Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 29, 1998 - Box Score

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Mets 7, Padres 3 1998 Regular Season Game 104
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Mets 7, Padres 6 Next Game:
July 30, 1998
Padres 3, Mets 1

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National League Standings, July 29, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Brian
McRae 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo 1b
John
Olerud c
Mike
Piazza lf
Todd
Hundley 2b
Carlos
Baerga rf
Bernard
Gilkey ss
Luis
Lopez p
Al
Leiter

July 29, 1998, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 7, San Diego Padres 6

Padres ab r h bi bb so

Quilvio Veras 2b 5 0 0 0 0 3

Tony Gwynn rf 5 1 4 0 0 0

Greg Vaughn lf 4 1 2 1 1 2

Jim Leyritz 3b 2 1 1 0 1 0

- Ed Giovanola pr-3b 1 1 0 0 0 0

Wally Joyner 1b 4 1 3 3 1 0

Ruben Rivera cf 2 0 0 0 1 2

- Steve Finley ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0

Carlos Hernandez c 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Greg Myers ph-c 2 0 1 2 0 0

Chris Gomez ss 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Scott Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mark Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Donne Wall p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Joey Hamilton p 2 0 0 0 0 2

- Andy Sheets ss 2 1 1 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Brian McRae cf 5 2 4 1 0 0 .265

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .264

John Olerud 1b 3 1 2 2 0 0 .337

Mike Piazza c 3 1 2 1 1 0 .345

Todd Hundley lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .176

- Lenny Harris lf-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .209

Carlos Baerga 2b 4 2 2 0 0 1 .277

Bernard Gilkey rf-lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .231

Luis Lopez ss 2 1 1 2 1 1 .282

Al Leiter p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .118

- Greg McMichael p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

- Bill Pulsipher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- John Franco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

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

San Diego Padres 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 6 12 0

New York Mets 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 x 7 14 1

San Diego Padres ip h r er bb so

Joey Hamilton 5.2 10 6 6 3 3

Scott Sanders 0.1 1 0 0 1 0

Donne Wall (L) 2.0 3 1 1 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Leiter 6.1 8 4 4 2 8 2.16

Greg McMichael 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 4.13

Mel Rojas (W,4-2) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 4.46

Bill Pulsipher 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 6.91

John Franco (Save,21) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 3.76

Errors: Luis Lopez (7).
2B: Brian McRae 2 (27), Carlos Baerga (21), John Olerud (20), Tony Gwynn 3, Greg Myers, Greg Vaughn, Jim Leyritz.
HR: Mike Piazza (8), Wally Joyner.
Intentional Walks: Mike Piazza.
HBP: Jim Leyritz.
SH: Al Leiter.
SF: John Olerud, Luis Lopez.
SB: Brian McRae (18).
CS: Brian McRae (7).

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