Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 16, 1998 - Box Score

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Mets 8, Astros 4 1998 Regular Season Game 154
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National League Standings, September 16, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

lf
Tony
Phillips 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo 1b
John
Olerud c
Mike
Piazza cf
Brian
McRae rf
Butch
Huskey 2b
Carlos
Baerga ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Bobby
Jones

September 16, 1998, Astrodome, Houston, TX

New York Mets 4, Houston Astros 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tony Phillips lf 6 0 1 0 0 3 .227

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 5 0 1 0 1 0 .279

John Olerud 1b 5 0 4 0 0 0 .345

- Ralph Milliard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000

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

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

- Todd Hundley ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .168

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

Mike Piazza c 5 1 1 3 1 1 .351

Brian McRae cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .269

Butch Huskey rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .254

- Jermaine Allensworth pr-rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .208

Carlos Baerga 2b 1 0 0 0 1 1 .271

- Jay Payton ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .375

- Luis Lopez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258

Rey Ordonez ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .247

Bobby Jones p 2 0 0 0 1 0 .174

- Lenny Harris ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236

- Todd Pratt ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .288

- Matt Franco 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .271

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Craig Biggio 2b 3 1 0 0 2 1

Richard Hidalgo rf 4 0 0 0 1 1

Carl Everett cf 4 1 1 2 1 1

Jeff Bagwell 1b 2 0 0 0 3 0

Moises Alou lf 4 0 0 0 1 0

Sean Berry 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0

- Ricky Gutierrez ss 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Sean Bergman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Brad Ausmus c 5 1 1 1 0 1

Tim Bogar ss-3b-ss 4 0 0 0 0 2

- Dave Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Mike Hampton p 3 0 1 0 0 1

- Billy Wagner p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Russ Johnson 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 13 1

Houston Astros 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bobby Jones 8.0 4 2 2 5 5 4.11

Dennis Cook 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 2.09

Greg McMichael (W,5-3) 1.0 0 0 0 3 1 4.09

Turk Wendell (Save,4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 3.06

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Mike Hampton 8.0 8 0 0 6 4

Billy Wagner 2.0 4 3 3 0 3

Sean Bergman (L) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1

Errors: Mike Piazza (7), Moises Alou.
2B: Sean Berry.
HR: Todd Hundley (3), Mike Piazza (23), Carl Everett, Brad Ausmus.
Intentional Walks: Jeff Bagwell.
SH: Luis Lopez.
SB: Craig Biggio 2, Carl Everett.

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