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1998 Regular Season Game 126
August 20, 1998
Mets 5, Cardinals 4
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National League Standings, August 20, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup
lf
Phillips Tony
Phillips
3b
Alfonzo Edgardo
Alfonzo
1b
Olerud John
Olerud
c
Piazza Mike
Piazza
cf
McRae Brian
McRae
rf
Allensworth Jermaine
Allensworth
2b
Baerga Carlos
Baerga
ss
Ordonez Rey
Ordonez
p
Reed Rick
Reed
August 20, 1998, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Cardinals ab r hbibbso
Pat Kelly 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Brian Jordan rf 4 1 1 1 0 0
Mark McGwire 1b 3 1 2 1 1 1
Ray Lankford cf 4 0 0 0 0 0
John Mabry lf 4 0 0 0 0 1
Fernando Tatis 3b 3 1 1 0 0 2
- Delino DeShields ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
Eli Marrero c 4 1 1 0 0 2
Darren Oliver p 3 0 0 0 0 3
- John Frascatore p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Placido Polanco ss 3 0 1 2 0 1
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Tony Phillips lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .276
Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .268
John Olerud 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .349
Mike Piazza c 4 1 1 2 0 0 .321
Brian McRae cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .268
Jermaine Allensworth rf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .294
- Lenny Harris ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Carlos Baerga 2b 2 0 0 1 0 1 .280
Rey Ordonez ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 .258
Rick Reed p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .135
- Luis Lopez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .272
- Turk Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1
New York Mets 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 x 5 9 0

St. Louis Cardinals ip h rer bbso
Darren Oliver (L) 6.1 8 5 5 0 3
John Frascatore 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Rick Reed (W,15-7) 7.0 6 4 4 1 9 2.96
Turk Wendell (Save,2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.82

Errors: Fernando Tatis.
2B: Rey Ordonez (16), Brian McRae (30), Jermaine Allensworth (2), Fernando Tatis.
HR: Mike Piazza (13), Brian Jordan, Mark McGwire.
SF: Carlos Baerga.
SB: Eli Marrero, Mark McGwire.
CS: Jermaine Allensworth (1).


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