Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 18, 1988 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 17, 1988
Giants 4, Mets 0 1988 Regular Season Game 121
August 18, 1988
Giants 4, Mets 1 Next Game:
August 19, 1988
Padres 3, Mets 2

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National League Standings, August 18, 1988

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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
Mackey
Sasser ss
Kevin
Elster p
Bob
Ojeda

August 18, 1988, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Giants 4, New York Mets 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .285

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

- Ed Nunez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Gary Carter ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .251

Wally Backman 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .299

- Tim Teufel ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .245

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .286

Darryl Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .267

Kevin McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .283

Howard Johnson 3b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .223

Mackey Sasser c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .232

- Barry Lyons ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .211

Kevin Elster ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 .222

- Dave Magadan ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .283

Bob Ojeda p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .184

- Lee Mazzilli ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .146

- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091

- Mookie Wilson ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .258

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Brett Butler cf 4 0 0 0 0 1

Robby Thompson 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0

Will Clark 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Kevin Mitchell lf 3 0 2 1 1 0

- Donell Nixon pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Candy Maldonado rf 3 1 1 0 0 1

- Mike Aldrete ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Bob Brenly c 4 0 0 0 0 0

Matt Williams 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0

Jose Uribe ss 4 1 2 1 0 0

Mike Krukow p 2 0 1 1 0 0

- Ernie Riles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Roger Samuels p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Scott Garrelts p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1

San Francisco Giants 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 x 4 10 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bob Ojeda (L,8-12) 4.0 7 4 4 0 3 3.24

Terry Leach 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 2.68

Bob McClure 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 5.14

Ed Nunez 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 4.50

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Mike Krukow (W) 6.0 4 0 0 2 7

Roger Samuels 2.0 1 1 1 2 3

Scott Garrelts (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Left on base: Mets 9, Giants 7
Errors: Candy Maldonado.
PB: Bob Brenly.
WP: Roger Samuels.
2B: Keith Hernandez (14), Barry Lyons (6), Kevin Mitchell, Mike Krukow, Candy Maldonado, Robby Thompson.
HR: Matt Williams.
SB: Robby Thompson 2.

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