Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 12, 1996 - Box Score

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August 11, 1996
Mets 5, Marlins 3 1996 Regular Season Game 120
August 12, 1996
Cubs 11, Mets 1 Next Game:
August 13, 1996
Cubs 3, Mets 2

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National League Standings, August 12, 1996

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lance
Johnson 3b
Alvaro
Espinoza lf
Bernard
Gilkey c
Todd
Hundley 1b
Carlos
Baerga rf
Alex
Ochoa 2b
Edgardo
Alfonzo ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Jason
Isringhausen

August 12, 1996, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Chicago Cubs 11, New York Mets 1

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Brian McRae cf 4 2 3 2 1 0

- Ozzie Timmons rf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tyler Houston 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2

- Scott Bullett rf-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mark Grace 1b 3 1 2 2 2 0

Sammy Sosa rf 3 1 1 1 1 1

- Leo Gomez pr-3b 1 0 0 0 0 1

Luis Gonzalez lf 4 0 0 1 0 0

Ryne Sandberg 2b 4 2 1 2 1 2

Scott Servais c 5 1 2 0 0 1

Jose Hernandez ss 5 2 1 1 0 1

Jaime Navarro p 3 1 1 0 0 0

- Rodney Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .313

- Andy Tomberlin rf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .333

Alvaro Espinoza 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .321

Bernard Gilkey lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .313

Todd Hundley c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .266

Carlos Baerga 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250

- Tim Bogar pr-2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .170

Alex Ochoa rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .303

- Jerry Dipoto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Paul Byrd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Roberto Petagine ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .147

Edgardo Alfonzo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .226

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

Rey Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .262

Jason Isringhausen p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .267

- Chris Jones rf-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .258

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

Chicago Cubs 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 11 12 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Jaime Navarro (W) 8.0 5 1 1 1 3

Rodney Myers 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jason Isringhausen (L,5-13) 5.0 6 6 6 3 3 4.85

Jerry Dipoto 0.2 3 4 1 2 1 4.70

Paul Byrd 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 3.41

Doug Henry 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 4.00

Errors: Carlos Baerga (1).
WP: Jason Isringhausen 2.
2B: Brian McRae.
HR: Andy Tomberlin (2), Brian McRae, Ryne Sandberg.
Intentional Walks: Brian McRae.
SH: Jaime Navarro.
SF: Luis Gonzalez.

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