Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 6, 1998 - Box Score

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National League Standings, August 6, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Tony
Phillips 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo 1b
John
Olerud c
Mike
Piazza cf
Brian
McRae lf
Todd
Hundley 2b
Luis
Lopez ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Masato
Yoshii

August 6, 1998, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 9, San Francisco Giants 8

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Marvin Benard rf 3 1 1 0 2 0

Bill Mueller 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0

Barry Bonds lf 5 1 3 1 0 0

Jeff Kent 2b 4 1 2 3 1 1

J.T. Snow 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Joe Carter ph-1b 2 0 0 0 0 1

Stan Javier cf 4 0 1 1 1 0

Rich Aurilia ss 5 1 2 0 0 2

- Jose Mesa p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Brent Mayne c 5 1 1 0 0 1

Orel Hershiser p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Shawon Dunston ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Alvin Morman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Charlie Hayes ph 1 1 1 3 0 0

- John Johnstone p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Robb Nen p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rey Sanchez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tony Phillips rf-lf 5 2 4 1 0 1 .385

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 5 1 1 3 0 1 .258

John Olerud 1b 5 2 2 1 0 1 .343

Mike Piazza c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .326

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

- Turk Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Matt Franco ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .292

Brian McRae cf 4 1 2 2 1 1 .265

Todd Hundley lf 3 0 3 0 0 0 .200

- Lenny Harris pr-rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .224

Luis Lopez 2b-ss 3 1 1 1 2 1 .277

Rey Ordonez ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .257

- Carlos Baerga ph-2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .292

Masato Yoshii p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .057

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

- Todd Pratt c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302

- Jorge Fabregas ph-c 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000

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

San Francisco Giants 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 8 13 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 9 16 0

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Orel Hershiser 6.0 10 4 4 0 5

Alvin Morman 1.0 2 2 2 1 2

John Johnstone 0.0 1 1 1 1 0

Robb Nen (L) 1.0 3 2 2 1 1

Jose Mesa 0.0 0 0 0 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Masato Yoshii 7.0 7 4 4 2 3 3.86

Dennis Cook 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 2.62

Greg McMichael 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 4.15

Turk Wendell (W,4-0) 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 3.35

WP: Robb Nen.
2B: Todd Hundley (3), Rey Ordonez (12), Tony Phillips (4), Brent Mayne, Rich Aurilia, Barry Bonds.
HR: Edgardo Alfonzo (7), Brian McRae (17), John Olerud (15), Tony Phillips (1), Jeff Kent, Charlie Hayes.
Intentional Walks: Lenny Harris, Stan Javier.

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