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National League Standings, May 20, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

May 20, 1998, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Cincinnati Reds 8, New York Mets 6

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Jon Nunnally cf 4 3 1 0 2 1

Barry Larkin ss 6 1 3 1 0 0

Lenny Harris lf 6 1 2 2 0 0

Ed Taubensee c 3 1 2 3 1 0

Dmitri Young 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0

Willie Greene 3b 4 0 3 1 1 0

- Jeff Shaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bret Boone 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1

Melvin Nieves rf 4 0 1 1 1 1

- Pokey Reese 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pete Harnisch p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Sean Casey ph 1 1 1 0 0 0

- Scott Sullivan p 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Gabe White p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Chris Stynes 3b-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Brian McRae cf 5 2 4 3 0 1 .260

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .239

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

John Olerud 1b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .343

Butch Huskey rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .246

Carlos Baerga 2b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .252

Bernard Gilkey lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .247

- Dennis Cook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

- Luis Lopez ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278

Rick Wilkins c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .133

Rey Ordonez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .221

- Matt Franco ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269

- Jim Tatum ph-3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .229

Dave Mlicki p 1 1 0 0 0 0 .214

- John Hudek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Rich Becker lf 0 0 0 0 2 0 .193

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

Cincinnati Reds 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 8 15 2

New York Mets 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 6 8 1

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

Pete Harnisch (W) 5.0 6 5 2 1 3

Scott Sullivan 2.1 1 1 1 2 1

Gabe White 0.0 0 0 0 2 0

Jeff Shaw (Save) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dave Mlicki 5.1 6 5 5 5 3 5.36

John Hudek (L,0-2) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 3.60

Dennis Cook 0.2 2 0 0 1 0 3.68

Turk Wendell 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 6.89

Mel Rojas 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.83

Errors: Brian McRae (2), Barry Larkin.
WP: Gabe White.
2B: Brian McRae (11), Barry Larkin 2, Lenny Harris, Willie Greene.
HR: Carlos Baerga (2), Brian McRae (3).
HBP: Dmitri Young.
SH: Dave Mlicki.
SF: John Olerud, Ed Taubensee.
SB: Butch Huskey (3).
CS: Lenny Harris.

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