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Mets Starting Lineup cf Brian McRae 3b Edgardo Alfonzo 1b John Olerud c Todd Hundley 2b Carlos Baerga rf Butch Huskey lf Bernard Gilkey ss Rey Ordonez p Brian Bohanon August 24, 1997, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY San Diego Padres 3, New York Mets 2 Padres ab r h bi bb so Craig Shipley 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Jones cf-lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 Tony Gwynn rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 Ken Caminiti 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 Greg Vaughn lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 - Trevor Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carlos Hernandez c 4 0 1 0 0 1 Chris Gomez ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 Archi Cianfrocco 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 Pete Smith p 3 0 1 3 0 1 - Tim Worrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Steve Finley ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Brian McRae cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .232 - Cory Lidle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 2 0 1 1 2 0 .322 John Olerud 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .296 Todd Hundley c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Carlos Baerga 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .291 Butch Huskey rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .278 Bernard Gilkey lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .215 Rey Ordonez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .232 - Luis Lopez ph-ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .284 Brian Bohanon p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .158 - Carl Everett ph-cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .251 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Diego Padres 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 1 San Diego Padres ip h r er bb so Pete Smith (W) 6.0 2 1 1 5 2 Tim Worrell 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 Trevor Hoffman (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Brian Bohanon (L,3-3) 7.0 9 3 0 2 4 3.22 Cory Lidle 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 3.90 Errors: Carlos Baerga (8). 2B: Edgardo Alfonzo