Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 14, 1988 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 10, 1988
Astros 6, Mets 5 1988 Regular Season Game 88
July 14, 1988
Mets 9, Braves 8 Next Game:
July 15, 1988
Braves 4, Mets 3

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National League Standings, July 14, 1988

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

July 14, 1988, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA

New York Mets 9, Atlanta Braves 8

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 6 0 0 0 0 1 .288

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

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

Wally Backman 2b 5 0 0 0 1 1 .276

Dave Magadan 1b 5 1 1 0 1 1 .305

Darryl Strawberry rf 5 4 3 0 1 0 .290

Kevin McReynolds lf 6 3 5 4 0 0 .291

Howard Johnson 3b 4 1 2 2 2 0 .248

Gary Carter c 5 0 2 1 1 0 .240

Kevin Elster ss 6 0 2 1 0 1 .217

Ron Darling p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .196

- Bob McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167

- Roger McDowell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

- Mookie Wilson ph-cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .247

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Ron Gant 2b 5 0 3 2 0 0

Ken Oberkfell 3b 5 2 2 0 1 1

Gerald Perry 1b 5 2 2 2 1 0

Dale Murphy rf 5 1 1 3 0 2

Ken Griffey lf 5 0 1 0 0 0

Andres Thomas ss 5 1 1 1 0 0

Dion James cf 4 2 2 0 1 0

Ozzie Virgil c 2 0 1 0 2 0

Rick Mahler p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ed Olwine p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Paul Runge ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Charlie Puleo p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Ted Simmons ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Tom Glavine pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jose Alvarez p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Morrison ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 15 2

Atlanta Braves 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 13 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ron Darling 5.1 10 7 7 3 3 3.05

Bob McClure 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

Roger McDowell 3.0 2 1 1 1 1 2.41

Terry Leach (W,3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 3.18

Randy Myers (Save,14) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.22

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Rick Mahler 3.0 8 5 5 1 1

Ed Olwine 1.0 3 3 3 0 0

Charlie Puleo 4.0 2 0 0 2 3

Jose Alvarez (L) 3.0 2 1 1 4 2

Left on base: Mets 11, Braves 7
Errors: Wally Backman (3), Ken Griffey, Ron Gant.
PB: Ozzie Virgil.
WP: Roger McDowell.
2B: Darryl Strawberry 2 (18), Kevin McReynolds 2 (18), Ken Oberkfell, Gerald Perry, Dion James, Ron Gant.
HR: Howard Johnson (17), Kevin McReynolds (12), Dale Murphy, Andres Thomas, Gerald Perry.
Intentional Walks: Howard Johnson 2.
SH: Ron Darling, Rick Mahler, Ozzie Virgil.
SF: Ron Gant.
SB: Mookie Wilson (9), Darryl Strawberry (19).
CS: Darryl Strawberry (8), Dion James.

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