Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 20, 2008 - Box Score

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National League Standings, August 20, 2008

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Jose
Reyes 2b
Argenis
Reyes 3b
David
Wright 1b
Carlos
Delgado cf
Carlos
Beltran lf
Daniel
Murphy rf
Fernando
Tatis c
Brian
Schneider p
Mike
Pelfrey

August 20, 2008, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 6, Atlanta Braves 3

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Gregor Blanco lf 4 1 2 1 0 1

Yunel Escobar ss 3 1 0 0 1 0

Chipper Jones 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2

Brian McCann c 4 0 0 0 0 0

Mark Kotsay cf 3 0 0 0 1 0

Greg Norton 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Jeff Francoeur rf 3 1 1 0 0 0

Kelly Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Jair Jurrjens p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Buddy Carlyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Will Ohman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Omar Infante ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Blaine Boyer p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Jose Reyes ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301

Argenis Reyes 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .271

David Wright 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .291

Carlos Delgado 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .254

Carlos Beltran cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .273

Daniel Murphy lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .404

- Endy Chavez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270

Fernando Tatis rf-lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .298

Brian Schneider c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256

Mike Pelfrey p 3 0 1 1 0 0 .111

Schaefer Mets Player of the Game

Mike
Mike Pelfrey
Points awarded for this game:
Mike Pelfrey 5.61, Daniel Murphy 1.84, David Wright 1.00, Fernando Tatis 0.98, Carlos Delgado 0.26, Carlos Beltran 0.17, Argenis Reyes 0.07.
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Atlanta Braves 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 2

New York Mets 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 6 6 0

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Jair Jurrjens (L) 5.0 6 6 4 3 0

Buddy Carlyle 1.2 0 0 0 1 0

Will Ohman 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Blaine Boyer 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mike Pelfrey (W,12-8) 9.0 3 3 3 3 3 3.86

Left on base: Braves 2, Mets 4
Errors: Chipper Jones, Yunel Escobar.
WP: Mike Pelfrey.
HR: David Wright (24).
SH: Jair Jurrjens.
SB: Argenis Reyes (2).

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August 21, 2008

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