Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 15, 1985 - Box Score

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Phillies 2, Mets 1 1985 Regular Season Game 112
August 15, 1985
Mets 10, Phillies 7 Next Game:
August 16, 1985
Pirates 7, Mets 1

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National League Standings, August 15, 1985

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Wally
Backman rf
Tom
Paciorek cf
Darryl
Strawberry 1b
Gary
Carter lf
George
Foster 3b
Ray
Knight ss
Ron
Gardenhire c
Ronn
Reynolds p
Dwight
Gooden

August 15, 1985, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 10, Philadelphia Phillies 7

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Greg Gross lf 2 1 1 0 2 0

- Ozzie Virgil ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Don Carman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tom Foley ss 4 1 0 0 1 1

Juan Samuel 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1

Mike Schmidt 1b 3 1 2 3 2 0

Von Hayes cf-lf 5 0 0 1 0 0

Glenn Wilson rf 5 1 3 0 0 0

Darren Daulton c 4 0 0 0 0 3

- John Wockenfuss ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Rick Schu 3b 4 2 3 1 0 1

Jerry Koosman p 1 0 0 1 0 0

- Dave Shipanoff p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Derrel Thomas ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Larry Andersen p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Rucker p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tim Corcoran ph 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Garry Maddox ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Wally Backman 2b 3 3 1 0 2 0 .307

Tom Paciorek rf-1b 3 2 2 2 1 1 .300

- Lenny Dykstra cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .259

Darryl Strawberry cf-rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .272

Gary Carter 1b 2 1 2 2 0 0 .267

- Danny Heep rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .285

- Keith Hernandez 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294

George Foster lf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .258

Ray Knight 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .215

Ron Gardenhire ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .192

- Rafael Santana ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .256

Ronn Reynolds c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .290

Dwight Gooden p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .194

- Terry Leach p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333

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

- Doug Sisk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

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

Philadelphia Phillies 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 11 2

New York Mets 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 x 10 10 1

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman 1.2 5 6 6 3 1

Dave Shipanoff 3.1 1 0 0 0 1

Larry Andersen 1.0 2 1 1 0 1

Dave Rucker 1.0 0 0 0 1 0

Don Carman (L) 1.0 2 3 1 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dwight Gooden 5.0 8 5 5 1 4 1.82

Terry Leach 1.1 1 1 1 3 2 2.08

Tom Gorman 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 5.24

Doug Sisk 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 5.82

Jesse Orosco (W,4-4) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 2.95

Left on base: Phillies 9, Mets 6
Errors: Darryl Strawberry (1), Rafael Santana, Von Hayes.
WP: Dwight Gooden.
2B: Lenny Dykstra (5), Glenn Wilson.
3B: Juan Samuel.
HR: Ray Knight (5), Tom Paciorek (1), Gary Carter (17), Rick Schu, Mike Schmidt.
Intentional Walks: Wally Backman, George Foster, Mike Schmidt.
SH: Jesse Orosco, Juan Samuel.

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