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1986 League Championship Series Game 5
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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
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
3b
Knight Ray
Knight
ss
Santana Rafael
Santana
p
Gooden Dwight
Gooden
October 14, 1986, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 2, Houston Astros 1

Astros ab r hbibbso
Bill Doran 2b 4 0 1 1 1 0
Billy Hatcher cf 3 0 1 0 1 0
Denny Walling 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1
Glenn Davis 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1
Kevin Bass rf 5 0 2 0 0 0
Jose Cruz lf 5 0 1 0 0 1
Alan Ashby c 5 1 1 0 0 1
Craig Reynolds ss 4 0 1 0 0 0
- Dickie Thon ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nolan Ryan p 3 0 0 0 0 2
- Terry Puhl ph 1 0 1 0 0 0
- Charlie Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Dykstra cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .263
Wally Backman 2b 5 1 1 0 0 3 .211
Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .316
Gary Carter c 5 0 1 1 0 0 .091
Darryl Strawberry rf 3 1 1 1 1 2 .235
Mookie Wilson lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .105
- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ray Knight 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Rafael Santana ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .143
- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
- Kevin Elster ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dwight Gooden p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000
- Danny Heep lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0

Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Nolan Ryan 9.0 2 1 1 1 12
Charlie Kerfeld (L) 2.1 2 1 1 1 3
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Dwight Gooden 10.0 9 1 1 2 4 1.06
Jesse Orosco (W,2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00

Left on base: Astros 7, Mets 4
Errors: Charlie Kerfeld.
2B: Alan Ashby.
HR: Darryl Strawberry (2).
Intentional Walks: Keith Hernandez.
SH: Billy Hatcher.
SB: Bill Doran, Terry Puhl.
CS: Kevin Bass.




Newspaper covers for this game
Welcome Back, Carter!

Welcome Back, Carter!

Newsday
October 15, 1986
True Grit

True Grit

Newsday
October 15, 1986
GARY'S GAME

GARY'S GAME

New York Daily News
October 15, 1986
KID STUFF!

KID STUFF!

New York Daily News
October 15, 1986

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