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1987 Regular Season Game 131
August 31, 1987
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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Dykstra Lenny
Dykstra
2b
Backman Wally
Backman
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
lf
McReynolds Kevin
McReynolds
c
Carter Gary
Carter
3b
Johnson Howard
Johnson
ss
Santana Rafael
Santana
p
Darling Ron
Darling
August 31, 1987, Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA

New York Mets 6, San Diego Padres 5

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Dykstra cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .281
- Randy Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
- Doug Sisk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308
- Jesse Orosco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
- Roger McDowell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Wally Backman 2b 3 1 1 1 2 1 .236
Keith Hernandez 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .300
Darryl Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .275
Kevin McReynolds lf 5 1 0 0 0 1 .282
Gary Carter c 4 0 0 0 1 1 .238
Howard Johnson 3b 4 2 3 1 1 0 .280
Rafael Santana ss 5 1 1 2 0 1 .268
Ron Darling p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .133
- Mookie Wilson ph-cf 2 1 1 1 1 1 .297
Padres ab r hbibbso
Marvell Wynne cf-lf 4 0 0 0 0 1
- Keith Comstock p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Gwynn rf 3 2 1 0 2 1
Carmelo Martinez lf 3 1 2 1 1 0
- Shane Mack cf 1 0 0 0 0 0
John Kruk 1b 4 0 1 1 1 2
Benito Santiago c 4 0 2 2 1 0
Chris Brown 3b 3 0 0 1 0 1
Garry Templeton ss 4 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Flannery 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1
Eric Show p 3 1 1 0 0 0
- Mark Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Lance McCullers p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Stan Jefferson ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 8 2
San Diego Padres 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ron Darling 6.0 6 5 4 5 3 4.41
Randy Myers 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 4.47
Doug Sisk 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 3.70
Jesse Orosco (W,3-7) 2.2 0 0 0 0 4 4.95
Roger McDowell (Save,22) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4.00
San Diego Padres ip h rer bbso
Eric Show 6.2 4 1 1 5 6
Mark Davis 1.0 3 4 0 0 0
Lance McCullers 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Keith Comstock (L) 1.0 1 1 1 0 3

Left on base: Mets 10, Padres 6
Errors: Ron Darling (3), Chris Brown, Lance McCullers.
WP: Eric Show.
2B: Benito Santiago.
3B: Mookie Wilson (7), Rafael Santana (2).
HR: Wally Backman (1), Howard Johnson (33).
Intentional Walks: Howard Johnson, Tony Gwynn, Benito Santiago.
SH: Marvell Wynne.
SF: Chris Brown.
SB: Darryl Strawberry (23), Tony Gwynn, John Kruk.









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