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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Dykstra Lenny
Dykstra
2b
Backman Wally
Backman
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
c
Carter Gary
Carter
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
lf
McReynolds Kevin
McReynolds
3b
Johnson Howard
Johnson
ss
Santana Rafael
Santana
p
Fernandez Sid
Fernandez
July 8, 1987, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA

Atlanta Braves 5, New York Mets 3

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Dykstra cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .285
Wally Backman 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .256
Keith Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .291
Gary Carter c 4 0 0 1 0 1 .244
Darryl Strawberry rf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .268
Kevin McReynolds lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .287
Howard Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .268
Rafael Santana ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .282
Sid Fernandez p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .182
- Dave Magadan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .268
- Doug Sisk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .346
Braves ab r hbibbso
Albert Hall cf 5 0 0 0 0 1
Andres Thomas ss 5 2 2 0 0 0
Gary Roenicke 1b 3 1 2 2 0 0
- Gerald Perry ph-1b 1 1 1 0 0 0
Dale Murphy rf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Griffey lf 4 1 2 0 0 0
Ozzie Virgil c 2 0 0 0 2 1
Graig Nettles 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0
Glenn Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1
Charlie Puleo p 3 0 0 0 1 2

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

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Sid Fernandez (L,9-5) 5.0 7 3 3 3 1 3.45
Doug Sisk 1.0 2 2 0 0 3 3.59
Jesse Orosco 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 5.21
Atlanta Braves ip h rer bbso
Charlie Puleo (W) 9.0 6 3 2 2 8

Left on base: Mets 7, Braves 9
Errors: Howard Johnson (13), Graig Nettles 2, Ken Griffey.
2B: Andres Thomas.
3B: Darryl Strawberry (3).
HR: Darryl Strawberry (21), Gary Roenicke.
Intentional Walks: Ozzie Virgil.
SF: Kevin McReynolds.
SB: Lenny Dykstra (11), Dale Murphy 2, Gerald Perry.


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