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1985 Regular Season Game 24
May 8, 1985
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National League Standings, May 8, 1985

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Mets Starting Lineup
2b
Backman Wally
Backman
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
c
Carter Gary
Carter
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
lf
Foster George
Foster
3b
Johnson Howard
Johnson
ss
Santana Rafael
Santana
p
Lynch Ed
Lynch
May 8, 1985, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 4, Atlanta Braves 0

Braves ab r hbibbso
Claudell Washington rf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Rafael Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0
Gerald Perry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0
Dale Murphy cf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Horner 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0
Terry Harper lf 3 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Oberkfell 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0
- Terry Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Jeff Dedmon p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Cerone c 3 0 0 0 0 0
Len Barker p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Albert Hall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Zane Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Paul Zuvella 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Wally Backman 2b 2 1 0 0 1 1 .266
- Kelvin Chapman ph-2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .158
Mookie Wilson cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .262
Keith Hernandez 1b 1 1 1 2 3 0 .299
Gary Carter c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .266
Darryl Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .211
George Foster lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259
Howard Johnson 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .150
- Ray Knight ph-3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .185
Rafael Santana ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .189
Ed Lynch p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .100

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
New York Mets 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 x 4 7 0

Atlanta Braves ip h rer bbso
Len Barker (L) 4.0 3 2 2 3 2
Zane Smith 2.0 4 2 2 2 1
Terry Forster 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Dedmon 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ed Lynch (W,2-1) 9.0 5 0 0 1 1 3.03

Left on base: Braves 5, Mets 7
2B: George Foster (4), Gerald Perry.
HR: Keith Hernandez (2).
SH: Ed Lynch.
SB: Mookie Wilson (7), Wally Backman (4).


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