Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 8, 1987 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 7, 1987
Phillies 5, Mets 3 1987 Regular Season Game 138
September 8, 1987
Mets 5, Phillies 2 Next Game:
September 9, 1987
Mets 11, Phillies 5

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National League Standings, September 8, 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

September 8, 1987, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Juan Samuel 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1

Von Hayes 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2

- Wally Ritchie p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1

Lance Parrish c 3 0 1 0 1 0

Chris James lf 4 0 0 0 0 0

Glenn Wilson rf 3 0 1 0 1 0

Ron Roenicke cf 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Milt Thompson ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 1

Steve Jeltz ss 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Jeff Stone ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Luis Aguayo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bruce Ruffin p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Michael Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jeff Calhoun p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Maddux p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Greg Gross ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .303

Tim Teufel 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .321

Keith Hernandez 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .302

Darryl Strawberry rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .272

- Lee Mazzilli rf 1 0 1 1 1 0 .298

Kevin McReynolds lf 4 2 3 2 0 0 .282

Gary Carter c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .235

Howard Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .277

Rafael Santana ss 3 0 1 2 1 1 .266

Sid Fernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .162

- Mark Carreon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Bob Ojeda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Gregg Jefferies ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500

- Keith Miller pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .366

- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .062

- Barry Lyons ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239

- Dave Magadan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .327

- Doug Sisk p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Philadelphia Phillies 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 0

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

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Bruce Ruffin (L) 5.2 6 4 4 4 1

Michael Jackson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Jeff Calhoun 0.1 2 1 1 1 0

Mike Maddux 0.2 0 0 0 1 0

Wally Ritchie 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Sid Fernandez 3.0 2 1 1 1 4 3.68

Bob Ojeda 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 4.05

Terry Leach (W,11-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 3.45

Doug Sisk (Save,3) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 3.39

Left on base: Phillies 4, Mets 8
2B: Kevin McReynolds (28).
HR: Kevin McReynolds (25), Juan Samuel, Mike Schmidt.
Intentional Walks: Howard Johnson.
CS: Lance Parrish.

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