Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 23, 1988 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 22, 1988
Mets 4, Cardinals 0 1988 Regular Season Game 16
April 23, 1988
Mets 12, Cardinals 9 Next Game:
April 24, 1988
Cardinals 5, Mets 4

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National League Standings, April 23, 1988

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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 ss
Howard
Johnson 3b
Dave
Magadan p
Sid
Fernandez

April 23, 1988, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

New York Mets 12, St. Louis Cardinals 9

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 6 0 1 2 0 0 .293

Wally Backman 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .083

- Tim Teufel ph-2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .156

Keith Hernandez 1b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .158

Darryl Strawberry rf 5 2 2 0 0 3 .389

Kevin McReynolds lf 4 4 3 1 1 0 .391

Gary Carter c 5 1 2 1 0 0 .321

Howard Johnson ss-3b 3 2 1 0 2 0 .173

Dave Magadan 3b 2 3 1 1 2 0 .167

- Kevin Elster ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 .146

Sid Fernandez p 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000

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

- Barry Lyons ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .250

- Roger McDowell p 1 0 1 2 0 0 .500

- Randy Myers p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Vince Coleman lf 5 2 2 4 0 0

Ozzie Smith ss 4 1 2 1 1 0

Willie McGee cf 4 0 1 0 1 1

Bob Horner 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1

Terry Pendleton 3b 5 1 0 0 0 0

Tom Brunansky rf 5 0 1 1 0 0

Tony Pena c 5 2 3 1 0 0

Luis Alicea 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0

Bob Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Larry McWilliams p 1 2 1 0 0 0

- Curt Ford ph 0 0 0 1 0 0

- Steve Peters p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Scott Terry p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Duane Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Lake ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Tom Lawless pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Scott Arnold p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 12 12 3

St. Louis Cardinals 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 9 11 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Sid Fernandez 3.1 5 6 6 2 1 7.53

David Cone 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 4.50

Roger McDowell (W,2-0) 2.2 2 1 1 1 0 1.00

Randy Myers (Save,4) 1.1 3 2 0 1 1 0.00

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Bob Forsch 1.2 4 4 4 1 0

Larry McWilliams 4.1 2 3 1 2 3

Steve Peters (L) 1.2 3 3 3 1 1

Scott Terry 0.1 0 0 0 1 1

Scott Arnold 1.0 3 2 2 2 1

Left on base: Mets 8, Cardinals 8
Errors: Howard Johnson (3), Kevin Elster, Bob Horner, Willie McGee, Ozzie Smith.
WP: Scott Arnold.
2B: Howard Johnson (2), Roger McDowell (1), Barry Lyons (1).
3B: Lenny Dykstra (1), Vince Coleman, Luis Alicea.
HR: Kevin McReynolds (3), Vince Coleman.
Intentional Walks: Howard Johnson.
HBP: Larry McWilliams.
SH: Sid Fernandez.
SF: Curt Ford.
SB: Darryl Strawberry (3), Vince Coleman.
CS: Ozzie Smith.

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