Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 20, 1996 - Box Score

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August 19, 1996
Giants 5, Mets 4 1996 Regular Season Game 127
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Mets 7, Giants 3 Next Game:
August 21, 1996
Giants 12, Mets 11

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National League Standings, August 20, 1996

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lance
Johnson 3b
Alvaro
Espinoza lf
Bernard
Gilkey c
Todd
Hundley 1b
Carlos
Baerga rf
Alex
Ochoa 2b
Edgardo
Alfonzo ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Bobby
Jones

August 20, 1996, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

New York Mets 7, San Francisco Giants 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 4 2 3 1 1 0 .318

Alvaro Espinoza 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .316

Bernard Gilkey lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .314

Todd Hundley c 3 1 1 2 2 1 .267

Carlos Baerga 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .190

- Doug Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- John Franco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Alex Ochoa rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .309

- Roberto Petagine 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .132

Edgardo Alfonzo 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .249

Rey Ordonez ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .262

- Andy Tomberlin ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

- Chris Jones ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .256

- Tim Bogar ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .184

Bobby Jones p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .122

- Carl Everett ph-rf 2 1 1 1 0 0 .246

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Marvin Benard cf 4 0 0 0 0 4

Bill Mueller 3b 2 1 1 0 2 1

Glenallen Hill rf 4 1 1 2 0 3

Barry Bonds lf 3 0 0 0 1 2

Rick Wilkins c 3 1 1 1 0 0

- Kim Batiste ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Desi Wilson 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0

- Doug Creek p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jose Bautista p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Decker ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Rich Aurilia ss 3 0 0 0 0 1

Steve Scarsone 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1

Osvaldo Fernandez p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Dave McCarty 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 12 0

San Francisco Giants 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bobby Jones (W,11-7) 7.0 4 3 3 1 10 4.58

Doug Henry 1.1 0 0 0 2 3 3.80

John Franco (Save,27) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 1.52

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Osvaldo Fernandez (L) 7.1 9 4 4 4 3

Doug Creek 0.0 2 3 2 1 0

Jose Bautista 1.2 1 0 0 1 1

Errors: Bill Mueller.
WP: Osvaldo Fernandez.
2B: Lance Johnson (19), Bill Mueller.
HR: Todd Hundley (37), Rick Wilkins, Glenallen Hill.
Intentional Walks: Todd Hundley, Chris Jones.
SH: Edgardo Alfonzo, Alvaro Espinoza.
SF: Bernard Gilkey.
SB: Lance Johnson (45).

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