Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 28, 1988 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 27, 1988
Mets 2, Giants 1 1988 Regular Season Game 129
August 28, 1988
Giants 7, Mets 4 Next Game:
August 29, 1988
Mets 6, Padres 0

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National League Standings, August 28, 1988

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson 3b
Gregg
Jefferies 1b
Keith
Hernandez rf
Darryl
Strawberry lf
Kevin
McReynolds ss
Howard
Johnson 2b
Tim
Teufel c
Mackey
Sasser p
Dwight
Gooden

August 28, 1988, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

San Francisco Giants 7, New York Mets 4

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Brett Butler cf 4 1 1 0 1 0

Chris Speier 2b-3b-2b 5 0 0 0 0 0

Will Clark 1b 4 2 1 0 1 1

Kevin Mitchell lf 4 2 2 1 1 0

- Lary Sorensen p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Aldrete rf-lf 4 1 3 2 1 0

Ernie Riles 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1

- Robby Thompson ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Scott Garrelts p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Joel Youngblood ph-rf 0 1 0 1 0 0

Bob Brenly c 3 0 2 0 0 0

- Donell Nixon pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Kirt Manwaring c 2 0 2 3 0 0

Jose Uribe ss 4 0 0 0 0 1

Mike Krukow p 1 0 0 0 1 1

- Roger Samuels p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Candy Maldonado ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Craig Lefferts p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Matt Williams 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf-lf 5 1 4 0 0 0 .280

Gregg Jefferies 3b-2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .400

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 1 1 1 .285

- Roger McDowell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375

Darryl Strawberry rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .264

Kevin McReynolds lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280

- Lenny Dykstra cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .280

Howard Johnson ss-3b 3 0 0 0 2 2 .231

Tim Teufel 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .237

- Dave Magadan ph-3b-1b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .279

Mackey Sasser c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .245

- Barry Lyons c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Dwight Gooden p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .187

- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143

- Bob McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091

- Kevin Elster ph-ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 .214

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

San Francisco Giants 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 7 11 1

New York Mets 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12 1

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Mike Krukow 3.1 6 3 2 0 2

Roger Samuels 1.2 1 0 0 1 2

Craig Lefferts 1.2 2 0 0 1 1

Scott Garrelts (W) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1

Lary Sorensen 1.0 2 1 1 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dwight Gooden 6.0 7 3 3 5 4 3.16

Bob McClure 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 4.70

Terry Leach 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 2.59

Roger McDowell (L,5-3) 1.0 2 4 3 1 1 2.36

Left on base: Giants 11, Mets 14
Errors: Dave Magadan (5), Kevin Mitchell.
2B: Mookie Wilson (13), Gregg Jefferies (1), Mike Aldrete 2.
Intentional Walks: Howard Johnson, Mike Aldrete.
HBP: Kevin McReynolds, Joel Youngblood.
SH: Dwight Gooden, Jose Uribe.
SB: Darryl Strawberry (24), Lenny Dykstra (27), Brett Butler 2, Kevin Mitchell, Donell Nixon.
CS: Jose Uribe.

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