Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 18, 1984 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 16, 1984
Giants 4, Mets 3 1984 Regular Season Game 34
May 18, 1984
Padres 5, Mets 4 Next Game:
May 19, 1984
Padres 8, Mets 3

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National League Standings, May 18, 1984

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Wally
Backman ss
Jose
Oquendo 1b
Keith
Hernandez lf
George
Foster rf
Darryl
Strawberry cf
Mookie
Wilson 3b
Hubie
Brooks c
Mike
Fitzgerald p
Dwight
Gooden

May 18, 1984, Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA

San Diego Padres 5, New York Mets 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Wally Backman 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .258

Jose Oquendo ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 .198

- Danny Heep ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .296

- Ron Gardenhire ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .178

Keith Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .289

George Foster lf 3 1 1 2 1 2 .248

Darryl Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .315

Mookie Wilson cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .294

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .285

Mike Fitzgerald c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .279

Dwight Gooden p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .067

- Tom Gorman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jerry Martin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Brent Gaff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Rusty Staub ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .412

- Kelvin Chapman pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312

Padres ab r h bi bb so

Alan Wiggins 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0

Tony Gwynn rf 4 1 1 0 0 1

Bobby Brown cf 4 1 1 1 0 0

Steve Garvey 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1

Terry Kennedy c 3 2 1 0 1 1

Graig Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2

Carmelo Martinez lf 2 0 0 1 1 2

Garry Templeton ss 2 0 1 2 2 0

Ed Whitson p 2 0 0 0 0 2

- Craig Lefferts p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rich Gossage p 2 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 6 0

San Diego Padres 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 x 5 7 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dwight Gooden (L,3-3) 4.2 5 4 4 3 8 4.15

Tom Gorman 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 5.06

Brent Gaff 2.0 2 1 1 2 0 2.57

San Diego Padres ip h r er bb so

Ed Whitson (W) 5.2 5 3 3 4 5

Craig Lefferts 1.0 0 0 0 1 0

Rich Gossage (Save) 2.1 1 1 1 1 4

Left on base: Mets 6, Padres 7
Errors: Ron Gardenhire (4).
WP: Brent Gaff.
2B: Danny Heep (2), Terry Kennedy, Bobby Brown.
3B: Tony Gwynn.
HR: George Foster (7).
Intentional Walks: Garry Templeton, Graig Nettles.
SH: Dwight Gooden.
SF: Keith Hernandez, Carmelo Martinez.
SB: Mookie Wilson (10), Garry Templeton, Alan Wiggins.

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