Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 9, 1987 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 8, 1987
Cubs 5, Mets 3 1987 Regular Season Game 111
August 9, 1987
Cubs 6, Mets 3 Next Game:
August 10, 1987
Expos 2, Mets 1

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National League Standings, August 9, 1987

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lenny
Dykstra 2b
Wally
Backman 1b
Dave
Magadan lf
Kevin
McReynolds 3b
Howard
Johnson rf
Mookie
Wilson c
Barry
Lyons ss
Rafael
Santana p
Dwight
Gooden

August 9, 1987, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Chicago Cubs 6, New York Mets 3

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Dave Martinez cf 5 1 1 0 0 2

Ryne Sandberg 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0

Leon Durham 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1

Andre Dawson rf 5 0 2 0 0 2

Rafael Palmeiro lf 4 0 0 0 0 1

Keith Moreland 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1

Luis Quinones ss 2 2 1 0 1 0

- Paul Noce ss 1 0 0 0 0 0

Jody Davis c 4 2 2 2 0 0

Scott Sanderson p 2 0 1 1 0 1

- Jerry Mumphrey ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Frank DiPino p 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Lee Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .281

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

- Tim Teufel ph-2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .330

Dave Magadan 1b-3b 4 0 4 1 1 0 .326

Kevin McReynolds lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .287

Howard Johnson 3b-ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .275

Mookie Wilson rf 3 1 3 1 1 0 .289

Barry Lyons c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .237

- Keith Hernandez ph-1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .300

Rafael Santana ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .271

- Gary Carter ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .244

Dwight Gooden p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .243

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

- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .316

- Jeff Innis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Bill Almon ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .263

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

Chicago Cubs 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 6 12 1

New York Mets 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 12 2

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Scott Sanderson (W) 6.0 8 2 2 2 2

Frank DiPino 2.2 4 1 1 2 0

Lee Smith (Save) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dwight Gooden (L,9-4) 6.1 9 6 6 1 4 2.92

Randy Myers 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 4.81

Jeff Innis 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 2.84

Left on base: Cubs 7, Mets 10
Errors: Gary Carter (6), Jody Davis, Paul Noce.
2B: Howard Johnson (14), Luis Quinones.
HR: Mookie Wilson (7), Jody Davis.
Intentional Walks: Mookie Wilson.
HBP: Barry Lyons.
SB: Lenny Dykstra (22), Dave Martinez.

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