Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 18, 1998 - Box Score

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Mets 6, Rockies 2 1998 Regular Season Game 123
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Mets 2, Rockies 1

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National League Standings, August 18, 1998

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Lenny
Harris 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo 1b
John
Olerud lf
Todd
Hundley cf
Brian
McRae 2b
Carlos
Baerga c
Jorge
Fabregas ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Bobby
Jones

August 18, 1998, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 6, Colorado Rockies 3

Rockies ab r h bi bb so

Curtis Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0 0 2

- Derrick White ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Neifi Perez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0

Larry Walker rf 2 1 0 0 2 0

Dante Bichette lf 4 1 2 0 0 0

Vinny Castilla 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0

Todd Helton 1b 4 0 3 2 0 0

Mike Lansing 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1

Jeff Reed c 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Terry Shumpert ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

John Thomson p 2 0 0 1 0 2

- Chuck McElroy p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jerry Dipoto p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Kurt Abbott ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Harris rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 .205

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .272

John Olerud 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .351

Todd Hundley lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .186

- Jermaine Allensworth pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333

Brian McRae cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .266

Carlos Baerga 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .284

- Mike Piazza ph-c 1 0 1 3 0 0 .328

Jorge Fabregas c 3 0 3 0 0 0 .333

- Luis Lopez ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .268

Rey Ordonez ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .257

Bobby Jones p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .222

- Matt Franco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286

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

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

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

- Tony Phillips ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .281

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

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

Colorado Rockies 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 x 6 12 0

Colorado Rockies ip h r er bb so

John Thomson 6.2 8 2 2 2 3

Chuck McElroy (L) 0.1 2 2 2 1 1

Jerry Dipoto 1.0 2 2 2 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bobby Jones 6.0 6 3 3 2 4 4.00

Mel Rojas (W,5-2) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 4.17

Turk Wendell 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 2.94

Dennis Cook 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2.42

John Franco (Save,26) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 4.01

WP: John Thomson.
2B: Rey Ordonez (14), Carlos Baerga (26), Mike Piazza (20), Kurt Abbott, Todd Helton.
HR: Lenny Harris (1).
SF: John Thomson.

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