Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 5, 1987 - Box Score

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August 4, 1987
Mets 5, Phillies 3 1987 Regular Season Game 107
August 5, 1987
Mets 13, Phillies 3 Next Game:
August 6, 1987
Mets 7, Cubs 6

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National League Standings, August 5, 1987

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

August 5, 1987, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 13, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Milt Thompson cf 5 0 3 1 0 1

Glenn Wilson rf-p 4 1 1 0 0 1

Von Hayes 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3

- Greg Gross 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Schmidt 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0

- Rick Schu 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Chris James lf 4 0 0 0 0 2

Darren Daulton c 1 1 0 0 3 1

Luis Aguayo 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Steve Jeltz ss 3 1 1 0 1 0

Kevin Gross p 2 0 1 1 0 0

- Jeff Calhoun p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ron Roenicke ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Michael Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jeff Stone rf 1 0 0 0 0 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 4 2 1 0 0 1 .287

Wally Backman 2b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .255

Keith Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .300

- Barry Lyons c 0 0 0 1 0 0 .228

Darryl Strawberry rf 3 2 2 3 1 0 .278

Kevin McReynolds lf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .288

Gary Carter c-1b 5 3 3 4 0 0 .246

Howard Johnson 3b 4 1 2 1 1 1 .275

Rafael Santana ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 .266

John Mitchell p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .074

- Dave Magadan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304

- Randy Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

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

Philadelphia Phillies 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 0

New York Mets 4 0 1 0 6 1 1 0 x 13 15 0

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Kevin Gross (L) 4.0 11 10 10 2 1

Jeff Calhoun 1.0 1 1 1 1 0

Michael Jackson 1.1 2 2 2 0 0

Kent Tekulve 0.2 1 0 0 0 0

Glenn Wilson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

John Mitchell (W,3-3) 6.0 6 3 3 4 5 4.31

Randy Myers (Save,2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 5 5.09

Left on base: Phillies 8, Mets 7
WP: John Mitchell.
2B: Gary Carter (12), Lenny Dykstra (21), Glenn Wilson.
HR: Gary Carter 2 (15), Darryl Strawberry (25).
Intentional Walks: Howard Johnson.
HBP: Darryl Strawberry, Lenny Dykstra, Glenn Wilson.
SH: John Mitchell.
SF: Barry Lyons.
SB: Howard Johnson (23), Kevin McReynolds (8).

Born on the day the Mets played this game:

Tim Federowicz

Newspaper covers for this game

Mets Inch Still Closer On Rain Of Hits

Mets Inch Still Closer On Rain Of Hits

Newsday
August 6, 1987

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