Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 26, 1997 - Box Score

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September 24, 1997
Mets 7, Pirates 5 1997 Regular Season Game 160
September 26, 1997
Braves 7, Mets 6 Next Game:
September 27, 1997
Mets 2, Braves 1

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National League Standings, September 26, 1997

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

lf
Carlos
Mendoza 3b
Matt
Franco 1b
John
Olerud rf
Butch
Huskey 2b
Carlos
Baerga cf
Brian
McRae ss
Luis
Lopez c
Alberto
Castillo p
Brian
Bohanon

September 26, 1997, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Atlanta Braves 7, New York Mets 6

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Kenny Lofton cf 1 1 1 1 1 0

- Danny Bautista rf 4 0 2 1 0 0

Jeff Blauser ss 2 0 1 0 0 0

- Rafael Belliard ss 4 1 1 2 0 0

Chipper Jones 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Mike Mordecai 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0

- John LeRoy p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Michael Tucker ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Kerry Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fred McGriff 1b 2 0 0 1 0 0

- Greg Colbrunn 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Andruw Jones rf-cf 5 0 1 0 0 2

Ryan Klesko lf 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Tommy Gregg lf 3 0 1 0 0 1

Eddie Perez c 2 1 0 0 0 1

- Tim Spehr c 3 1 1 0 0 1

Tony Graffanino 2b 5 3 3 1 0 2

Chris Brock p 2 0 0 1 0 0

- Javy Lopez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Chad Fox p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Keith Lockhart ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Alan Embree p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ed Giovanola 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Carlos Mendoza lf-cf 4 1 0 0 2 1 .182

Matt Franco 3b-1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .267

John Olerud 1b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .293

- Roberto Petagine 1b-lf 1 1 0 0 2 1 .077

Butch Huskey rf-lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .289

- Shawn Gilbert 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .105

Carlos Baerga 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .281

- Jason Hardtke 2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .245

Brian McRae cf 2 1 0 0 0 1 .252

- Alex Ochoa rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .244

Luis Lopez ss 4 0 1 2 1 1 .274

Alberto Castillo c 4 0 1 2 0 1 .196

- Edgardo Alfonzo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .317

Brian Bohanon p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .182

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

- Bernard Gilkey ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .249

- Mel Rojas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Todd Pratt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E

Atlanta Braves 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 7 12 1

New York Mets 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 2

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Chris Brock 6.0 5 6 4 4 3

Chad Fox 1.0 0 0 0 1 1

Alan Embree 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

John LeRoy (W) 2.0 1 0 0 3 3

Kerry Ligtenberg (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Brian Bohanon 7.0 9 6 4 1 5 3.82

Greg McMichael 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 3.05

Mel Rojas (L,0-2) 2.0 2 1 1 1 4 5.13

Errors: Matt Franco (2), Greg Colbrunn.
PB: Eddie Perez.
2B: John Olerud (33), Luis Lopez (12), Tommy Gregg, Jeff Blauser, Tony Graffanino, Danny Bautista.
HR: Rafael Belliard, Tony Graffanino.
Intentional Walks: Jason Hardtke, Ed Giovanola.
SB: Brian McRae (3), Tim Spehr.
CS: Alex Ochoa (4), Luis Lopez (4).

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