Ultimate Mets Database: Game of October 23, 1986 - Box Score

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October 22, 1986
Mets 6, Red Sox 2 1986 World Series Game 5
October 23, 1986
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October 25, 1986
Mets 6, Red Sox 5

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lenny
Dykstra 2b
Tim
Teufel 1b
Keith
Hernandez c
Gary
Carter rf
Darryl
Strawberry 3b
Ray
Knight dh
Kevin
Mitchell lf
Mookie
Wilson ss
Rafael
Santana
Dwight
Gooden

October 23, 1986, Fenway Park, Boston, MA

Boston Red Sox 4, New York Mets 2

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .333

Tim Teufel 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .571

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .222

Gary Carter c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333

Darryl Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222

Ray Knight 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267

Kevin Mitchell dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200

Mookie Wilson lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .278

Rafael Santana ss 2 0 1 1 1 0 .250

Dwight Gooden p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

- Sid Fernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Red Sox ab r h bi bb so

Wade Boggs 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0

Marty Barrett 2b 4 0 2 0 1 0

Bill Buckner 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0

- Dave Stapleton 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Rice lf 3 1 2 0 1 1

Don Baylor dh 3 1 1 1 0 2

Dwight Evans rf 4 0 2 1 0 0

Rich Gedman c 4 0 0 0 0 2

Dave Henderson cf 4 1 2 1 0 1

Spike Owen ss 3 0 0 1 0 2

Bruce Hurst p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 10 1

Boston Red Sox 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 x 4 12 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dwight Gooden (L,0-2) 4.0 9 4 3 2 3 8.00

Sid Fernandez 4.0 3 0 0 0 5 2.08

Boston Red Sox ip h r er bb so

Bruce Hurst (W) 9.0 10 2 2 1 6

Left on base: Mets 8, Red Sox 11
Errors: Rafael Santana (1).
2B: Mookie Wilson (1), Tim Teufel (1), Dave Henderson, Marty Barrett.
3B: Dave Henderson, Jim Rice.
HR: Tim Teufel (1).
SH: Rafael Santana.
SF: Spike Owen.

Newspaper covers for this game

Last Stand At Shea

Last Stand At Shea

Newsday
October 24, 1986

MALPRACTICE

MALPRACTICE

Newsday
October 24, 1986

FIRST BLOOD

FIRST BLOOD

New York Daily News
October 24, 1986

BRINK JOB

BRINK JOB

New York Daily News
October 24, 1986

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