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

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Previous Game:
September 19, 1987
Mets 5, Pirates 4 1987 Regular Season Game 149
September 20, 1987
Pirates 9, Mets 8 Next Game:
September 21, 1987
Mets 7, Cubs 1

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National League Standings, September 20, 1987

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lenny
Dykstra ss
Howard
Johnson 1b
Keith
Hernandez rf
Darryl
Strawberry lf
Kevin
McReynolds 3b
Dave
Magadan 2b
Tim
Teufel c
Barry
Lyons p
Sid
Fernandez

September 20, 1987, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Pirates 9, New York Mets 8

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 6 1 2 1 0 0 .277

- Bob Ojeda p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Randy Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286

Howard Johnson ss-3b 5 1 1 1 2 1 .271

Keith Hernandez 1b 6 0 1 0 1 0 .298

Darryl Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1 3 2 .281

Kevin McReynolds lf 7 1 1 1 0 2 .279

Dave Magadan 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .327

- Rafael Santana ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .262

- Keith Miller pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .357

- Bill Almon ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265

Tim Teufel 2b 7 1 2 4 0 0 .312

Barry Lyons c 7 0 2 0 0 2 .242

Sid Fernandez p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .167

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

- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .294

- Roger McDowell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231

- Mookie Wilson ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .302

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Barry Bonds lf 7 3 3 1 0 0

Jose Lind 2b 5 1 1 0 1 0

Andy Van Slyke cf 6 0 0 1 0 0

Bobby Bonilla 3b 6 1 1 1 0 1

Mike Diaz 1b 2 2 1 1 2 0

- Tommy Gregg pr 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Felix Fermin ss 2 0 0 0 0 1

Darnell Coles rf 3 1 1 4 1 1

- Jim Gott p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- John Cangelosi ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0

Junior Ortiz c 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Mackey Sasser ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Mike LaValliere c 1 0 0 0 1 0

Al Pedrique ss 2 0 1 0 1 0

- Sid Bream ph-1b 3 0 0 0 0 2

Mike Bielecki p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Bob Kipper p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- U.L. Washington ph 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Walk p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Patterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- R.J. Reynolds rf 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Tim Drummond p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- John Smiley p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Terry Harper ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E

New York Mets 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 15 1

Pittsburgh Pirates 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 9 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Sid Fernandez 6.0 5 6 2 2 3 3.58

Jesse Orosco 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.44

Roger McDowell 2.0 1 1 1 2 1 4.15

Bob Ojeda (L,2-5) 4.1 3 2 2 2 4 4.02

Randy Myers 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.78

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Mike Bielecki 5.0 9 6 6 2 0

Bob Kipper 2.0 1 0 0 1 3

Bob Walk 0.2 2 1 1 1 1

Bob Patterson 0.1 0 0 0 1 0

Jim Gott 3.0 1 0 0 0 2

Tim Drummond 1.1 2 1 1 0 1

John Smiley (W) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1

Left on base: Mets 12, Pirates 7
Errors: Dave Magadan (3), Bobby Bonilla.
WP: Jim Gott, Tim Drummond.
2B: Lenny Dykstra 2 (30), Lee Mazzilli (8), Sid Fernandez (1), Tim Teufel (26).
3B: Barry Lyons (1), Barry Bonds.
HR: Darryl Strawberry (38), Howard Johnson (35), Tim Teufel (12), Mike Diaz, Darnell Coles, Barry Bonds.
Intentional Walks: Jose Lind.
SH: U.L. Washington, Jose Lind.
SF: Andy Van Slyke.
SB: Kevin McReynolds (13).

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