Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 18, 1987 - Box Score

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Mets 6, Giants 4 1987 Regular Season Game 36
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Mets 5, Padres 4

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National League Standings, May 18, 1987

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson 2b
Tim
Teufel 1b
Keith
Hernandez lf
Kevin
McReynolds rf
Darryl
Strawberry c
Barry
Lyons 3b
Howard
Johnson ss
Rafael
Santana p
Ron
Darling

May 18, 1987, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

San Diego Padres 7, New York Mets 5

Padres ab r h bi bb so

Stan Jefferson cf 5 2 3 0 0 1

Joey Cora 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1

Tony Gwynn rf 4 2 1 0 1 0

Carmelo Martinez 1b 4 0 1 2 1 0

Kevin Mitchell 3b 4 1 2 1 1 0

John Kruk lf 4 0 1 1 0 1

- Craig Lefferts p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Lance McCullers p 1 0 0 0 0 1

Benito Santiago c 4 1 1 0 0 2

Garry Templeton ss 4 0 0 0 0 1

Dave Dravecky p 3 0 1 0 0 1

- Marvell Wynne lf 1 0 1 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .311

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

- Dave Magadan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .354

Tim Teufel 2b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .404

Keith Hernandez 1b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .293

Kevin McReynolds lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .285

Darryl Strawberry rf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .273

Barry Lyons c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .179

Howard Johnson 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .248

Rafael Santana ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250

- Wally Backman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .239

Ron Darling p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167

- Lenny Dykstra ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .323

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

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

- Jeff Innis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Lee Mazzilli ph-cf 2 2 2 1 0 0 .429

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

San Diego Padres 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 12 4

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 5 8 2

San Diego Padres ip h r er bb so

Dave Dravecky (W) 6.0 3 2 0 3 2

Craig Lefferts 1.1 2 1 1 0 2

Lance McCullers (Save) 1.2 3 2 0 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ron Darling (L,2-2) 5.0 6 4 3 2 4 5.57

Doug Sisk 0.1 2 1 0 0 1 4.66

Gene Walter 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 3.45

Jeff Innis 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3.00

Terry Leach 2.0 3 2 2 1 2 2.49

Left on base: Padres 8, Mets 8
Errors: Rafael Santana 2 (7), Barry Lyons, Kevin McReynolds, Kevin Mitchell, Stan Jefferson.
2B: Tim Teufel (8).
3B: Stan Jefferson.
HR: Lee Mazzilli (1), Darryl Strawberry (10).
Intentional Walks: Darryl Strawberry, Tony Gwynn.
SB: Howard Johnson (7), Stan Jefferson 3, Tony Gwynn, Joey Cora.
CS: Marvell Wynne.

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