Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 21, 1991 - Box Score

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Dodgers 7, Mets 5 1991 Regular Season Game 36
May 21, 1991
Mets 8, Cubs 6 Next Game:
May 22, 1991
Cubs 5, Mets 2

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National League Standings, May 21, 1991

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Vince
Coleman 2b
Gregg
Jefferies 1b
Dave
Magadan rf
Hubie
Brooks 3b
Howard
Johnson lf
Kevin
McReynolds ss
Kevin
Elster c
Charlie
O'Brien p
Dwight
Gooden

May 21, 1991, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 8, Chicago Cubs 6

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Doug Dascenzo cf 4 2 3 0 0 0

Ryne Sandberg 2b 2 1 1 1 0 1

- Chico Walker 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Mark Grace 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0

George Bell lf 5 1 1 2 0 2

Andre Dawson rf 4 0 1 2 0 0

Luis Salazar 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Jose Vizcaino ss 4 0 2 0 0 0

Damon Berryhill c 4 1 1 1 0 0

Rick Sutcliffe p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Les Lancaster p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dwight Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Chuck McElroy p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jerome Walton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Mike Bielecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Hector Villanueva ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Shawn Boskie pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Vince Coleman cf 3 3 1 0 2 1 .254

Gregg Jefferies 2b 4 2 3 2 0 0 .268

Dave Magadan 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .234

Hubie Brooks rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .246

- John Franco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Howard Johnson 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .229

Kevin McReynolds lf 4 0 3 2 0 0 .250

Kevin Elster ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .296

Charlie O'Brien c 3 0 0 1 0 0 .192

Dwight Gooden p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .143

- Wally Whitehurst p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

- Daryl Boston rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .195

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

Chicago Cubs 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 11 0

New York Mets 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 x 8 10 2

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Rick Sutcliffe (L) 1.0 6 6 6 2 1

Les Lancaster 2.0 3 2 2 1 1

Chuck McElroy 2.0 1 0 0 0 2

Mike Bielecki 3.0 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dwight Gooden (W,5-3) 6.1 9 6 6 1 7 2.97

Wally Whitehurst 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 2.76

John Franco (Save,8) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0.63

Errors: Kevin Elster (1).
2B: Kevin McReynolds 2 (8), Dave Magadan (7), Gregg Jefferies (5), Doug Dascenzo 2, Jose Vizcaino, Mark Grace.
3B: Andre Dawson.
HR: Damon Berryhill, George Bell.
Intentional Walks: Kevin Elster.
HBP: Doug Dascenzo.
SF: Charlie O'Brien.
SB: Gregg Jefferies 2 (7), Vince Coleman (25), Jose Vizcaino, Ryne Sandberg.

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