Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 15, 1986 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 14, 1986
Cardinals 5, Mets 1 1986 Regular Season Game 115
August 15, 1986
Cardinals 4, Mets 2 Next Game:
August 16, 1986
Cardinals 3, Mets 1

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National League Standings, August 15, 1986

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lenny
Dykstra 2b
Wally
Backman 1b
Keith
Hernandez c
Gary
Carter rf
Darryl
Strawberry lf
Danny
Heep 3b
Howard
Johnson ss
Rafael
Santana p
Sid
Fernandez

August 15, 1986, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 2

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Vince Coleman cf 5 0 0 0 0 2

Ozzie Smith ss 3 1 1 0 2 0

Tom Herr 2b 4 1 1 1 1 1

Alan Knicely 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Andy Van Slyke ph-1b 2 0 0 0 0 1

Terry Pendleton 3b 3 1 0 0 2 0

Tito Landrum rf-lf 5 1 1 0 0 1

Tom Lawless lf 2 0 2 0 1 0

- John Morris rf 2 0 2 2 0 0

Steve Lake c 5 0 1 0 0 1

Bob Forsch p 3 0 0 0 0 3

- Jose Oquendo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Pat Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Todd Worrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .315

Wally Backman 2b 5 0 3 0 0 0 .331

Keith Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .296

Gary Carter c 5 0 0 0 0 1 .243

Darryl Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .264

Danny Heep lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .280

- Kevin Mitchell ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .303

Howard Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258

Rafael Santana ss 4 2 3 0 0 0 .198

Sid Fernandez p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .176

- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .200

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

- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Mookie Wilson ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .300

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

St. Louis Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 2

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 10 0

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Bob Forsch 8.0 7 1 1 2 4

Pat Perry (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Todd Worrell (Save) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Sid Fernandez 7.0 5 1 1 2 8 3.27

Doug Sisk 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 2.76

Jesse Orosco (L,4-5) 3.0 3 3 2 2 1 2.82

Left on base: Cardinals 10, Mets 8
Errors: Darryl Strawberry 2 (5), Gary Carter.
2B: Rafael Santana 2 (9), Mookie Wilson (12), Tom Herr, Steve Lake.
SB: Tom Lawless 2.
CS: Wally Backman (7).

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