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National League Standings, August 31, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

lf
Tony
Phillips 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo 1b
John
Olerud c
Mike
Piazza cf
Brian
McRae rf
Lenny
Harris 2b
Carlos
Baerga ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Rick
Reed

August 31, 1998, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA

New York Mets 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tony Phillips lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .241

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

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 4 2 2 1 1 2 .283

John Olerud 1b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .344

Mike Piazza c 4 0 3 2 1 0 .340

Brian McRae cf 5 0 2 3 0 0 .274

Lenny Harris rf-lf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .236

Carlos Baerga 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .275

Rey Ordonez ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .248

Rick Reed p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .125

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

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

- Matt Franco ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .290

- Jermaine Allensworth pr-rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .216

Dodgers ab r h bi bb so

Eric Young 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0

Jim Eisenreich lf 3 0 1 1 0 1

- Mike Judd p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Raul Mondesi cf 3 0 0 0 1 2

Eric Karros 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1

Bobby Bonilla 3b 4 1 2 0 0 2

Matt Luke rf 3 0 1 0 0 0

- Trent Hubbard ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1

Mark Grudzielanek ss 3 0 0 1 0 1

Tom Prince c 3 1 1 0 1 0

Chan Ho Park p 2 0 1 0 0 0

- Roger Cedeno ph-lf-rf 2 1 1 1 0 0

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

New York Mets 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 8 14 0

Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Rick Reed (W,16-8) 6.0 9 3 3 1 6 3.27

Turk Wendell 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 2.70

Dennis Cook 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.16

John Franco 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3.64

Los Angeles Dodgers ip h r er bb so

Chan Ho Park (L) 7.0 10 4 4 3 5

Mike Judd 2.0 4 4 4 1 1

Errors: Bobby Bonilla.
2B: John Olerud (31), Mike Piazza (23), Bobby Bonilla, Roger Cedeno.
HR: Lenny Harris (4).
SH: Tony Phillips, Jim Eisenreich.
SF: Mark Grudzielanek.
SB: Lenny Harris (3), Raul Mondesi 2, Jim Eisenreich.
CS: Rey Ordonez (6).

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