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Previous Game: May 16, 1998 Mets 4, Giants 1 1998 Regular Season Game 39 May 17, 1998 Giants 4, Mets 2 Next Game: May 19, 1998 Mets 7, Reds 3

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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Alfonzo, Edgardo 26 101 16 26 7 0 2 12 13 0 19 1 1 1 2 0 .257 39 .386 .345 Baerga, Carlos 36 124 7 31 8 1 1 15 5 1 18 3 2 1 0 0 .250 44 .355 .278 Becker, Rich 38 80 13 15 3 1 3 8 17 2 34 0 0 0 2 1 .188 29 .363 .330 Bohanon, Brian 12 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 3 .429 .429 Castillo, Alberto 23 56 9 14 3 0 1 4 4 0 13 0 5 1 0 2 .250 20 .357 .311 Cook, Dennis 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Franco, John 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Franco, Matt 28 51 4 14 3 1 0 5 8 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 .275 19 .373 .373 Gilbert, Shawn 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Gilkey, Bernard 26 87 11 23 5 0 0 9 13 1 23 0 2 0 1 1 .264 28 .322 .360 Hudek, John 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Huskey, Butch 36 126 15 31 6 0 3 18 11 2 19 3 0 0 2 1 .246 46 .365 .300 Jones, Bobby 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Leiter, Al 8 16 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 .125 3 .188 .125 Lopez, Luis 31 76 17 22 4 1 0 3 7 2 17 0 1 0 2 0 .289 28 .368 .349 McMichael, Greg 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 McRae, Brian 39 118 19 28 9 1 2 14 25 1 20 1 1 1 8 4 .237 45 .381 .372 Mlicki, Dave 7 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .231 3 .231 .286 Olerud, John 39 124 14 43 6 0 3 17 28 3 11 2 1 0 0 0 .347 58 .468 .461 Ordonez, Rey 38 130 8 27 3 0 0 11 5 0 18 2 4 0 3 4 .208 30 .231 .234 Paquette, Craig 7 19 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 .263 7 .368 .263 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Pratt, Todd 2 8 2 2 0 1 1 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 7 .875 .250 Reed, Rick 8 17 2 2 0 0 1 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .118 5 .294 .211 Rojas, Mel 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Spehr, Tim 21 51 3 7 1 0 0 3 7 1 16 0 0 2 1 0 .137 8 .157 .267 Tatum, Jim 23 35 4 8 1 1 2 11 2 0 13 2 0 0 0 0 .229 17 .486 .256 Wendell, Turk 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilkins, Rick 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .111 Wilson, Preston 8 20 3 6 2 0 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 1 1 .300 8 .400 .364 Yoshii, Masato 7 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 .111 2 .222 .273

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Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Bohanon, Brian 12 28 0 1 .000 19 5 5 21 11 2 0 0 0 1.61 Cook, Dennis 18 13 2 2 .500 12 8 6 14 7 0 0 0 0 4.15 Franco, John 14 15 0 1 .000 15 8 8 16 7 0 0 0 8 4.80 Hudek, John 14 15 0 1 .000 10 5 5 17 12 0 0 0 0 3.00 Jones, Bobby 7 43.1 2 3 .400 32 16 16 24 15 7 0 0 0 3.32 Leiter, Al 8 51.1 3 3 .500 42 11 10 47 19 8 1 0 0 1.75 McMichael, Greg 16 16.2 1 2 .333 17 10 8 11 11 0 0 0 0 4.32 Mlicki, Dave 7 41.2 1 3 .250 50 24 23 28 16 7 1 0 0 4.97 Reed, Rick 8 55.2 4 2 .667 49 17 17 30 13 8 0 0 0 2.75 Rojas, Mel 15 17.2 2 0 1.000 18 3 3 11 10 0 0 0 1 1.53 Wendell, Turk 11 13.2 3 0 1.000 14 10 10 9 9 0 0 0 0 6.59 Yoshii, Masato 7 43 2 1 .667 35 13 12 33 14 7 0 0 0 2.51

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