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1987 Regular Season Game 118
August 16, 1987
Mets 23, Cubs 10
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National League Standings, August 16, 1987

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Dykstra Lenny
Dykstra
2b
Backman Wally
Backman
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
lf
McReynolds Kevin
McReynolds
c
Carter Gary
Carter
3b
Johnson Howard
Johnson
ss
Santana Rafael
Santana
p
Darling Ron
Darling
August 16, 1987, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 23, Chicago Cubs 10

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Dykstra cf 7 3 4 3 0 3 .284
Wally Backman 2b 2 2 0 0 1 1 .244
- Tim Teufel ph-2b 3 1 1 2 1 1 .326
Keith Hernandez 1b 4 3 3 2 1 0 .306
- Dave Magadan 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .314
Darryl Strawberry rf 5 5 4 5 1 0 .282
Kevin McReynolds lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .292
- Bill Almon ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .268
Gary Carter c 3 1 1 2 1 0 .242
- Barry Lyons ph-c 2 1 1 1 0 1 .235
Howard Johnson 3b 3 2 2 3 3 0 .273
Rafael Santana ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .274
- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Jeff Innis ph-p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ron Darling p 4 2 1 1 0 1 .143
- Mookie Wilson ph-lf 2 1 1 1 0 0 .292
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Dave Martinez cf-rf 5 0 2 0 0 0
Ryne Sandberg 2b 4 1 0 0 0 1
- Paul Noce ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 1
Leon Durham 1b 3 1 1 0 2 1
Andre Dawson rf 4 2 2 1 0 0
- Frank DiPino p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Lee Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Manny Trillo ph 1 1 1 0 0 0
Jerry Mumphrey lf 3 0 0 0 0 2
- Jay Baller p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Bob Dernier ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Moreland 3b 4 2 3 2 1 0
Luis Quinones ss-2b 4 1 1 1 1 1
Jody Davis c 2 1 1 4 1 1
- Jim Sundberg ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 1
Greg Maddux p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Ed Lynch p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Rafael Palmeiro ph 1 1 1 1 0 0
- Drew Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Brian Dayett lf 3 0 0 0 0 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 3 0 1 3 3 7 3 3 0 23 21 1
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 1 10 12 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ron Darling (W,10-7) 6.0 4 5 5 5 7 4.44
Jesse Orosco 1.0 5 4 4 0 0 5.06
Jeff Innis 2.0 3 1 1 0 4 3.38
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Greg Maddux (L) 3.2 6 7 7 5 4
Ed Lynch 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Drew Hall 1.2 10 10 10 2 0
Jay Baller 1.1 2 3 3 1 1
Frank DiPino 1.0 3 3 3 0 1
Lee Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

Left on base: Mets 6, Cubs 8
Errors: Dave Magadan (2), Keith Moreland.
PB: Jim Sundberg.
WP: Jesse Orosco, Jay Baller 2, Drew Hall.
2B: Darryl Strawberry 2 (22), Rafael Santana (17), Kevin McReynolds (26), Andre Dawson, Keith Moreland, Manny Trillo.
3B: Darryl Strawberry (5).
HR: Darryl Strawberry (29), Howard Johnson (28), Lenny Dykstra (9), Jody Davis, Rafael Palmeiro.
Intentional Walks: Howard Johnson.
SF: Kevin McReynolds.
SB: Darryl Strawberry (22).




Newspaper covers for this game
23-10

23-10

New York Daily News
August 17, 1987





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