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Mets 3, Devil Rays 0 1998 Regular Season Game 59
June 9, 1998
Devil Rays 5, Mets 4 Next Game:
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Mets 3, Devil Rays 2

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National League Standings, June 9, 1998

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Brian
McRae lf
Bernard
Gilkey c
Mike
Piazza 1b
John
Olerud 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo 2b
Carlos
Baerga rf
Butch
Huskey ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Hideo
Nomo

June 9, 1998, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5, New York Mets 4

Devil Rays ab r h bi bb so

Randy Winn lf-rf 4 2 1 0 1 2

Quinton McCracken cf 5 0 2 1 0 0

Wade Boggs 3b 5 1 2 1 1 1

Fred McGriff 1b 5 1 1 1 0 3

Dave Martinez rf 4 0 1 1 0 2

- Mike Kelly lf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Miguel Cairo 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0

Mike DiFelice c 4 1 1 0 1 1

Kevin Stocker ss 2 0 0 0 1 0

- Jim Mecir p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Paul Sorrento ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Roberto Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Julio Santana p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Aaron Ledesma ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Albie Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Smith ss 2 0 1 0 0 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Brian McRae cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .221

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

- Jim Tatum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .191

- John Hudek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dennis Cook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Bernard Gilkey lf 4 1 0 0 2 1 .259

Mike Piazza c 5 1 2 0 1 1 .392

John Olerud 1b 4 1 2 2 2 0 .357

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 5 1 1 0 1 1 .261

Carlos Baerga 2b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .300

- Rich Becker pr-cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .194

Butch Huskey rf 6 0 2 0 0 0 .245

Rey Ordonez ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 .239

Hideo Nomo p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Brian Bohanon p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .462

- Mel Rojas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Matt Franco ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235

- Luis Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10 1

New York Mets 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 1

Tampa Bay Devil Rays ip h r er bb so

Julio Santana 5.0 4 4 3 3 0

Albie Lopez 2.1 4 0 0 2 2

Jim Mecir (W) 2.2 2 0 0 3 3

Roberto Hernandez (Save) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Hideo Nomo 5.0 5 4 4 3 5 7.20

Brian Bohanon 2.0 3 0 0 0 4 2.20

Mel Rojas 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1.69

John Franco 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 3.09

John Hudek (L,0-3) 0.2 0 1 0 2 1 3.10

Dennis Cook 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 2.89

Errors: Luis Lopez (5), Fred McGriff.
WP: Albie Lopez.
2B: Carlos Baerga (12), John Olerud (13), Miguel Cairo, Fred McGriff.
3B: Randy Winn.
Intentional Walks: Matt Franco, Luis Lopez.
HBP: Brian McRae, Kevin Stocker.
SH: Rey Ordonez 2, Randy Winn.
SF: Quinton McCracken.
CS: Dave Martinez.

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