Ultimate Mets Database: Game of June 8, 1989 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
June 7, 1989
Mets 10, Cubs 5 1989 Regular Season Game 56
June 8, 1989
Cubs 5, Mets 4 Next Game:
June 9, 1989
Pirates 4, Mets 3

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National League Standings, June 8, 1989

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lenny
Dykstra 1b
Dave
Magadan rf
Darryl
Strawberry 3b
Howard
Johnson lf
Kevin
McReynolds 2b
Gregg
Jefferies c
Barry
Lyons ss
Kevin
Elster p
Ron
Darling

June 8, 1989, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 5, New York Mets 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .261

- Mookie Wilson ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .190

Dave Magadan 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .319

Darryl Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .232

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

- Keith Miller ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .071

- Don Aase p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Howard Johnson 3b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .272

Kevin McReynolds lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .274

Gregg Jefferies 2b 3 2 2 0 0 0 .198

Barry Lyons c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .299

Kevin Elster ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .208

- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .208

- Roger McDowell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

- Mark Carreon rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200

Ron Darling p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .111

- Jeff McKnight ph-ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Doug Dascenzo cf 5 1 1 0 0 0

Mitch Webster lf 5 0 1 0 0 2

Dwight Smith rf 4 0 1 1 1 1

Damon Berryhill c 4 0 0 0 1 0

Vance Law 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1

Lloyd McClendon 1b 5 3 2 1 0 1

Curt Wilkerson 2b 5 1 4 0 0 0

Shawon Dunston ss 4 0 0 0 0 2

Mike Bielecki p 2 0 0 1 0 1

- Domingo Ramos ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Calvin Schiraldi p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Wilson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gary Varsho ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Mitch Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rick Wrona ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 8 0

Chicago Cubs 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 11 4

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ron Darling 6.0 8 4 4 0 7 4.12

Roger McDowell 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 2.83

Randy Myers 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0.84

Don Aase (L,1-2) 0.1 2 1 0 0 0 2.31

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Mike Bielecki 6.0 4 2 2 1 6

Calvin Schiraldi 0.2 2 1 1 0 0

Steve Wilson 1.1 0 0 0 0 1

Mitch Williams (W) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2

Left on base: Mets 5, Cubs 12
Errors: Ron Darling 2 (3), Dave Magadan, Jeff McKnight.
WP: Ron Darling.
2B: Gregg Jefferies 2 (14), Lee Mazzilli (1), Domingo Ramos, Curt Wilkerson.
HR: Howard Johnson (13), Kevin McReynolds (7), Lloyd McClendon.
HBP: Gregg Jefferies, Shawon Dunston.
CS: Barry Lyons (1), Shawon Dunston.

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