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1985 Regular Season Game 80
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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Dykstra Lenny
Dykstra
2b
Chapman Kelvin
Chapman
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
c
Carter Gary
Carter
lf
Foster George
Foster
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
3b
Johnson Howard
Johnson
ss
Santana Rafael
Santana
p
Lynch Ed
Lynch
July 8, 1985, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH

New York Mets 7, Cincinnati Reds 5

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Dykstra cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .268
Kelvin Chapman 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .180
- Wally Backman ph-2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .267
Keith Hernandez 1b 5 2 4 3 0 0 .266
Gary Carter c 4 0 0 0 1 0 .271
George Foster lf 5 1 2 2 0 2 .245
Darryl Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .225
Howard Johnson 3b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .201
Rafael Santana ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .254
Ed Lynch p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .097
- Tom Gorman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Reds ab r hbibbso
Eddie Milner cf 4 2 1 0 1 0
Max Venable lf 3 0 1 1 0 0
- Gary Redus ph-lf 2 0 1 0 0 1
Pete Rose 1b 5 0 1 1 0 0
Dave Parker rf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Krenchicki 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0
- Dave Concepcion ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Knicely c 4 2 2 0 0 0
Ron Oester 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0
Tom Foley ss 3 0 2 2 0 0
- Nick Esasky ph-3b 1 0 1 1 0 0
Joe Price p 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Cesar Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Jay Tibbs p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- John Franco p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Tony Perez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- John Stuper p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 7 13 0
Cincinnati Reds 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 12 0

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ed Lynch (W,6-5) 6.0 9 4 4 1 2 3.09
Tom Gorman 1.2 3 1 1 0 0 4.70
Terry Leach 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1.54
Jesse Orosco (Save,8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.63
Cincinnati Reds ip h rer bbso
Joe Price 6.0 8 4 4 2 4
Jay Tibbs (L) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0
John Franco 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
John Stuper 1.0 1 0 0 1 0

Left on base: Mets 9, Reds 7
2B: Wally Backman (6), George Foster (12), Keith Hernandez (15), Rafael Santana (9), Ron Oester 2, Alan Knicely, Pete Rose, Max Venable.
HR: George Foster (13), Keith Hernandez (6), Darryl Strawberry (7), Howard Johnson (4).
Intentional Walks: Darryl Strawberry.
SH: Tom Gorman, Joe Price.
SB: Lenny Dykstra (7), Gary Redus.


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