Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 23, 1997 - Box Score

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Mets 9, Padres 8 1997 Regular Season Game 128
August 23, 1997
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August 24, 1997
Padres 3, Mets 2

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National League Standings, August 23, 1997

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Brian
McRae 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo 1b
John
Olerud c
Todd
Hundley 2b
Carlos
Baerga lf
Bernard
Gilkey rf
Butch
Huskey ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Dave
Mlicki

August 23, 1997, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 9, San Diego Padres 5

Padres ab r h bi bb so

Quilvio Veras 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1

Steve Finley cf 5 2 2 1 0 1

Tony Gwynn rf 4 1 3 0 1 0

Ken Caminiti 3b 4 1 3 3 0 1

Mark Sweeney 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0

- Archi Cianfrocco ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Sean Bergman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Chris Jones ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

Greg Vaughn lf 5 0 0 0 0 1

Chris Gomez ss 5 0 2 0 0 0

John Flaherty c 4 0 1 0 1 0

Paul Menhart p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Craig Shipley ph-1b 3 1 1 1 0 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Brian McRae cf 5 2 2 1 0 1 .231

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 4 2 3 2 1 0 .321

John Olerud 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .298

Todd Hundley c 3 1 2 4 1 0 .277

Carlos Baerga 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .294

Bernard Gilkey lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .216

- Yorkis Perez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Greg McMichael p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667

- Turk Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Butch Huskey rf-lf 4 1 3 2 0 1 .279

Rey Ordonez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .234

Dave Mlicki p 1 1 0 0 1 0 .225

- Carl Everett rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250

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

San Diego Padres 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 14 1

New York Mets 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 1 x 9 12 1

San Diego Padres ip h r er bb so

Paul Menhart (L) 6.0 7 4 4 3 2

Sean Bergman 2.0 5 5 5 1 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dave Mlicki (W,6-10) 6.2 10 3 3 0 4 4.63

Yorkis Perez 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 18.00

Greg McMichael 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 2.97

Turk Wendell 0.2 2 2 2 2 0 2.79

John Franco (Save,32) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2.28

Errors: Carlos Baerga (7), Ken Caminiti.
2B: Butch Huskey 2 (22), Carlos Baerga (20), Chris Jones, Tony Gwynn, Chris Gomez.
HR: Todd Hundley (28), Butch Huskey (15), Edgardo Alfonzo (9), Brian McRae (1), Craig Shipley, Ken Caminiti, Steve Finley.
SF: Ken Caminiti.
CS: Todd Hundley (3).

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