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

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Previous Game:
August 7, 1989
Phillies 2, Mets 1 1989 Regular Season Game 111
August 8, 1989
Mets 9, Phillies 0 Next Game:
August 9, 1989
Mets 6, Phillies 0

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National League Standings, August 8, 1989

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Keith
Miller cf
Juan
Samuel 3b
Howard
Johnson rf
Darryl
Strawberry 1b
Tim
Teufel lf
Mark
Carreon c
Barry
Lyons ss
Kevin
Elster p
David
Cone

August 8, 1989, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA

New York Mets 9, Philadelphia Phillies 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Keith Miller 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .217

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

Juan Samuel cf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .265

Howard Johnson 3b 4 1 0 1 0 2 .289

- Gregg Jefferies 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .225

Darryl Strawberry rf 5 2 2 3 0 0 .235

Tim Teufel 1b-2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .268

Mark Carreon lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .299

Barry Lyons c 4 2 2 1 0 0 .253

Kevin Elster ss 3 1 0 0 1 3 .234

David Cone p 2 1 0 0 0 0 .220

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Lenny Dykstra cf 4 0 2 0 0 0

- Terry Mulholland p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tom Herr 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Randy Ready 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Von Hayes rf 3 0 1 0 0 1

- Bob Dernier rf-cf 1 0 0 0 0 1

John Kruk lf 4 0 1 0 0 0

Ricky Jordan 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1

Charlie Hayes 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1

Darren Daulton c 2 0 1 0 1 0

Steve Jeltz ss 3 0 1 0 0 0

Bruce Ruffin p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Dwayne Murphy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Larry McWilliams p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Todd Frohwirth p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Curt Ford ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 9 8 0

Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

David Cone (W,9-5) 9.0 6 0 0 1 5 3.80

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Bruce Ruffin (L) 5.0 4 3 3 1 4

Larry McWilliams 1.1 2 3 3 0 1

Todd Frohwirth 1.2 2 3 3 1 1

Terry Mulholland 1.0 0 0 0 1 0

Left on base: Mets 4, Phillies 4
Errors: Darryl Strawberry (7), Howard Johnson.
2B: Tim Teufel 2 (5), Keith Miller (4), Lenny Dykstra, Darren Daulton.
HR: Darryl Strawberry (24), Barry Lyons (3).
HBP: Juan Samuel.
SH: David Cone 2.
CS: Ricky Jordan.

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