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1981 Regular Season Game 59
August 16, 1981
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National League Standings, August 16, 1981

Box Score Game Memories Scorecard Mets Stats
Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
1b
Kingman Dave
Kingman
rf
Valentine Ellis
Valentine
lf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
c
Stearns John
Stearns
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Zachry Pat
Zachry
August 16, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Phillies ab r hbibbso
Pete Rose 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0
Manny Trillo 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0
- Del Unser ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Matthews lf 3 1 1 0 1 0
Mike Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0
Bake McBride rf 4 0 1 1 0 0
Garry Maddox cf 4 0 1 0 0 3
Larry Bowa ss 4 0 1 0 0 1
Bob Boone c 3 0 1 0 1 0
- Luis Aguayo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Ruthven p 2 0 0 0 0 1
- Dickie Noles p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Greg Gross ph 0 0 0 0 1 0
- Sparky Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dick Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .299
Frank Taveras ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .231
Hubie Brooks 3b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .317
Dave Kingman 1b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .232
- Mike Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Ellis Valentine rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .205
Lee Mazzilli lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .225
John Stearns c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .221
Pat Zachry p 2 1 1 0 0 1 .222
- Mike Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .184
- Dan Boitano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 1
New York Mets 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 x 5 9 0

Philadelphia Phillies ip h rer bbso
Dick Ruthven (L) 4.1 7 5 5 2 3
Dickie Noles 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Sparky Lyle 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pat Zachry (W,6-7) 6.0 6 1 1 3 4 3.96
Dan Boitano 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 4.50
Neil Allen (Save,9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2.92

Left on base: Phillies 9, Mets 6
Errors: Pat Zachry (2).
2B: Ellis Valentine (2), Larry Bowa, Bake McBride.
HR: Hubie Brooks (3), Mike Schmidt.
SB: John Stearns (5), Lee Mazzilli (10).





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