Ultimate Mets Database: Game of October 11, 1988 - Box Score

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October 10, 1988
Dodgers 7, Mets 4 1988 League Championship Series Game 6
October 11, 1988
Mets 5, Dodgers 1 Next Game:
October 12, 1988
Dodgers 6, Mets 0

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lenny
Dykstra 2b
Wally
Backman 1b
Keith
Hernandez rf
Darryl
Strawberry lf
Kevin
McReynolds 3b
Gregg
Jefferies c
Gary
Carter ss
Kevin
Elster p
David
Cone

October 11, 1988, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA

New York Mets 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .455

Wally Backman 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .263

Keith Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .304

Darryl Strawberry rf 3 2 1 0 2 1 .346

Kevin McReynolds lf 4 1 4 3 0 0 .292

Gregg Jefferies 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .304

Gary Carter c 4 0 0 0 1 1 .250

Kevin Elster ss 3 0 1 1 2 0 .200

David Cone p 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Dodgers ab r h bi bb so

Steve Sax 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0

Mickey Hatcher 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0

Kirk Gibson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0

- Jose Gonzalez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Marshall rf 4 0 0 0 0 2

John Shelby cf 4 0 0 0 0 3

Mike Scioscia c 4 0 1 0 0 0

Jeff Hamilton 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0

Alfredo Griffin ss 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Tim Leary p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Brian Holton p 1 1 1 0 0 0

- Ricky Horton p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Danny Heep ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 11 0

Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

David Cone (W,1-1) 9.0 5 1 1 3 6 4.50

Los Angeles Dodgers ip h r er bb so

Tim Leary (L) 4.0 6 4 3 3 3

Brian Holton 1.1 1 1 1 0 0

Ricky Horton 1.2 2 0 0 2 1

Jesse Orosco 2.0 2 0 0 1 0

Left on base: Mets 13, Dodgers 7
Errors: Jeff Hamilton, Mickey Hatcher.
PB: Mike Scioscia.
WP: David Cone.
2B: Lenny Dykstra (3), Kevin Elster (1), Kevin McReynolds (2).
HR: Kevin McReynolds (2).
Intentional Walks: Kevin Elster.
HBP: Lenny Dykstra.
SH: Wally Backman, David Cone.
SF: Kevin McReynolds.
SB: Wally Backman (1), Keith Hernandez (1), Kevin McReynolds (2).

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One More Time

One More Time

Newsday
October 12, 1988

Mets Send It To 7th Game

Mets Send It To 7th Game

Newsday
October 12, 1988

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