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1987 Regular Season Game 144
September 15, 1987
Mets 12, Cubs 4
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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
Fernandez Sid
Fernandez
September 15, 1987, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 12, Chicago Cubs 4

Cubs ab r hbibbso
Bob Dernier cf 2 1 1 0 1 0
- Jerry Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Jay Baller p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Ed Lynch p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Mike Brumley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
Manny Trillo 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0
- Leon Durham ph-1b 1 0 0 1 1 0
Ryne Sandberg 2b 5 0 2 2 0 1
Andre Dawson rf 3 0 0 0 1 0
Keith Moreland 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0
Brian Dayett lf 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Rafael Palmeiro ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 0
Damon Berryhill c 1 1 0 0 3 0
Shawon Dunston ss 4 1 1 0 0 0
Greg Maddux p 2 0 0 0 0 2
- Drew Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dickie Noles p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dave Martinez ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Darrin Jackson ph 1 1 1 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Dykstra cf 4 3 2 2 1 0 .283
Wally Backman 2b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .250
- Roger McDowell p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .231
Keith Hernandez 1b 5 1 3 1 0 1 .302
- Dave Magadan pr-1b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .327
Darryl Strawberry rf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .280
- Bill Almon rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
Kevin McReynolds lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .282
- Mark Carreon lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Gary Carter c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .240
- Barry Lyons c 1 1 1 3 0 0 .241
Howard Johnson 3b 3 1 0 0 2 1 .276
Rafael Santana ss 3 0 1 1 1 0 .259
- Kevin Elster ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Sid Fernandez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .154
- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .062
- Gregg Jefferies ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .667
- Keith Miller pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .366
- Tim Teufel 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .311

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago Cubs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 1
New York Mets 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 5 x 12 16 1

Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Greg Maddux (L) 5.2 9 6 6 4 4
Drew Hall 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
Dickie Noles 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Jay Baller 1.2 5 5 5 0 2
Ed Lynch 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Sid Fernandez (W,11-8) 5.0 2 1 1 3 3 3.61
Terry Leach 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 3.38
Roger McDowell 3.0 4 3 3 2 1 4.26

Left on base: Cubs 9, Mets 7
Errors: Gary Carter (9), Damon Berryhill.
WP: Jay Baller, Dickie Noles.
2B: Darryl Strawberry 2 (27), Gary Carter 2 (18), Wally Backman (6), Bob Dernier.
HR: Barry Lyons (4).
Intentional Walks: Rafael Santana, Howard Johnson.
HBP: Andre Dawson.
SB: Lenny Dykstra (24), Keith Miller (5).


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