Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 20, 1989 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 19, 1989
Mets 5, Cubs 2 1989 Regular Season Game 151
September 20, 1989
Cardinals 5, Mets 3 Next Game:
September 21, 1989
Mets 6, Cardinals 1

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National League Standings, September 20, 1989

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Gregg
Jefferies 3b
Dave
Magadan ss
Howard
Johnson rf
Darryl
Strawberry lf
Kevin
McReynolds 1b
Keith
Hernandez cf
Juan
Samuel c
Gary
Carter p
David
Cone

September 20, 1989, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Mets 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Gregg Jefferies 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .260

Dave Magadan 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .291

- Tim Teufel ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .259

- Keith Miller pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212

Howard Johnson ss 3 0 1 2 2 1 .285

Darryl Strawberry rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .224

Kevin McReynolds lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .272

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .236

Juan Samuel cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .241

Gary Carter c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .173

David Cone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246

- Tom O'Malley ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .400

- Wally Whitehurst p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Mackey Sasser ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .288

- Jeff Musselman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Julio Machado p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Mark Carreon ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .260

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Willie McGee cf 4 1 1 0 0 1

Ozzie Smith ss 4 1 2 0 0 0

Milt Thompson lf 4 0 2 2 0 0

Pedro Guerrero 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1

John Morris rf 3 0 1 2 0 1

- Scott Terry p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Denny Walling ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- John Costello p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ken Dayley p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jose Oquendo 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Terry Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0

Tony Pena c 3 1 1 0 0 0

Ken Hill p 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Frank DiPino p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Tom Brunansky rf 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0

St. Louis Cardinals 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 10 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

David Cone (L,13-8) 2.0 6 5 5 0 0 3.81

Wally Whitehurst 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 5.40

Jeff Musselman 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 3.86

Julio Machado 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 1.50

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Ken Hill 2.1 3 3 3 2 0

Frank DiPino (W) 3.0 1 0 0 2 2

Scott Terry 2.2 2 0 0 0 5

John Costello 0.1 0 0 0 1 0

Ken Dayley (Save) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0

Left on base: Mets 10, Cardinals 5
2B: Juan Samuel 2 (13), John Morris, Pedro Guerrero.
Intentional Walks: Kevin McReynolds.
SH: Ken Hill.
CS: Terry Pendleton.

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