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Padres 15, Mets 10 1996 Regular Season Game 124
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August 18, 1996
Padres 8, Mets 0

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National League Standings, August 17, 1996

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lance
Johnson 3b
Alvaro
Espinoza lf
Bernard
Gilkey c
Todd
Hundley 1b
Carlos
Baerga rf
Andy
Tomberlin 2b
Edgardo
Alfonzo ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Mark
Clark

August 17, 1996, Estadio Monterrey, Monterrey, MX

New York Mets 7, San Diego Padres 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .313

Alvaro Espinoza 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .328

Bernard Gilkey lf 5 2 2 2 0 1 .311

Todd Hundley c 4 2 2 1 1 0 .265

Carlos Baerga 1b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .244

- Tim Bogar pr-1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188

Andy Tomberlin rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .368

- Chris Jones rf 1 0 0 1 0 0 .256

Edgardo Alfonzo 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .244

Rey Ordonez ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .261

Mark Clark p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .053

- Dave Mlicki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111

- Carl Everett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245

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

Padres ab r h bi bb so

Tony Gwynn rf 5 0 3 2 0 1

Wally Joyner 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1

Steve Finley cf 4 0 1 0 1 0

Ken Caminiti 3b 4 0 2 0 1 0

Greg Vaughn lf 5 0 0 0 0 1

John Flaherty c 5 1 2 0 0 1

Craig Shipley 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0

Chris Gomez ss 4 1 2 0 0 0

Tim Worrell p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Rickey Henderson ph 1 1 1 0 0 0

- Sean Bergman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Chris Gwynn ph 1 0 0 1 0 0

- Willie Blair p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Scott Livingstone ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Doug Bochtler p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 12 1

San Diego Padres 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 12 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mark Clark (W,12-9) 5.2 9 3 1 3 3 3.45

Dave Mlicki 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.07

Doug Henry (Save,8) 2.0 3 0 0 1 2 3.88

San Diego Padres ip h r er bb so

Tim Worrell (L) 5.0 10 5 5 2 4

Sean Bergman 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Willie Blair 2.0 0 0 0 0 0

Doug Bochtler 1.0 2 2 2 2 0

Errors: Alvaro Espinoza (2).
2B: Todd Hundley (23), Carlos Baerga (3), Bernard Gilkey (31), Tony Gwynn 2, Chris Gomez.
Intentional Walks: Todd Hundley.
SH: Alvaro Espinoza.
SB: Lance Johnson 2 (44), Bernard Gilkey (15), Rickey Henderson.

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