Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 21, 1998 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 20, 1998
Mets 5, Cardinals 4 1998 Regular Season Game 127
August 21, 1998
Cardinals 10, Mets 5 Next Game:
August 21, 1998
Mets 1, Cardinals 0

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National League Standings, August 21, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

lf
Tony
Phillips rf
Lenny
Harris 1b
John
Olerud cf
Brian
McRae 3b
Matt
Franco 2b
Carlos
Baerga ss
Luis
Lopez c
Jorge
Fabregas p
Hideo
Nomo

August 21, 1998, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

St. Louis Cardinals 10, New York Mets 5

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Delino DeShields 2b 5 1 1 0 0 3

- Lance Painter p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rich Croushore p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mark McGwire ph 1 1 1 1 0 0

- Jeff Brantley p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Willie McGee rf-lf 6 0 2 3 0 1

Brian Jordan cf-rf 4 0 1 1 2 2

Ron Gant lf 3 1 2 1 1 0

- Placido Polanco ss 2 0 0 1 0 0

John Mabry 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2

Fernando Tatis 3b 1 2 0 0 3 1

Eli Marrero c 3 1 1 0 2 0

Matt Morris p 2 1 1 1 2 1

- Pat Kelly 2b 0 1 0 0 1 0

Luis Ordaz ss 2 1 1 0 0 0

- Ray Lankford ph-cf 2 1 0 0 1 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tony Phillips lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .275

Lenny Harris rf 3 1 3 2 0 0 .231

- Jermaine Allensworth ph-rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .316

John Olerud 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .349

Brian McRae cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .267

Matt Franco 3b 3 0 2 0 0 1 .293

- Edgardo Alfonzo ph-3b 0 0 0 1 1 0 .268

Carlos Baerga 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .280

Luis Lopez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267

Jorge Fabregas c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Hideo Nomo p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250

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

- Todd Hundley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .176

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

- Rey Ordonez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .257

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

St. Louis Cardinals 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 10 11 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 5 9 3

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Matt Morris (W) 7.0 6 2 2 2 6

Lance Painter 0.0 2 3 3 1 0

Rich Croushore 1.0 1 0 0 1 0

Jeff Brantley 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Hideo Nomo (L,3-4) 5.0 5 4 4 6 8 4.50

Greg McMichael 2.0 3 1 1 2 1 3.76

Mel Rojas 2.0 3 5 5 4 2 4.78

Errors: Brian McRae (3).
WP: Greg McMichael.
2B: Tony Phillips (7), Lenny Harris (3), Delino DeShields, Mark McGwire.
HR: Lenny Harris (2), Ron Gant.
Intentional Walks: Eli Marrero, Brian Jordan.
HBP: Fernando Tatis.
SB: Ron Gant, Pat Kelly.
CS: Fernando Tatis.

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