Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 20, 1986 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 19, 1986
Phillies 4, Mets 3 1986 Regular Season Game 148
September 20, 1986
Mets 9, Phillies 5 Next Game:
September 21, 1986
Phillies 7, Mets 1

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National League Standings, September 20, 1986

Box Score Game Memories Scorecard Mets Stats
Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

lf
Mookie
Wilson cf
Stan
Jefferson rf
Kevin
Mitchell 1b
Gary
Carter 3b
Ray
Knight 2b
Tim
Teufel c
John
Gibbons ss
Rafael
Santana p
Ron
Darling

September 20, 1986, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 9, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Milt Thompson cf 5 0 1 0 0 1

Juan Samuel 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1

Von Hayes 1b 5 1 3 1 0 1

Mike Schmidt 3b 3 1 0 1 2 0

Glenn Wilson rf 1 0 1 0 1 0

- Greg Gross rf 3 0 0 0 0 1

Gary Redus lf 3 1 1 0 1 1

Ronn Reynolds c 4 0 1 0 0 1

Steve Jeltz ss 4 0 1 2 0 0

Bruce Ruffin p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Jeff Stone ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Tom Hume p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Michael Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Chris James ph 1 1 1 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson lf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .292

Stan Jefferson cf 3 1 1 3 1 0 .176

Kevin Mitchell rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .281

Gary Carter 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .241

Ray Knight 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .294

Tim Teufel 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .261

- Roger McDowell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294

John Gibbons c 4 2 4 1 0 0 .500

Rafael Santana ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 .214

- Danny Heep ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .291

- Kevin Elster ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278

Ron Darling p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .105

- Wally Backman 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .336

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 11 0

New York Mets 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 x 9 12 2

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Bruce Ruffin 5.0 7 3 2 2 0

Tom Hume (L) 2.0 3 5 1 1 0

Michael Jackson 1.0 2 1 1 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ron Darling (W,14-5) 7.0 7 3 3 4 7 2.93

Roger McDowell 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 3.02

Left on base: Phillies 9, Mets 4
Errors: Steve Jeltz 2.
2B: John Gibbons 2 (4), Ray Knight (24), Von Hayes, Chris James, Glenn Wilson.
HR: John Gibbons (1), Stan Jefferson (1), Von Hayes.
Intentional Walks: Mookie Wilson, Rafael Santana.
SH: Ron Darling.
SB: Mookie Wilson 2 (24), Juan Samuel.

Born on the day the Mets played this game:

A.J. Ramos

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