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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
2b
Jefferies Gregg
Jefferies
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
lf
McReynolds Kevin
McReynolds
3b
Johnson Howard
Johnson
c
Lyons Barry
Lyons
ss
Elster Kevin
Elster
p
Gooden Dwight
Gooden
September 8, 1988, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 13, Chicago Cubs 6

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf-lf 4 4 3 0 1 0 .286
Gregg Jefferies 2b 4 3 3 2 1 0 .400
Keith Hernandez 1b 5 2 3 2 0 0 .284
Darryl Strawberry rf 5 2 3 3 0 2 .267
Kevin McReynolds lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .281
- Lenny Dykstra cf 2 1 1 2 0 0 .279
Howard Johnson 3b 5 1 5 4 0 0 .239
Barry Lyons c 5 0 1 0 0 1 .225
Kevin Elster ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .215
Dwight Gooden p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .188
- Keith Miller ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200
- Terry Leach p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Mitch Webster cf 4 2 0 0 1 0
Manny Trillo 2b 5 1 2 3 0 1
Mark Grace 1b 5 0 1 1 0 0
Andre Dawson rf 5 0 2 0 0 1
Rafael Palmeiro lf 5 0 1 0 0 0
Damon Berryhill c 5 0 1 0 0 1
Shawon Dunston ss 3 1 1 0 0 1
- Vance Law 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0
Angel Salazar 3b-ss 3 1 2 0 0 1
Greg Maddux p 2 1 2 0 0 0
- Frank DiPino p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Doug Dascenzo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Scott Sanderson p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Drew Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Gary Varsho ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Mike Capel p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 2 1 13 20 0
Chicago Cubs 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 12 3

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Dwight Gooden (W,17-6) 7.0 10 6 2 1 5 3.07
Terry Leach 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 2.71
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Greg Maddux 4.0 7 5 5 2 1
Frank DiPino 2.0 3 0 0 0 0
Scott Sanderson (L) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
Drew Hall 2.0 5 4 4 0 2
Mike Capel 1.0 2 1 1 0 1

Left on base: Mets 5, Cubs 9
Errors: Mookie Wilson (5), Dwight Gooden, Kevin McReynolds.
PB: Barry Lyons.
2B: Howard Johnson (18).
HR: Darryl Strawberry (33), Howard Johnson (23), Lenny Dykstra (6), Gregg Jefferies (4).
SH: Angel Salazar.
SF: Lenny Dykstra.
SB: Mookie Wilson (15), Rafael Palmeiro, Manny Trillo, Mitch Webster.
CS: Keith Miller (4).


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