Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 7, 1998 - Box Score

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Braves 4, Mets 0 1998 Regular Season Game 144
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Mets 8, Braves 7 Next Game:
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Phillies 16, Mets 4

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National League Standings, September 7, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

September 7, 1998, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 8, Atlanta Braves 7

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Michael Tucker rf 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Gerald Williams ph-rf 3 1 1 2 0 0

Marty Malloy 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0

- Tony Graffanino ph-2b 3 0 1 1 0 0

Chipper Jones 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2

Andres Galarraga 1b 5 0 0 0 0 2

Ryan Klesko lf 1 1 0 0 3 0

Andruw Jones cf 4 2 2 1 0 1

Eddie Perez c 4 1 2 1 0 0

Ozzie Guillen ss 2 1 2 1 1 0

Bruce Chen p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Wes Helms ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dennis Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Greg Colbrunn ph 1 1 1 1 0 0

- Adam Butler p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Odalis Perez p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Curtis Pride ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- John Rocker p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tony Phillips lf 3 2 2 1 2 1 .237

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 5 1 1 2 0 3 .278

John Olerud 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .342

Mike Piazza c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .347

Brian McRae cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .275

Jermaine Allensworth rf 2 1 1 0 0 1 .209

- Rigo Beltran p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

- Jay Payton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333

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

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

Luis Lopez 2b 4 1 2 4 0 0 .265

Rey Ordonez ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .243

Masato Yoshii p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .068

- Willie Blair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

- Lenny Harris rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .240

- Butch Huskey ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .251

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

Atlanta Braves 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 7 10 0

New York Mets 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 x 8 11 0

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Bruce Chen 3.0 6 4 4 2 5

Dennis Martinez 2.0 3 2 2 0 1

Adam Butler 0.2 1 0 0 1 1

Odalis Perez 1.1 0 0 0 0 0

John Rocker (L) 1.0 1 2 2 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Masato Yoshii 3.0 1 0 0 2 2 3.84

Willie Blair 0.1 2 2 2 1 1 3.86

Rigo Beltran 2.1 2 3 3 1 1 6.23

Turk Wendell 1.1 4 2 2 1 0 3.34

Greg McMichael (W,3-3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3.94

John Franco (Save,33) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.45

WP: Greg McMichael.
2B: John Olerud (32), Luis Lopez (13), Mike Piazza (24), Eddie Perez.
3B: Gerald Williams.
HR: Edgardo Alfonzo (16), Luis Lopez (2), Tony Phillips (3), Andruw Jones.
Intentional Walks: Mike Piazza.
HBP: Brian McRae.
SH: Bruce Chen.
SF: Ozzie Guillen.
SB: Andruw Jones, Tony Graffanino.

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