Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 20, 1987 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 19, 1987
Giants 10, Mets 6 1987 Regular Season Game 121
August 20, 1987
Mets 7, Giants 4 Next Game:
August 21, 1987
Padres 6, Mets 2

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National League Standings, August 20, 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
Terry
Leach

August 20, 1987, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 7, San Francisco Giants 4

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Eddie Milner cf 4 0 0 0 0 2

Robby Thompson 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1

Mike Aldrete lf 2 1 1 1 1 1

- Jeffrey Leonard ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Will Clark 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1

Chili Davis rf 4 0 0 0 0 2

Bob Brenly c 4 1 1 0 0 0

Chris Speier 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2

Jose Uribe ss 3 1 2 0 0 0

- Joel Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Kelly Downs p 3 0 1 2 0 2

- Craig Lefferts p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jeff Robinson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Candy Maldonado ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .281

Wally Backman 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .305

Darryl Strawberry rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .281

Kevin McReynolds lf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .293

Howard Johnson 3b 3 2 1 0 1 1 .275

Barry Lyons c 4 1 1 4 0 0 .235

Rafael Santana ss 3 0 2 1 0 1 .277

Terry Leach p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .065

- David Cone p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Mookie Wilson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .295

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

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

San Francisco Giants 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0

New York Mets 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 x 7 11 1

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Kelly Downs (L) 5.1 11 7 7 1 5

Craig Lefferts 1.2 0 0 0 0 1

Jeff Robinson 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Terry Leach 2.0 6 4 4 1 1 3.30

David Cone (W,3-2) 4.0 2 0 0 0 6 4.58

Randy Myers (Save,3) 3.0 0 0 0 0 5 4.42

Left on base: Giants 5, Mets 3
Errors: Chili Davis.
2B: Rafael Santana (19), Mike Aldrete, Kelly Downs.
3B: Will Clark.
HR: Barry Lyons (3), Kevin McReynolds (23).
Intentional Walks: Howard Johnson.
SB: Robby Thompson 2.
CS: Lenny Dykstra (6).

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The Lyons Roars

The Lyons Roars

Newsday
August 21, 1987

CLOSING IN

CLOSING IN

New York Daily News
August 21, 1987

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