-3) 5.0 9 7 7 2 0 2.76

Terry Leach (Save,1) 4.0 3 0 0 0 3 1.82

Montreal Expos ip h r er bb so

Joe Hesketh (L) 2.0 7 6 6 1 1

Bert Roberge 2.0 5 4 4 1 1

David Palmer 2.0 4 3 1 0 1

Gary Lucas 2.0 4 1 1 0 2

Tim Burke 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Left on base: Mets 7, Expos 5
Errors: Tim Wallach.
2B: Keith Hernandez (25), Rick Aguilera (2), Tom Paciorek (2), Hubie Brooks, Terry Francona, Vance Law, Tim Raines, Tim Wallach.
3B: Wally Backman (5).
HR: George Foster (16), Darryl Strawberry (16), Gary Carter (14).
HBP: Tom Paciorek.
SF: Mike Fitzgerald, Tim Wallach.
SB: Tom Paciorek (1).
CS: Terry Francona.

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