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Astros 4, Mets 3 1998 Regular Season Game 23
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Astros 6, Mets 1

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National League Standings, April 28, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Brian
McRae 2b
Luis
Lopez 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo 1b
Jim
Tatum rf
Butch
Huskey lf
Craig
Paquette c
Tim
Spehr ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Al
Leiter

April 28, 1998, Astrodome, Houston, TX

Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Brian McRae cf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .225

Luis Lopez 2b 5 2 2 0 0 1 .378

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .276

Jim Tatum 1b 1 0 0 1 1 0 .316

- Rich Becker ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .231

Butch Huskey rf 5 0 1 1 0 2 .228

Craig Paquette lf-1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250

- Mel Rojas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

- John Hudek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Tim Spehr c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .133

Rey Ordonez ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .244

Al Leiter p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .167

- Greg McMichael p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dennis Cook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- John Olerud 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .352

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Craig Biggio 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Tim Bogar 2b 2 1 1 0 2 0

Derek Bell rf 6 1 4 0 0 0

Jeff Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 0 3 0

Sean Berry 3b 4 0 2 1 1 1

Moises Alou lf-cf 5 0 2 2 0 2

Richard Hidalgo cf 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Carl Everett cf 4 1 1 0 0 2

- Dave Clark ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1

Ricky Gutierrez ss 3 0 1 1 2 0

Brad Ausmus c 5 0 1 0 0 2

John Halama p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Bill Spiers ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Scanlan p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tony Eusebio ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Doug Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jack Howell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Mike Magnante p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0

Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 13 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Leiter 6.1 6 0 0 4 6 1.15

Greg McMichael 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 3.55

Dennis Cook 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 1.86

Mel Rojas 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.79

John Franco 1.0 3 2 2 1 3 4.50

John Hudek (L,0-1) 0.0 2 1 1 2 0 4.82

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

John Halama 7.0 8 3 3 2 6

Bob Scanlan 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

Doug Henry 1.0 1 0 0 1 2

Mike Magnante (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

WP: Al Leiter.
2B: Luis Lopez 2 (4), Craig Paquette (1), Moises Alou, Brad Ausmus.
Intentional Walks: Ricky Gutierrez.
HBP: Tim Spehr, Craig Biggio, Sean Berry.
SF: Jim Tatum.
SB: Rey Ordonez (1), Ricky Gutierrez, Craig Biggio.
CS: Tim Bogar.

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