Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 4, 1996 - Box Score

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April 3, 1996
Cardinals 5, Mets 3 1996 Regular Season Game 3
April 4, 1996
Mets 10, Cardinals 9 Next Game:
April 5, 1996
Pirates 7, Mets 5

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National League Standings, April 4, 1996

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lance
Johnson lf
Bernard
Gilkey 1b
Rico
Brogna rf
Butch
Huskey 3b
Jeff
Kent c
Todd
Hundley 2b
Jose
Vizcaino ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Paul
Wilson

April 4, 1996, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 10, St. Louis Cardinals 9

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Willie McGee rf 6 2 3 2 0 1

Royce Clayton ss 6 0 1 0 0 2

Ray Lankford cf 4 1 0 1 1 1

Ron Gant lf 4 1 2 3 0 2

Gary Gaetti 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1

John Mabry 1b 4 1 2 1 1 0

- T.J. Mathews p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dennis Eckersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pat Borders c 5 0 2 0 0 1

- Miguel Mejia pr 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Danny Sheaffer c 0 0 0 0 0 0

Luis Alicea 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1

Alan Benes p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jeff Parrett p 0 1 0 0 1 0

- Terry Bradshaw ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Cory Bailey p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mark Sweeney ph-1b 1 1 0 0 1 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 6 2 1 0 0 0 .286

Bernard Gilkey lf 4 2 2 1 1 1 .455

- Chris Jones lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500

Rico Brogna 1b 2 0 2 2 1 0 .500

- Carl Everett rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- John Franco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Brent Mayne ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000

Butch Huskey rf-1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .077

Jeff Kent 3b 4 0 1 1 1 1 .182

Todd Hundley c 1 1 0 0 4 1 .222

Jose Vizcaino 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .364

- Doug Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Blas Minor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Bob MacDonald p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Kevin Roberson rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500

Rey Ordonez ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 .200

Paul Wilson p 3 1 0 0 0 1 .000

- Edgardo Alfonzo 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .200

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

St. Louis Cardinals 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 9 12 4

New York Mets 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 10 11 4

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Alan Benes 3.1 7 7 3 2 5

Jeff Parrett 1.2 0 0 0 2 0

Cory Bailey 2.0 2 1 1 3 0

T.J. Mathews 1.0 0 0 0 1 1

Dennis Eckersley (L) 0.2 2 2 0 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Paul Wilson 6.0 6 3 3 2 6 4.50

Doug Henry 1.1 3 4 1 2 2 3.86

Blas Minor 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Bob MacDonald 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

John Franco (W,1-0) 1.1 3 1 1 0 2 3.86

Errors: Carl Everett (1), Royce Clayton.
WP: Alan Benes.
2B: Jeff Kent (1), Rico Brogna (1), Royce Clayton, Pat Borders.
3B: Lance Johnson (1).
HBP: Ron Gant.
SH: Luis Alicea.
SB: Ray Lankford, Royce Clayton.
CS: Jose Vizcaino (1).

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