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National League Standings, May 31, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Brian
McRae lf
Bernard
Gilkey c
Mike
Piazza 1b
John
Olerud 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo 2b
Luis
Lopez rf
Butch
Huskey ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Bobby
Jones

May 31, 1998, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA

New York Mets 8, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Brian McRae cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .246

Bernard Gilkey lf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .291

Mike Piazza c 5 2 3 0 0 0 .419

John Olerud 1b 4 2 3 0 1 0 .371

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 5 1 4 4 0 0 .287

Luis Lopez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256

- Brian Bohanon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .545

- Rich Becker ph-rf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .202

Butch Huskey rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .244

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

- Matt Franco ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .271

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

Rey Ordonez ss 5 1 3 0 0 0 .249

Bobby Jones p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .118

- Carlos Baerga 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .296

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Doug Glanville cf 5 2 2 1 0 0

Gregg Jefferies lf 4 1 2 1 0 1

Scott Rolen 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0

Rico Brogna 1b 2 1 0 1 1 0

Bobby Abreu rf 4 0 0 0 0 2

Mark Lewis 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0

Mark Parent c 3 0 2 2 0 1

- Mike Lieberthal ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0

Desi Relaford ss 4 0 1 0 0 0

Mark Portugal p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Jerry Spradlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rex Hudler ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Wayne Gomes p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Darrin Winston p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mark Leiter p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Kevin Jordan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 19 1

Philadelphia Phillies 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bobby Jones 4.0 10 6 6 1 2 4.04

Brian Bohanon 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 1.57

Mel Rojas (W,3-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.90

John Franco (Save,12) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3.54

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Mark Portugal 5.2 11 5 5 0 3

Jerry Spradlin 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Wayne Gomes 1.0 4 1 1 0 1

Darrin Winston (L) 0.1 1 1 0 0 0

Mark Leiter 1.2 3 1 1 2 1

Errors: Mike Piazza (1), Mark Parent.
WP: Mark Leiter.
2B: John Olerud (12), Gregg Jefferies 2, Mark Lewis, Scott Rolen.
3B: Edgardo Alfonzo (1).
HR: Brian McRae (4), Doug Glanville.
Intentional Walks: Matt Franco.
HBP: Bernard Gilkey.
SH: Bobby Jones.
SF: Rico Brogna.
SB: Scott Rolen.
CS: John Olerud (1), Scott Rolen.

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