Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 1, 1997 - Box Score

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Mets 5, Giants 2 1997 Regular Season Game 107
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Mets 8, Astros 5 Next Game:
August 2, 1997
Astros 6, Mets 0

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National League Standings, August 1, 1997

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lance
Johnson lf
Bernard
Gilkey 1b
John
Olerud c
Todd
Hundley 3b
Matt
Franco rf
Carl
Everett 2b
Jason
Hardtke ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Dave
Mlicki

August 1, 1997, Astrodome, Houston, TX

New York Mets 8, Houston Astros 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .296

Bernard Gilkey lf 4 1 0 0 1 4 .220

John Olerud 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .294

- Alex Ochoa pr-rf 1 2 1 0 0 0 .225

Todd Hundley c 5 2 3 1 0 2 .290

Matt Franco 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .303

- Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 1 0 1 2 1 0 .327

Carl Everett rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .268

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

- Todd Pratt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .367

- Cory Lidle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Jason Hardtke 2b 3 2 2 2 1 0 .421

Rey Ordonez ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .237

Dave Mlicki p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .222

- Luis Lopez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263

- Greg McMichael p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

- Butch Huskey ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .277

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Craig Biggio 2b 5 1 1 2 0 1

Chuck Carr cf 5 0 1 0 0 1

Derek Bell rf 4 1 1 0 1 2

Luis Gonzalez lf 5 1 1 0 0 0

Sean Berry 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1

- Bill Spiers 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0

J.R. Phillips 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Jeff Bagwell 1b 1 1 1 0 1 0

Brad Ausmus c 2 0 1 0 2 0

Tim Bogar ss 2 0 0 1 0 0

- Billy Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Magnante p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- James Mouton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Jose Lima p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jose Cabrera p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ramon Garcia p 2 0 0 0 0 2

- Ricky Gutierrez ss 2 1 1 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 8 11 2

Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 5 10 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dave Mlicki 7.0 5 1 1 2 6 4.36

Greg McMichael 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 3.18

John Franco (W,3-1) 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 2.58

Cory Lidle 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 3.67

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Ramon Garcia 7.2 4 2 2 1 10

Billy Wagner 0.2 4 2 2 2 1

Mike Magnante 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Jose Lima (L) 0.0 1 3 3 2 0

Jose Cabrera 1.0 2 1 1 0 1

Errors: Edgardo Alfonzo (3), Chuck Carr.
PB: Brad Ausmus.
2B: Edgardo Alfonzo (21), Sean Berry.
HR: Jason Hardtke (1), Craig Biggio.
Intentional Walks: Brad Ausmus.
SH: Rey Ordonez, Brad Ausmus.
SF: Jason Hardtke, Tim Bogar.
CS: Sean Berry.

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