Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 16, 1987 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 15, 1987
Cubs 7, Mets 3 1987 Regular Season Game 118
August 16, 1987
Mets 23, Cubs 10 Next Game:
August 18, 1987
Mets 7, Giants 2

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National League Standings, August 16, 1987

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Thru This Game

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
Ron
Darling

August 16, 1987, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 23, Chicago Cubs 10

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 7 3 4 3 0 3 .284

Wally Backman 2b 2 2 0 0 1 1 .244

- Tim Teufel ph-2b 3 1 1 2 1 1 .326

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 3 3 2 1 0 .306

- Dave Magadan 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .314

Darryl Strawberry rf 5 5 4 5 1 0 .282

Kevin McReynolds lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .292

- Bill Almon ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .268

Gary Carter c 3 1 1 2 1 0 .242

- Barry Lyons ph-c 2 1 1 1 0 1 .235

Howard Johnson 3b 3 2 2 3 3 0 .273

Rafael Santana ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .274

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

- Jeff Innis ph-p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Ron Darling p 4 2 1 1 0 1 .143

- Mookie Wilson ph-lf 2 1 1 1 0 0 .292

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Dave Martinez cf-rf 5 0 2 0 0 0

Ryne Sandberg 2b 4 1 0 0 0 1

- Paul Noce ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 1

Leon Durham 1b 3 1 1 0 2 1

Andre Dawson rf 4 2 2 1 0 0

- Frank DiPino p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Lee Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Manny Trillo ph 1 1 1 0 0 0

Jerry Mumphrey lf 3 0 0 0 0 2

- Jay Baller p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Dernier ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0

Keith Moreland 3b 4 2 3 2 1 0

Luis Quinones ss-2b 4 1 1 1 1 1

Jody Davis c 2 1 1 4 1 1

- Jim Sundberg ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 1

Greg Maddux p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ed Lynch p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rafael Palmeiro ph 1 1 1 1 0 0

- Drew Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Brian Dayett lf 3 0 0 0 0 3

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

New York Mets 3 0 1 3 3 7 3 3 0 23 21 1

Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 1 10 12 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ron Darling (W,10-7) 6.0 4 5 5 5 7 4.44

Jesse Orosco 1.0 5 4 4 0 0 5.06

Jeff Innis 2.0 3 1 1 0 4 3.38

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Greg Maddux (L) 3.2 6 7 7 5 4

Ed Lynch 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Drew Hall 1.2 10 10 10 2 0

Jay Baller 1.1 2 3 3 1 1

Frank DiPino 1.0 3 3 3 0 1

Lee Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

Left on base: Mets 6, Cubs 8
Errors: Dave Magadan (2), Keith Moreland.
PB: Jim Sundberg.
WP: Jesse Orosco, Jay Baller 2, Drew Hall.
2B: Darryl Strawberry 2 (22), Rafael Santana (17), Kevin McReynolds (26), Andre Dawson, Keith Moreland, Manny Trillo.
3B: Darryl Strawberry (5).
HR: Darryl Strawberry (29), Howard Johnson (28), Lenny Dykstra (9), Jody Davis, Rafael Palmeiro.
Intentional Walks: Howard Johnson.
SF: Kevin McReynolds.
SB: Darryl Strawberry (22).

Newspaper covers for this game

23-10

23-10

New York Daily News
August 17, 1987

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