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1985 Regular Season Game 76 July 4, 1985 Mets 16, Braves 13

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Mets Stats Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf Lenny Dykstra 2b Wally Backman 1b Keith Hernandez c Gary Carter rf Darryl Strawberry lf George Foster 3b Ray Knight ss Rafael Santana p Dwight Gooden

July 4, 1985, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA New York Mets 16, Atlanta Braves 13 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Lenny Dykstra cf 9 1 3 2 1 1 .262 Wally Backman 2b 10 2 4 2 0 0 .258 Keith Hernandez 1b 10 3 4 3 1 0 .256 Gary Carter c 9 1 5 2 1 1 .278 Darryl Strawberry rf 7 0 3 1 2 3 .220 - John Christensen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .202 George Foster lf 2 0 0 0 3 0 .242 - Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 - Doug Sisk p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 - Kelvin Chapman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .183 - Tom Gorman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 - Rusty Staub ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .240 - Ron Darling p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Ray Knight 3b 10 2 3 1 0 2 .189 Rafael Santana ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .247 - Howard Johnson ph-ss 5 4 3 2 1 1 .206 Dwight Gooden p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .178 - Roger McDowell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 - Clint Hurdle ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 - Terry Leach p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 - Danny Heep lf 6 1 2 2 0 0 .261 Braves ab r h bi bb so Claudell Washington rf 8 3 3 0 2 0 Rafael Ramirez ss 9 2 3 2 1 0 Dale Murphy cf 8 1 1 3 2 2 Bob Horner 1b 4 1 1 0 1 2 - Gerald Perry 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 Terry Harper lf 10 3 5 4 0 1 Ken Oberkfell 3b 6 1 3 2 2 0 - Rick Camp p 2 1 1 1 0 1 Rick Cerone c 4 1 1 1 1 1 - Albert Hall pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Bruce Benedict c 2 0 0 0 2 0 Glenn Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 - Steve Shields p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Brad Komminsk ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 - Bruce Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Chris Chambliss ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Terry Forster p 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Gene Garber p 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Paul Runge ph-3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 Rick Mahler p 1 0 0 0 0 1 - Jeff Dedmon p 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Paul Zuvella 2b 7 0 0 0 0 0 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 R H E New York Mets 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 16 28 3 Atlanta Braves 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 13 18 2 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Dwight Gooden 2.1 2 2 2 4 3 1.75 Roger McDowell 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 3.14 Terry Leach 4.0 4 1 1 0 3 1.59 Jesse Orosco 0.2 1 4 4 3 1 3.76 Doug Sisk 4.1 3 0 0 1 0 6.27 Tom Gorman (W,4-3) 6.0 5 3 3 2 2 4.66 Ron Darling 1.0 1 2 0 2 1 2.44 Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so Rick Mahler 3.1 6 3 3 4 2 Jeff Dedmon 2.0 5 3 3 0 1 Steve Shields 2.2 4 1 1 1 1 Bruce Sutter 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 Terry Forster 4.0 3 2 2 1 3 Gene Garber 3.0 1 0 0 2 2 Rick Camp (L) 3.0 6 6 5 2 2 Left on base: Mets 20, Braves 17 Errors: Keith Hernandez (2), Howard Johnson, Claudell Washington, Rafael Ramirez, Rick Camp. PB: Gary Carter. 2B: Keith Hernandez (13), Ray Knight (8), Terry Harper, Dale Murphy, Ken Oberkfell. 3B: Keith Hernandez (2), Claudell Washington. HR: Keith Hernandez (5), Howard Johnson (3), Terry Harper, Rick Camp. Intentional Walks: Rusty Staub, George Foster, Keith Hernandez, Howard Johnson, Ken Oberkfell. SH: Wally Backman, John Christensen. SF: Lenny Dykstra. SB: Wally Backman (9), Darryl Strawberry (8). CS: Claudell Washington.

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