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1988 Regular Season Game 158
September 30, 1988
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National League Standings, September 30, 1988

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
3b
Jefferies Gregg
Jefferies
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
lf
McReynolds Kevin
McReynolds
ss
Johnson Howard
Johnson
c
Carter Gary
Carter
2b
Backman Wally
Backman
p
Cone David
Cone
September 30, 1988, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Cardinals ab r hbibbso
Willie McGee cf 5 0 2 0 0 1
Rod Booker 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0
Pedro Guerrero 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2
Tom Brunansky rf 4 1 1 0 0 0
John Morris lf 4 1 3 0 0 0
Jose Oquendo ss 4 0 1 1 0 2
Tony Pena c 2 0 0 1 2 0
Luis Alicea 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0
- Ken Dayley p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Denny Walling ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
Scott Terry p 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Tim Jones 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .298
Gregg Jefferies 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .320
Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .273
- Keith Miller pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209
- Kevin Elster ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
Darryl Strawberry rf 2 1 1 1 2 1 .268
Kevin McReynolds lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .290
Howard Johnson ss 3 1 1 0 0 2 .232
- Dave Magadan 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .276
Gary Carter c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .243
- Barry Lyons c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .213
Wally Backman 2b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .298
David Cone p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .150

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 0
New York Mets 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 x 4 10 1

St. Louis Cardinals ip h rer bbso
Scott Terry (L) 5.1 9 4 4 3 4
Ken Dayley 2.2 1 0 0 0 3
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
David Cone (W,20-3) 9.0 9 2 2 2 7 2.22

Left on base: Cardinals 9, Mets 7
Errors: Rod Booker.
2B: Wally Backman (11), Howard Johnson (21), Kevin McReynolds (30), John Morris.
3B: John Morris.
Intentional Walks: Darryl Strawberry.
CS: Darryl Strawberry (14), Keith Miller (5).


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