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1981 Regular Season Game 86
September 16, 1981
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National League Standings, September 16, 1981

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

Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 1

Phillies ab r hbibbso
Pete Rose 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1
Bake McBride rf 4 0 1 0 0 0
- Greg Gross rf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Matthews lf 2 0 0 1 1 0
Mike Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 1 0 2
Bob Boone c 4 0 0 0 0 1
Garry Maddox cf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Bowa ss 4 1 2 0 0 1
Manny Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Ruthven p 3 0 1 1 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .283
John Stearns c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .271
Lee Mazzilli lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .232
Dave Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .203
Ellis Valentine rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .202
Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .295
Frank Taveras ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .228
- Rusty Staub ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286
- Ron Gardenhire pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .207
- Mike Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .223
Pat Zachry p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182
- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286
- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Mike Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246
- Dan Boitano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Philadelphia Phillies ip h rer bbso
Dick Ruthven (W) 9.0 5 1 1 4 6
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pat Zachry (L,7-12) 5.0 7 3 3 1 2 3.79
Terry Leach 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 1.61
Dan Boitano 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 5.27

Left on base: Phillies 5, Mets 7
WP: Dick Ruthven.
2B: Ellis Valentine (6), Larry Bowa, Bake McBride.
HR: Mike Schmidt.
SH: John Stearns.
SF: Gary Matthews.
SB: Mookie Wilson (20).


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