Ultimate Mets Database: Game of June 29, 1988 - Box Score

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June 28, 1988
Mets 5, Pirates 2 1988 Regular Season Game 76
June 29, 1988
Mets 8, Pirates 7 Next Game:
June 30, 1988
Mets 12, Astros 6

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National League Standings, June 29, 1988

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lenny
Dykstra 2b
Wally
Backman lf
Kevin
McReynolds rf
Darryl
Strawberry 3b
Howard
Johnson c
Gary
Carter 1b
Dave
Magadan ss
Kevin
Elster p
David
Cone

June 29, 1988, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

New York Mets 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 5 1 1 0 1 0 .306

Wally Backman 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .289

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

- Mookie Wilson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254

- Gene Walter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Roger McDowell p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .400

Kevin McReynolds lf 5 0 2 2 1 0 .271

Darryl Strawberry rf 5 0 0 0 1 2 .285

Howard Johnson 3b 6 1 1 1 0 2 .238

Gary Carter c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .256

- Keith Miller pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .185

- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Tim Teufel 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .267

Dave Magadan 1b 3 3 2 0 2 0 .294

Kevin Elster ss 4 1 2 3 1 1 .209

David Cone p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .182

- Mackey Sasser ph-c 2 0 1 1 0 0 .302

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Barry Bonds lf 3 0 0 0 2 0

- Jim Gott p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Diaz ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Mike Dunne pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Kipper p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jose Lind 2b 6 1 2 4 0 1

Andy Van Slyke cf 5 1 1 2 1 2

Bobby Bonilla 3b 4 1 1 1 2 1

Darnell Coles rf 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Jeff Robinson p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- John Cangelosi lf 1 0 0 0 1 0

Sid Bream 1b 6 0 2 0 0 0

Mike LaValliere c 5 1 1 0 0 0

Rafael Belliard ss 3 2 2 0 2 0

Bob Walk p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Rucker p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Orestes Destrade ph 1 1 1 0 0 0

- Barry Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- R.J. Reynolds rf 3 0 1 0 0 1

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

New York Mets 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 8 13 1

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

David Cone 5.0 6 5 5 3 2 2.15

Terry Leach 0.2 2 2 2 2 1 3.61

Randy Myers 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 1.48

Gene Walter 1.0 2 0 0 2 0 3.38

Roger McDowell (W,4-1) 3.0 1 0 0 2 0 2.33

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Bob Walk 4.1 7 4 4 1 3

Dave Rucker 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Barry Jones 0.1 1 2 2 3 0

Jeff Robinson 2.2 2 0 0 1 2

Jim Gott 2.0 1 1 1 0 1

Bob Kipper (L) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0

Left on base: Mets 10, Pirates 11
Errors: John Cangelosi.
WP: Jeff Robinson.
2B: Roger McDowell (2), Lenny Dykstra (11), Kevin Elster (6), Mike LaValliere.
HR: Howard Johnson (14), Kevin Elster (6), Bobby Bonilla, Andy Van Slyke.
SH: Wally Backman, Bob Walk.
SF: Wally Backman, Mackey Sasser.

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