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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
ss
Mitchell Kevin
Mitchell
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
1b
Carter Gary
Carter
lf
Foster George
Foster
3b
Knight Ray
Knight
2b
Teufel Tim
Teufel
c
Hearn Ed
Hearn
p
Darling Ron
Darling
July 3, 1986, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 6, Houston Astros 5

Astros ab r hbibbso
Bill Doran 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0
Ty Gainey cf-lf 4 1 2 1 0 2
Denny Walling 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1
Glenn Davis 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1
Kevin Bass rf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jose Cruz lf 3 0 0 1 0 1
- Tony Walker cf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0 0 1
- Dickie Thon ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0
John Mizerock c 3 0 0 0 0 2
- Jim Pankovits ph 0 1 0 0 1 0
- Alan Ashby c 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Deshaies p 2 0 0 0 0 1
- Louie Meadows ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Charlie Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Phil Garner ph 1 1 1 2 0 0
- Frank DiPino p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf-lf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .288
Kevin Mitchell ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .364
- Lenny Dykstra cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .306
Darryl Strawberry rf 5 2 4 4 0 1 .299
Gary Carter 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .244
George Foster lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .255
- Rafael Santana ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Ray Knight 3b 5 1 1 1 0 4 .304
Tim Teufel 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .239
- Wally Backman ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .352
Ed Hearn c 3 1 1 1 1 0 .286
Ron Darling p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .095
- Howard Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .253
- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Houston Astros 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 6 0
New York Mets 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 9 1

Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Jim Deshaies 7.0 5 3 3 3 11
Charlie Kerfeld 2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Frank DiPino (L) 0.2 2 3 3 1 1
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ron Darling 9.0 5 3 3 1 9 3.18
Jesse Orosco (W,4-4) 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 3.13

Left on base: Astros 2, Mets 7
Errors: Denny Walling.
2B: Mookie Wilson (9), Darryl Strawberry (20), Kevin Bass, Bill Doran, Ty Gainey.
HR: Darryl Strawberry 2 (12), Ray Knight (9), Ed Hearn (3), Phil Garner.
SF: Jose Cruz.
SB: Ty Gainey.


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