Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 27, 1996 - Box Score

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Dodgers 6, Mets 5 1996 Regular Season Game 132
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Padres 3, Mets 2

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National League Standings, August 27, 1996

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lance
Johnson 2b
Edgardo
Alfonzo lf
Bernard
Gilkey c
Todd
Hundley rf
Alex
Ochoa 1b
Roberto
Petagine 3b
Alvaro
Espinoza ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Bobby
Jones

August 27, 1996, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

San Diego Padres 4, New York Mets 3

Padres ab r h bi bb so

Tony Gwynn rf 4 1 2 0 0 0

Wally Joyner 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0

Steve Finley cf 4 1 1 3 0 0

Ken Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Greg Vaughn lf 3 0 1 0 0 1

- Chris Gwynn pr-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0

John Flaherty c 4 0 1 0 0 0

Chris Gomez ss 4 0 0 0 0 1

Jody Reed 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0

Bob Tewksbury p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Rickey Henderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Willie Blair p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Scott Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Doug Bochtler p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Trevor Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .320

Edgardo Alfonzo 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246

Bernard Gilkey lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .318

Todd Hundley c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .274

Alex Ochoa rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .303

Roberto Petagine 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .156

Alvaro Espinoza 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .310

- Andy Tomberlin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .298

Rey Ordonez ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .263

- Brent Mayne ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292

Bobby Jones p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .118

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

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

- Chris Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244

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

San Diego Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 8 1

New York Mets 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 2

San Diego Padres ip h r er bb so

Bob Tewksbury 5.0 5 3 3 1 3

Willie Blair (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0

Doug Bochtler 0.2 1 0 0 0 0

Trevor Hoffman (Save) 1.1 0 0 0 2 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bobby Jones 7.1 6 2 2 0 4 4.48

Dave Mlicki (L,5-6) 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 3.41

Derek Wallace 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 7.94

Errors: Alvaro Espinoza 2 (6), Chris Gomez.
2B: Todd Hundley (25), Lance Johnson (21), Wally Joyner.
HR: Roberto Petagine (2), Steve Finley.
Intentional Walks: Todd Hundley.
SH: Bobby Jones.
CS: Rey Ordonez (3).

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