Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 20, 1987 - Box Score

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Mets 5, Padres 4 1987 Regular Season Game 38
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Mets 10, Padres 3 Next Game:
May 22, 1987
Mets 6, Dodgers 4

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National League Standings, May 20, 1987

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lenny
Dykstra 2b
Wally
Backman 1b
Keith
Hernandez lf
Kevin
McReynolds rf
Darryl
Strawberry c
Gary
Carter 3b
Howard
Johnson ss
Rafael
Santana p
Rick
Aguilera

May 20, 1987, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 10, San Diego Padres 3

Padres ab r h bi bb so

Stan Jefferson cf 4 2 2 0 1 1

Joey Cora 2b 4 0 1 1 1 0

- Rich Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tony Gwynn rf 3 1 1 0 1 0

Carmelo Martinez 1b 5 0 2 0 0 2

Kevin Mitchell 3b 4 0 0 1 1 1

John Kruk lf 4 0 2 0 1 1

Benito Santiago c 3 0 0 0 0 1

Luis Salazar ss 3 0 2 0 1 0

Ed Whitson p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Storm Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Marvell Wynne ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Greg Booker p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- James Steels ph 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Randy Ready ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .304

- Gene Walter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jesse Orosco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Wally Backman 2b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .257

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .296

Kevin McReynolds lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .292

Darryl Strawberry rf 2 2 1 0 2 0 .279

Gary Carter c 3 1 1 2 0 0 .233

Howard Johnson 3b 3 2 1 1 1 1 .254

Rafael Santana ss 4 1 2 2 0 0 .253

Rick Aguilera p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .211

- Mookie Wilson ph-cf 0 1 0 0 2 0 .311

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

San Diego Padres 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 2 x 10 9 4

San Diego Padres ip h r er bb so

Ed Whitson (L) 3.2 4 6 5 4 3

Storm Davis 1.1 0 0 0 0 0

Greg Booker 2.0 3 2 1 1 1

Rich Gossage 1.0 2 2 2 2 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Rick Aguilera (W,4-2) 6.0 7 2 2 4 4 4.03

Gene Walter 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 4.02

Terry Leach 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 2.38

Jesse Orosco 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 6.00

Left on base: Padres 12, Mets 6
Errors: Luis Salazar 2, Stan Jefferson, Benito Santiago.
WP: Rick Aguilera.
2B: Wally Backman (4), Rafael Santana (2), Kevin McReynolds (7), Luis Salazar.
3B: Stan Jefferson.
HR: Howard Johnson (8).
HBP: Tony Gwynn, Benito Santiago.
SH: Ed Whitson.
SF: Gary Carter.
SB: Darryl Strawberry 2 (7), Lenny Dykstra 2 (7).

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