Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 15, 1998 - Box Score

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Astros 6, Mets 5 1998 Regular Season Game 153
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National League Standings, September 15, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Jermaine
Allensworth 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo c
Mike
Piazza 1b
Todd
Pratt lf
Jay
Payton rf
Butch
Huskey 2b
Luis
Lopez ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Al
Leiter

September 15, 1998, Astrodome, Houston, TX

New York Mets 8, Houston Astros 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Jermaine Allensworth cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .192

- Matt Franco ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273

- Mike Kinkade pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000

- Carlos Baerga 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 3 3 2 1 2 0 .279

Mike Piazza c 4 1 2 0 1 0 .353

Todd Pratt 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .277

- John Olerud 1b 1 1 1 4 0 0 .340

Jay Payton lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .333

Butch Huskey rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .251

- Lenny Harris pr-rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236

Luis Lopez 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .259

- Turk Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Rey Ordonez ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .249

Al Leiter p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .094

- Ralph Milliard 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Brian McRae ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Craig Biggio 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1

Russ Johnson 3b 4 2 2 0 1 1

Derek Bell rf 2 1 2 1 3 0

Jeff Bagwell 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0

Richard Hidalgo cf-lf 2 1 0 1 1 0

Pete Incaviglia lf 4 0 1 0 0 0

- Carl Everett pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ricky Gutierrez ss 2 0 0 0 1 0

- Sean Berry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Tim Bogar ss 0 0 0 0 0 0

Brad Ausmus c 2 0 0 0 1 0

- Dave Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Tony Eusebio c 0 0 0 0 0 0

Trever Miller p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- J.R. Phillips ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- C.J. Nitkowski p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Jay Powell p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Magnante p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Moises Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Doug Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 10 0

Houston Astros 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 8 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Leiter (W,16-5) 7.0 7 4 4 6 4 2.50

Turk Wendell (Save,3) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 3.10

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Trever Miller 4.0 4 2 2 3 2

C.J. Nitkowski 3.0 1 1 1 1 2

Jay Powell (L) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0

Mike Magnante 1.0 2 1 1 0 0

Doug Henry 1.0 2 3 3 2 1

WP: Al Leiter.
2B: Edgardo Alfonzo (25), Todd Pratt (9), Jay Payton (1), Derek Bell, Russ Johnson.
HR: Butch Huskey (13), John Olerud (20).
Intentional Walks: Mike Piazza.
HBP: Jeff Bagwell.
SF: John Olerud, Richard Hidalgo.
CS: Luis Lopez (2).

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