Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 29, 1987 - Box Score

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Mets 6, Cardinals 4 1987 Regular Season Game 100
July 29, 1987
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July 30, 1987
Mets 5, Cardinals 3

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National League Standings, July 29, 1987

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson 2b
Tim
Teufel 1b
Keith
Hernandez rf
Darryl
Strawberry lf
Kevin
McReynolds c
Gary
Carter 3b
Howard
Johnson ss
Rafael
Santana p
Sid
Fernandez

July 29, 1987, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .289

Tim Teufel 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .346

Keith Hernandez 1b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .296

Darryl Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .271

Kevin McReynolds lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .286

Gary Carter c 5 1 2 0 0 1 .243

Howard Johnson 3b 5 1 4 2 0 0 .275

Rafael Santana ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 .272

- Bill Almon ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258

Sid Fernandez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .162

- Wally Backman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .251

- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .045

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

- Lenny Dykstra ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .285

- Roger McDowell p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Vince Coleman lf 4 2 1 0 0 0

Tom Herr 2b 4 2 4 2 1 0

Terry Pendleton 3b 5 0 2 1 0 1

Jack Clark 1b 0 0 0 0 2 0

- Steve Lake c 1 0 1 0 0 0

- John Morris ph 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ozzie Smith ph-ss 2 0 0 1 0 0

Willie McGee cf 5 0 0 0 0 1

Jim Lindeman rf-1b 5 0 1 0 0 0

Tony Pena c-1b-c 5 0 1 0 0 0

Jose Oquendo ss-rf 4 0 0 0 0 1

- Pat Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rod Booker ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ricky Horton p 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Tom Lawless ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill Dawley p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Curt Ford rf 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 12 1

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 11 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Sid Fernandez 5.0 6 2 1 3 3 3.44

Terry Leach 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 2.52

Jesse Orosco 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 5.05

Roger McDowell (W,5-3) 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 3.81

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Ricky Horton 5.0 8 4 3 2 1

Bill Dawley 3.1 2 0 0 0 3

Pat Perry (L) 1.2 2 2 2 0 0

Left on base: Mets 9, Cardinals 10
Errors: Howard Johnson (19), Tim Teufel, Ricky Horton.
WP: Ricky Horton 2.
2B: Keith Hernandez (16), Tim Teufel (18), Tom Herr 2, Terry Pendleton.
HR: Darryl Strawberry (23), Howard Johnson (24).
Intentional Walks: Jack Clark 2.
HBP: Vince Coleman.
SH: Sid Fernandez, Tim Teufel.
SB: Vince Coleman 3, Tom Herr, Tony Pena.

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