Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 30, 1997 - Box Score

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National League Standings, April 30, 1997

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lance
Johnson 2b
Manny
Alexander 1b
John
Olerud lf
Bernard
Gilkey c
Todd
Hundley 3b
Butch
Huskey rf
Alex
Ochoa ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Bobby
Jones

April 30, 1997, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 6, San Diego Padres 2

Padres ab r h bi bb so

Quilvio Veras 2b 5 0 1 2 0 1

Chris Gomez ss 4 0 2 0 0 1

Tony Gwynn rf 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2

Greg Vaughn lf 4 1 1 0 0 1

Derrek Lee 1b 2 1 0 0 2 1

John Flaherty c 4 0 1 0 0 0

Chris Jones cf 2 0 1 0 2 0

Sterling Hitchcock p 3 0 0 0 0 2

- Marc Kroon p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tim Scott p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Don Slaught ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .299

Manny Alexander 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .265

- Carlos Baerga 2b 2 2 2 0 0 0 .188

John Olerud 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .356

Bernard Gilkey lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .209

Todd Hundley c 2 1 0 1 2 2 .244

Butch Huskey 3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .213

- Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 1 0 1 2 0 0 .268

Alex Ochoa rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .212

Rey Ordonez ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .253

Bobby Jones p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .083

- Carl Everett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .170

- Greg McMichael p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

- Matt Franco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294

- Toby Borland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

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

San Diego Padres 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0

New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 x 6 10 1

San Diego Padres ip h r er bb so

Sterling Hitchcock (L) 7.1 8 4 4 2 6

Marc Kroon 0.0 2 2 2 1 0

Tim Scott 0.2 0 0 0 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bobby Jones (W,4-2) 7.0 6 2 2 2 6 3.40

Greg McMichael 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 2.30

Toby Borland 0.1 0 0 0 2 0 4.09

John Franco (Save,6) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0.66

Errors: Butch Huskey (6).
PB: Todd Hundley.
WP: Sterling Hitchcock.
2B: Butch Huskey (5), Edgardo Alfonzo (4), Carlos Baerga (3), Bernard Gilkey (4), Lance Johnson (4), Chris Gomez.
SF: Butch Huskey.
SB: Rey Ordonez 2 (6).
CS: Bernard Gilkey (3).

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