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National League Standings, August 3, 1985

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Dykstra Lenny
Dykstra
2b
Backman Wally
Backman
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
c
Carter Gary
Carter
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
lf
Foster George
Foster
3b
Knight Ray
Knight
ss
Santana Rafael
Santana
p
Darling Ron
Darling
August 3, 1985, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 4

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Dykstra cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .248
Wally Backman 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .284
Keith Hernandez 1b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .292
Gary Carter c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Darryl Strawberry rf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .251
George Foster lf 3 0 1 0 1 2 .252
- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
- Clint Hurdle ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214
- Roger McDowell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
Ray Knight 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .217
- Howard Johnson 3b 1 1 1 1 1 0 .225
Rafael Santana ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249
- Rusty Staub ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188
- Ron Gardenhire ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190
Ron Darling p 3 1 3 0 0 0 .222
- Danny Heep lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Davey Lopes cf 3 0 0 0 2 1
Ryne Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1
Gary Matthews lf 3 0 0 0 1 1
- Dave Gumpert p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Lee Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Bob Dernier ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- George Frazier p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Moreland rf 5 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Hebner ph-1b 4 1 1 0 1 1
Ron Cey 3b 4 2 1 0 1 1
Jody Davis c 2 1 0 0 2 0
Larry Bowa ss 3 0 1 0 0 1
- Thad Bosley ph 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Chris Speier ph-ss 1 0 1 1 0 0
Dick Ruthven p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Ron Meridith p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Gary Woods ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 5 15 1
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 3

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ron Darling 7.1 4 4 1 8 5 2.88
Jesse Orosco (W,3-4) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 3.22
Roger McDowell (Save,9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.04
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Dick Ruthven 6.2 11 3 2 1 1
Ron Meridith 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Gumpert 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Lee Smith 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
George Frazier (L) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1

Left on base: Mets 9, Cubs 8
Errors: Keith Hernandez (3), Rafael Santana, Ray Knight, Richie Hebner.
WP: Ron Darling.
2B: George Foster (18), Keith Hernandez (24), Ron Darling (4), Darryl Strawberry (7).
3B: Darryl Strawberry (3).
HR: Howard Johnson (7).
Intentional Walks: Howard Johnson.
SH: Dick Ruthven.
SB: Wally Backman 2 (19).
CS: Dick Ruthven.





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