Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 23, 1996 - Box Score

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National League Standings, August 23, 1996

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

August 23, 1996, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Dodgers 7, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .318

Alvaro Espinoza 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .321

- Roberto Petagine ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125

Bernard Gilkey lf 4 2 2 3 0 1 .319

Todd Hundley c 4 0 2 0 0 2 .273

Carlos Baerga 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .194

- Derek Wallace p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Carl Everett rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .244

Edgardo Alfonzo 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .252

Rey Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .262

- Chris Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254

Mark Clark p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .051

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

- Andy Tomberlin ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .326

- Tim Bogar 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185

- Brent Mayne ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .299

Dodgers ab r h bi bb so

Todd Hollandsworth lf 5 0 0 0 0 1

Wayne Kirby cf 5 1 1 0 0 0

Mike Piazza c 3 1 1 0 2 0

Eric Karros 1b 3 2 2 2 1 0

Raul Mondesi rf 4 1 2 2 0 1

Delino DeShields 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1

Tim Wallach 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2

Greg Gagne ss 4 0 3 1 0 0

Ramon Martinez p 3 1 2 0 0 1

- Antonio Osuna p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Scott Radinsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Hansen ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Rick Parker pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Todd Worrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 8 2

Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 x 7 12 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mark Clark (L,12-10) 6.2 10 7 4 4 6 3.52

Paul Byrd 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 3.93

Derek Wallace 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 9.64

Doug Henry 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.78

Los Angeles Dodgers ip h r er bb so

Ramon Martinez (W) 7.0 6 4 4 3 5

Antonio Osuna 0.1 1 1 1 0 1

Scott Radinsky 0.2 0 0 0 0 1

Todd Worrell (Save) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

Errors: Alvaro Espinoza (4).
PB: Mike Piazza.
2B: Lance Johnson (20), Wayne Kirby, Eric Karros, Raul Mondesi.
HR: Bernard Gilkey (27).
Intentional Walks: Mike Piazza, Delino DeShields.
SB: Carl Everett (5).
CS: Greg Gagne.

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