Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 21, 1996 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 20, 1996
Mets 7, Giants 3 1996 Regular Season Game 128
August 21, 1996
Giants 12, Mets 11 Next Game:
August 23, 1996
Dodgers 7, Mets 5

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National League Standings, August 21, 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
Tim
Bogar p
Robert
Person

August 21, 1996, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Giants 12, New York Mets 11

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 6 2 2 2 0 0 .318

Alvaro Espinoza 3b 2 1 2 0 0 0 .333

- Derek Wallace p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Andy Tomberlin ph-rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .326

- Carl Everett ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .241

Bernard Gilkey lf 4 2 3 4 0 0 .318

Todd Hundley c 5 2 3 3 0 0 .271

Carlos Baerga 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .190

- Pete Harnisch pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095

- Dave Mlicki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111

Alex Ochoa rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .309

- Jerry Dipoto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Brent Mayne ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .302

- Paul Byrd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Roberto Petagine ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .128

Edgardo Alfonzo 2b 5 0 2 2 0 0 .252

Tim Bogar ss-3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .185

Robert Person p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133

- Rey Ordonez ph-ss 5 3 2 0 0 0 .264

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Marvin Benard cf 4 2 3 0 1 0

Bill Mueller 3b 4 1 1 0 1 1

Glenallen Hill rf 5 2 3 2 0 0

Barry Bonds lf 2 2 0 0 3 1

- Trent Hubbard lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tom Lampkin c 5 2 1 3 0 1

Desi Wilson 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1

Rich Aurilia ss 3 1 0 0 1 0

Jay Canizaro 2b 4 1 1 4 0 2

- Jim Poole p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tim Scott p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rod Beck p 0 0 0 0 0 0

William VanLandingham p 2 0 0 0 0 2

- Mark Dewey p 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Steve Scarsone 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1

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

New York Mets 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 2 11 17 1

San Francisco Giants 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 x 12 10 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Robert Person (L,2-5) 2.0 5 9 8 4 2 5.05

Derek Wallace 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 11.25

Jerry Dipoto 2.0 1 1 1 1 3 4.55

Paul Byrd 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3.96

Dave Mlicki 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 3.24

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

William VanLandingham 4.2 10 6 6 0 0

Mark Dewey (W) 2.1 2 1 1 2 1

Jim Poole 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Tim Scott 0.0 3 2 2 0 0

Rod Beck (Save) 1.1 2 2 2 0 0

Errors: Bernard Gilkey (4).
WP: Robert Person.
2B: Alvaro Espinoza 2 (5), Edgardo Alfonzo (9), Alex Ochoa (15), Bernard Gilkey (35), Glenallen Hill 2, Marvin Benard.
HR: Todd Hundley (38), Lance Johnson (8), Glenallen Hill, Tom Lampkin, Jay Canizaro.
Intentional Walks: Barry Bonds 2.
HBP: Bernard Gilkey.
SB: Lance Johnson (46).

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