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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
McReynolds Kevin
McReynolds
3b
Johnson Howard
Johnson
ss
Santana Rafael
Santana
p
Aguilera Rick
Aguilera
April 16, 1987, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA

New York Mets 9, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Dykstra cf 5 1 3 0 0 1 .360
Wally Backman 2b 3 3 1 2 2 1 .296
Keith Hernandez 1b 3 2 1 0 1 0 .161
- Lee Mazzilli 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gary Carter c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .294
- Barry Lyons c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Darryl Strawberry rf 2 1 1 4 1 1 .370
- Mookie Wilson rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .308
Kevin McReynolds lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .214
Howard Johnson 3b 4 0 0 1 1 1 .280
Rafael Santana ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .148
Rick Aguilera p 4 1 1 0 0 3 .333
- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Phillies ab r hbibbso
Milt Thompson cf 5 0 0 0 0 1
Juan Samuel 2b 5 2 3 0 0 0
Von Hayes 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1
- Greg Gross ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Schmidt 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1
- Luis Aguayo 3b 2 1 2 2 0 0
Mike Easler lf 4 0 1 1 0 0
Lance Parrish c 3 0 1 0 1 1
Glenn Wilson rf 1 0 1 0 0 0
- Chris James rf 3 0 1 0 0 2
Steve Jeltz ss 3 0 0 0 1 1
Joe Cowley p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Tom Hume p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Rick Schu ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Michael Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dan Schatzeder ph-p 2 0 0 0 0 1
- Steve Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Ron Roenicke ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Rick Aguilera (W,1-0) 8.0 9 3 3 3 8 3.38
Terry Leach 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00
Philadelphia Phillies ip h rer bbso
Joe Cowley (L) 1.0 4 5 5 4 1
Tom Hume 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Michael Jackson 3.0 1 2 1 1 5
Dan Schatzeder 3.0 2 0 0 0 4
Steve Bedrosian 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

Left on base: Mets 7, Phillies 8
Errors: Wally Backman (1), Milt Thompson, Mike Schmidt.
WP: Rick Aguilera 2.
2B: Mookie Wilson (1), Lenny Dykstra (2), Juan Samuel, Luis Aguayo.
3B: Gary Carter (1), Lenny Dykstra (1).
HR: Darryl Strawberry (5).
SF: Darryl Strawberry.


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