Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 26, 1987 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 25, 1987
Astros 7, Mets 5 1987 Regular Season Game 98
July 26, 1987
Astros 5, Mets 2 Next Game:
July 28, 1987
Mets 6, Cardinals 4

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National League Standings, July 26, 1987

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lenny
Dykstra 2b
Wally
Backman 1b
Keith
Hernandez rf
Darryl
Strawberry lf
Kevin
McReynolds 3b
Howard
Johnson c
Barry
Lyons ss
Rafael
Santana p
Dwight
Gooden

July 26, 1987, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 5, New York Mets 2

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Billy Hatcher cf-lf 3 1 3 3 1 0

Bill Doran 2b-ss 4 0 1 0 1 0

Denny Walling lf-1b 4 0 0 0 1 1

Glenn Davis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0

- Dave Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alan Ashby c 3 1 0 0 1 1

Kevin Bass rf 4 0 2 0 0 0

Ken Caminiti 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0

Craig Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Davey Lopes ph 1 1 1 0 0 0

- Jim Pankovits 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Danny Darwin p 2 0 0 0 0 2

- Jose Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Charlie Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Meads p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gerald Young cf 1 1 1 1 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 3 2 0 0 2 0 .287

Wally Backman 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .252

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .294

Darryl Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .272

Kevin McReynolds lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .285

Howard Johnson 3b 3 0 1 0 1 2 .267

Barry Lyons c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241

Rafael Santana ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .275

- Dave Magadan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .312

Dwight Gooden p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .167

- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .330

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

- Mookie Wilson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .293

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

Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 10 2

New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Danny Darwin 6.0 4 1 1 1 4

Charlie Kerfeld 1.1 0 1 1 3 1

Dave Meads 0.1 1 0 0 0 0

Dave Smith (W) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dwight Gooden 8.0 6 1 1 3 4 2.62

Jesse Orosco (L,2-7) 1.0 4 4 4 1 0 5.12

Left on base: Astros 7, Mets 8
Errors: Dwight Gooden 2 (2).
2B: Keith Hernandez (15), Dave Magadan (10), Kevin Bass.
HR: Billy Hatcher.
HBP: Billy Hatcher.
SH: Wally Backman.
SF: Ken Caminiti.
SB: Lenny Dykstra 2 (14), Bill Doran, Billy Hatcher.
CS: Howard Johnson (5), Billy Hatcher.

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