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1987 Regular Season Game 98
July 26, 1987
Astros 5, Mets 2
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National League Standings, July 26, 1987

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Dykstra Lenny
Dykstra
2b
Backman Wally
Backman
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
lf
McReynolds Kevin
McReynolds
3b
Johnson Howard
Johnson
c
Lyons Barry
Lyons
ss
Santana Rafael
Santana
p
Gooden Dwight
Gooden
July 26, 1987, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 5, New York Mets 2

Astros ab r hbibbso
Billy Hatcher cf-lf 3 1 3 3 1 0
Bill Doran 2b-ss 4 0 1 0 1 0
Denny Walling lf-1b 4 0 0 0 1 1
Glenn Davis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0
- Dave Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Ashby c 3 1 0 0 1 1
Kevin Bass rf 4 0 2 0 0 0
Ken Caminiti 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0
Craig Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0 0 0
- Davey Lopes ph 1 1 1 0 0 0
- Jim Pankovits 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Darwin p 2 0 0 0 0 2
- Jose Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Charlie Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dave Meads p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Gerald Young cf 1 1 1 1 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Dykstra cf 3 2 0 0 2 0 .287
Wally Backman 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .252
Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .294
Darryl Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .272
Kevin McReynolds lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .285
Howard Johnson 3b 3 0 1 0 1 2 .267
Barry Lyons c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241
Rafael Santana ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .275
- Dave Magadan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .312
Dwight Gooden p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .167
- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .330
- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Mookie Wilson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .293

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

Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Danny Darwin 6.0 4 1 1 1 4
Charlie Kerfeld 1.1 0 1 1 3 1
Dave Meads 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Dave Smith (W) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Dwight Gooden 8.0 6 1 1 3 4 2.62
Jesse Orosco (L,2-7) 1.0 4 4 4 1 0 5.12

Left on base: Astros 7, Mets 8
Errors: Dwight Gooden 2 (2).
2B: Keith Hernandez (15), Dave Magadan (10), Kevin Bass.
HR: Billy Hatcher.
HBP: Billy Hatcher.
SH: Wally Backman.
SF: Ken Caminiti.
SB: Lenny Dykstra 2 (14), Bill Doran, Billy Hatcher.
CS: Howard Johnson (5), Billy Hatcher.


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