Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 8, 1986 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 7, 1986
Reds 7, Mets 6 1986 Regular Season Game 79
July 8, 1986
Reds 5, Mets 4 Next Game:
July 9, 1986
Reds 11, Mets 1

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National League Standings, July 8, 1986

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lenny
Dykstra 2b
Wally
Backman 1b
Keith
Hernandez rf
Darryl
Strawberry c
Gary
Carter lf
Danny
Heep 3b
Howard
Johnson ss
Rafael
Santana p
Ron
Darling

July 8, 1986, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Cincinnati Reds 5, New York Mets 4

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Eddie Milner cf 5 1 1 1 0 2

Pete Rose 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1

- Tracy Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ted Power p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Wade Rowdon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- John Franco p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dave Parker rf 5 1 2 0 0 0

Eric Davis lf 5 0 2 0 0 2

Bo Diaz c 2 0 1 0 1 0

- Tom Browning pr 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Carl Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tony Perez ph-1b 2 0 1 1 0 0

Dave Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0 1 0

Buddy Bell 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1

Ron Oester 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0

John Denny p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Kal Daniels ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Sal Butera c 1 0 1 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .330

- Mookie Wilson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281

Wally Backman 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .340

- Kevin Mitchell ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .362

Keith Hernandez 1b 5 1 0 0 0 0 .288

Darryl Strawberry rf 3 2 1 0 2 1 .293

Gary Carter c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .241

Danny Heep lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286

Howard Johnson 3b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .262

Rafael Santana ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .170

Ron Darling p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .089

- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- George Foster ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255

- Roger McDowell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 12 1

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 6 1

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

John Denny 6.0 5 3 2 1 2

Carl Willis 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Ted Power 1.0 1 1 1 2 1

John Franco (W) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ron Darling 7.0 6 2 1 2 6 3.06

Jesse Orosco 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 3.43

Roger McDowell (L,7-2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 2.22

Left on base: Reds 7, Mets 6
Errors: Rafael Santana (6), Ron Oester, Dave Parker.
PB: Bo Diaz.
2B: Ron Oester, Dave Parker.
HR: Lenny Dykstra (3), Buddy Bell, Eddie Milner.
SH: Wally Backman.
SB: Eric Davis 3.

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