Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 7, 1998 - Box Score

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National League Standings, August 7, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Tony
Phillips 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo 1b
John
Olerud c
Mike
Piazza lf
Todd
Hundley cf
Brian
McRae 2b
Carlos
Baerga ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Rick
Reed

August 7, 1998, Coors Field, Denver, CO

New York Mets 8, Colorado Rockies 7

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tony Phillips rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .367

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .260

John Olerud 1b 4 2 2 3 1 0 .344

Mike Piazza c 5 1 3 3 0 0 .332

Todd Hundley lf 4 0 2 0 0 2 .217

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

- Matt Franco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289

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

Brian McRae cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .262

Carlos Baerga 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .289

Rey Ordonez ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .260

Rick Reed p 2 1 1 0 0 1 .146

- Lenny Harris lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220

Rockies ab r h bi bb so

Darryl Hamilton cf 5 1 2 2 0 1

Neifi Perez ss 4 2 2 0 0 0

Larry Walker rf 4 2 2 2 0 1

Dante Bichette lf 4 0 1 2 0 1

Vinny Castilla 3b 4 1 3 0 0 1

Todd Helton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Lansing 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0

Jeff Reed c 3 0 2 1 0 0

- Terry Shumpert ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

Pedro Astacio p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Mike DeJean p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- John Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Chuck McElroy p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Veres p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Kirt Manwaring ph 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 13 0

Colorado Rockies 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 7 14 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Rick Reed (W,13-7) 6.0 12 7 7 0 4 2.88

Mel Rojas 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 4.06

John Franco (Save,22) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 4.36

Colorado Rockies ip h r er bb so

Pedro Astacio (L) 5.1 9 8 3 2 5

Mike DeJean 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Chuck McElroy 1.2 3 0 0 0 1

Dave Veres 1.1 1 0 0 0 0

Errors: Todd Helton.
2B: Todd Hundley (4), Rey Ordonez (13), John Olerud (24), Mike Piazza (16), Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Mike Lansing.
HR: Mike Piazza (11), Darryl Hamilton, Larry Walker.
SH: Rick Reed, Kirt Manwaring, Neifi Perez.
SF: Edgardo Alfonzo.
SB: Todd Hundley (1).
CS: Tony Phillips (1), Mike Lansing.

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