Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 16, 1997 - Box Score

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National League Standings, April 16, 1997

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lance
Johnson 1b
John
Olerud lf
Bernard
Gilkey c
Todd
Hundley 3b
Butch
Huskey 2b
Carlos
Baerga rf
Alex
Ochoa ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Rick
Reed

April 16, 1997, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, New York Mets 2

Dodgers ab r h bi bb so

Brett Butler cf 5 2 5 0 0 0

Wilton Guerrero 2b 4 1 2 2 0 1

Raul Mondesi rf 4 1 0 0 1 1

Eric Karros 1b 4 1 1 2 1 1

Todd Hollandsworth lf 3 0 1 0 1 0

Todd Zeile 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Greg Gagne ss 4 0 2 0 0 0

Tom Prince c 3 0 0 0 1 0

Pedro Astacio p 3 0 0 0 0 2

- Darren Dreifort p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mark Guthrie p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Todd Worrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .293

John Olerud 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .362

Bernard Gilkey lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .175

Todd Hundley c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .152

Butch Huskey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .154

Carlos Baerga 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .186

Alex Ochoa rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .250

Rey Ordonez ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .262

- Carl Everett ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .080

- Manny Alexander ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Rick Reed p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Steve Bieser ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Brian Bohanon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Barry Manuel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Matt Franco ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Edgardo Alfonzo ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .129

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

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

Los Angeles Dodgers 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 11 1

New York Mets 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ip h r er bb so

Pedro Astacio (W) 7.0 1 2 2 2 3

Darren Dreifort 0.0 0 0 0 2 0

Mark Guthrie 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Todd Worrell (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Rick Reed (L,0-1) 6.0 6 3 2 2 4 1.00

Brian Bohanon 0.2 3 2 2 1 1 5.06

Barry Manuel 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 5.62

John Franco 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.12

Errors: Butch Huskey (3), Wilton Guerrero.
2B: Carlos Baerga (2), Greg Gagne.
HR: Eric Karros, Wilton Guerrero.
SH: Pedro Astacio, Wilton Guerrero.
SF: Edgardo Alfonzo, Bernard Gilkey.
SB: Alex Ochoa (1).
CS: Brett Butler, Todd Hollandsworth.

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