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Mets Starting Lineup

cf Mookie Wilson 2b Wally Backman 1b Keith Hernandez c Gary Carter rf Darryl Strawberry lf George Foster 3b Howard Johnson ss Rafael Santana p Rick Aguilera

October 3, 1985, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 3 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Mookie Wilson cf 5 2 2 0 0 1 .272 Wally Backman 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .275 - Tom Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .283 - Roger McDowell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 - John Christensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Keith Hernandez 1b 5 0 5 2 0 0 .306 Gary Carter c 5 0 1 0 0 0 .282 Darryl Strawberry rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .270 George Foster lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .263 Howard Johnson 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .247 Rafael Santana ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .261 - Danny Heep ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 - Ray Knight ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 - Larry Bowa ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .062 Rick Aguilera p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .278 - Lenny Dykstra ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .259 - Ron Gardenhire 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .147 Cardinals ab r h bi bb so Vince Coleman lf 4 0 3 2 0 0 Willie McGee cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 Tom Herr 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 Jack Clark 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 Andy Van Slyke rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 Terry Pendleton 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 Darrell Porter c 2 1 0 0 2 2 Ozzie Smith ss 4 2 2 1 0 0 Danny Cox p 2 0 0 0 0 1 - Ken Dayley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Todd Worrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Ricky Horton p 1 0 0 0 0 1 - Jeff Lahti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Mets 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 13 0 St. Louis Cardinals 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 x 4 9 1 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Rick Aguilera (L,10-7) 6.0 9 4 4 3 3 3.24 Roger McDowell 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.90 St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so Danny Cox (W) 6.0 9 2 2 1 3 Ken Dayley 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 Todd Worrell 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 Ricky Horton 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 Jeff Lahti (Save) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Left on base: Mets 10, Cardinals 8 Errors: George Foster (5). PB: Darrell Porter. WP: Rick Aguilera. 2B: Keith Hernandez 2 (34), Darryl Strawberry (15), Howard Johnson (18). SH: Danny Cox.

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