Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 20, 1987 - Box Score

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April 19, 1987
Cardinals 4, Mets 2 1987 Regular Season Game 12
April 20, 1987
Pirates 9, Mets 6 Next Game:
April 21, 1987
Mets 9, Pirates 6

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National League Standings, April 20, 1987

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lenny
Dykstra 2b
Wally
Backman 1b
Keith
Hernandez c
Gary
Carter rf
Darryl
Strawberry lf
Mookie
Wilson 3b
Howard
Johnson ss
Rafael
Santana p
Rick
Aguilera

April 20, 1987, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Pirates 9, New York Mets 6

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Dykstra cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .282

Wally Backman 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .257

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 2 2 0 1 1 .239

Gary Carter c 5 1 2 4 0 0 .298

Darryl Strawberry rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .326

Mookie Wilson lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .333

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

Howard Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .225

Rafael Santana ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .211

Rick Aguilera p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286

- Gene Walter p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dave Magadan ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000

- Randy Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Lee Mazzilli lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Barry Bonds cf 4 2 1 0 1 0

Andy Van Slyke rf 3 1 1 1 2 0

Johnny Ray 2b 4 1 1 2 1 1

Sid Bream 1b 5 2 4 3 0 0

Jim Morrison 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1

R.J. Reynolds lf 5 0 3 0 0 0

Mike LaValliere c 1 0 0 0 3 0

- Bill Almon pr 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Junior Ortiz c 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rafael Belliard ss 3 1 0 0 1 2

Rick Reuschel p 3 0 1 0 0 0

- Bob Kipper pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- John Smiley p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Barry Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Diaz ph 1 1 1 3 0 0

- Logan Easley p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 8 2

Pittsburgh Pirates 1 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 x 9 12 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Rick Aguilera 2.1 6 4 4 3 1 5.17

Gene Walter 1.2 1 1 1 3 1 1.50

Terry Leach 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 1.80

Randy Myers (L,0-1) 0.2 1 3 3 2 1 23.62

Doug Sisk 1.1 2 1 1 1 0 4.50

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Rick Reuschel 6.0 5 2 2 1 2

John Smiley 0.2 1 3 3 2 0

Barry Jones 0.1 1 1 1 1 1

Logan Easley (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4

Left on base: Mets 7, Pirates 9
Errors: Sid Bream, Mike LaValliere.
2B: Keith Hernandez (3), Rick Reuschel, R.J. Reynolds, Barry Bonds.
HR: Mookie Wilson (1), Gary Carter (3), Dave Magadan (1), Sid Bream 2, Mike Diaz, Johnny Ray.
SB: Darryl Strawberry (2), Barry Bonds 2.
CS: R.J. Reynolds.

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