Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 28, 1986 - Box Score

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September 27, 1986
Mets 4, Pirates 2 1986 Regular Season Game 156
September 28, 1986
Mets 4, Pirates 1 Next Game:
September 30, 1986
Expos 1, Mets 0

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National League Standings, September 28, 1986

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson 2b
Tim
Teufel lf
Kevin
Mitchell 1b
Gary
Carter rf
Darryl
Strawberry 3b
Ray
Knight c
Ed
Hearn ss
Rafael
Santana p
Bob
Ojeda

September 28, 1986, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

New York Mets 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf-lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .291

Tim Teufel 2b 5 1 1 0 0 2 .250

Kevin Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279

- Lenny Dykstra cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .296

Gary Carter 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .248

Darryl Strawberry rf 5 1 2 4 0 1 .258

Ray Knight 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .292

- Kevin Elster ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208

Ed Hearn c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .262

- Danny Heep ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .284

- John Gibbons c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

Rafael Santana ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .219

- Lee Mazzilli ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245

- Rick Aguilera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163

Bob Ojeda p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .116

- Howard Johnson ph-ss-3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .243

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Rafael Belliard 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0

- U.L. Washington ph-ss 2 0 0 0 0 0

Bobby Bonilla cf-lf 5 0 0 0 0 2

Mike Diaz lf 4 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Orsulak cf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Morrison 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0

Sid Bream 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2

Tony Pena c 4 0 3 0 0 0

Mike Brown rf 4 0 0 0 0 1

Sam Khalifa ss 2 0 1 0 0 0

- Johnny Ray ph-2b 0 0 0 0 2 0

Bob Patterson p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Junior Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Don Robinson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Benny Distefano ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Walk p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E

New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 1

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bob Ojeda 9.0 4 1 1 1 5 2.64

Rick Aguilera (W,9-7) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 3.95

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Bob Patterson 8.0 6 1 1 0 7

Don Robinson 2.0 0 0 0 0 2

Bob Walk (L) 1.0 3 3 3 0 3

Left on base: Mets 5, Pirates 5
Errors: Sid Bream.
2B: Tim Teufel (18).
HR: Darryl Strawberry (24), Jim Morrison.
HBP: Lee Mazzilli.
SH: Ray Knight, Bob Patterson.

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