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1981 Regular Season Game 89
September 18, 1981
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National League Standings, September 18, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
c
Stearns John
Stearns
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
rf
Valentine Ellis
Valentine
1b
Kingman Dave
Kingman
lf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
ss
Gardenhire Ron
Gardenhire
p
Lynch Ed
Lynch
September 18, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Cardinals ab r hbibbso
Tom Herr 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0
Garry Templeton ss 4 0 2 0 0 0
Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0
George Hendrick cf 4 1 2 0 0 0
Dane Iorg lf 4 0 1 1 0 1
Ken Oberkfell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0
Darrell Porter c 4 0 1 0 0 2
Sixto Lezcano rf 4 0 1 0 0 2
Bob Shirley p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Luis DeLeon p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Steve Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Bob Sykes p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Gene Tenace ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Jim Otten p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Jim Kaat p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Tito Landrum ph 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .285
John Stearns c 4 2 1 0 0 1 .273
Hubie Brooks 3b 4 2 3 3 0 0 .301
Ellis Valentine rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .202
Dave Kingman 1b 2 2 1 1 2 0 .205
- Mike Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223
Lee Mazzilli lf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .227
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 2 3 0 0 .211
Ron Gardenhire ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .190
Ed Lynch p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .150
- Jesse Orosco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 1
New York Mets 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 x 8 10 1

St. Louis Cardinals ip h rer bbso
Bob Shirley (L) 0.1 3 4 3 0 1
Luis DeLeon 3.2 1 0 0 1 2
Bob Sykes 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Jim Otten 1.1 4 4 4 1 1
Jim Kaat 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ed Lynch (W,4-3) 6.0 6 1 1 0 1 2.48
Jesse Orosco (Save,1) 3.0 4 0 0 0 4 0.00

Left on base: Cardinals 9, Mets 3
Errors: Doug Flynn (7), Ken Oberkfell.
WP: Ed Lynch.
2B: Dave Kingman (9), Keith Hernandez, Garry Templeton, George Hendrick.
3B: Hubie Brooks (2).
Intentional Walks: Dave Kingman 2, Lee Mazzilli.
SB: Mookie Wilson (21).
CS: Ron Gardenhire (1).





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