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1987 Regular Season Game 26
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National League Standings, May 8, 1987

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
2b
Teufel Tim
Teufel
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
c
Carter Gary
Carter
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
lf
McReynolds Kevin
McReynolds
ss
Johnson Howard
Johnson
3b
Magadan Dave
Magadan
p
Darling Ron
Darling
May 8, 1987, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA

Atlanta Braves 4, New York Mets 3

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .367
Tim Teufel 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .375
- Wally Backman ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .284
Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 3 1 1 1 .276
Gary Carter c 4 0 1 0 1 1 .224
Darryl Strawberry rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .293
Kevin McReynolds lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .276
Howard Johnson ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 .241
Dave Magadan 3b 3 0 1 2 1 0 .310
Ron Darling p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .143
- Gene Walter p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Braves ab r hbibbso
Albert Hall cf 5 1 2 1 0 0
Ken Oberkfell 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1
- Gene Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerald Perry lf 5 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Murphy rf 3 2 1 1 2 2
Graig Nettles 1b-3b 3 0 1 1 1 0
Rafael Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 0 2
Ozzie Virgil c 3 1 1 1 1 1
Glenn Hubbard 2b 2 0 2 0 2 0
Zane Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Dion James ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Jim Acker p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Ted Simmons ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 9 3
Atlanta Braves 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 7 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ron Darling 6.0 4 3 3 4 4 6.31
Gene Walter 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 2.02
Terry Leach 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.35
Jesse Orosco (L,1-3) 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 6.92
Atlanta Braves ip h rer bbso
Zane Smith 7.0 7 3 2 5 6
Jim Acker 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Gene Garber (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Left on base: Mets 10, Braves 8
Errors: Gary Carter (2), Rafael Ramirez 3.
HR: Dale Murphy, Ozzie Virgil, Albert Hall.
Intentional Walks: Mookie Wilson.
SH: Ron Darling.
SF: Graig Nettles.
SB: Mookie Wilson (5), Dale Murphy.
CS: Howard Johnson (1).









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