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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
lf
Mitchell Kevin
Mitchell
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
c
Carter Gary
Carter
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
3b
Knight Ray
Knight
2b
Teufel Tim
Teufel
ss
Santana Rafael
Santana
p
Darling Ron
Darling
October 11, 1986, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 6, Houston Astros 5

Astros ab r hbibbso
Bill Doran 2b 4 2 2 2 1 0
Billy Hatcher cf 3 1 2 0 1 0
Denny Walling 3b 5 1 1 2 0 2
Glenn Davis 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1
Kevin Bass rf 3 0 0 0 1 1
Jose Cruz lf 3 0 1 1 1 2
Alan Ashby c 4 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Reynolds ss 2 1 1 0 1 1
- Davey Lopes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Charlie Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dave Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Knepper p 3 0 0 0 0 1
- Dickie Thon ss 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf-lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .083
Kevin Mitchell lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .500
- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Keith Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .455
Gary Carter c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .077
Darryl Strawberry rf 4 1 2 3 0 2 .273
Ray Knight 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .182
Tim Teufel 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Wally Backman 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .300
Rafael Santana ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222
- Danny Heep ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Ron Darling p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500
- Rick Aguilera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Lenny Dykstra ph-cf 2 1 1 2 0 1 .400

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Astros 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 1
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 10 1

Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Bob Knepper 7.0 8 4 3 0 3
Charlie Kerfeld 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Smith (L) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ron Darling 5.0 6 4 4 2 5 7.20
Rick Aguilera 2.0 1 1 0 2 1 0.00
Jesse Orosco (W,1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0.00

Left on base: Astros 7, Mets 5
Errors: Ray Knight (1), Craig Reynolds.
PB: Alan Ashby 2.
WP: Ron Darling.
HR: Darryl Strawberry (1), Lenny Dykstra (1), Bill Doran.
HBP: Glenn Davis.
SH: Billy Hatcher.
SB: Billy Hatcher 2, Kevin Bass.




Newspaper covers for this game
Just Amazin'!

Just Amazin'!

Newsday
October 12, 1986
Hou-Stunned

Hou-Stunned

Newsday
October 12, 1986
LEADER OF THE PACK

LEADER OF THE PACK

New York Daily News
October 12, 1986
NAILED!

NAILED!

New York Daily News
October 12, 1986

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