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Mets Starting Lineup cf Lenny Dykstra 2b Wally Backman lf Kevin McReynolds rf Darryl Strawberry 3b Howard Johnson c Gary Carter 1b Dave Magadan ss Kevin Elster p David Cone July 4, 1988, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY Cincinnati Reds 5, New York Mets 1 Reds ab r h bi bb so Barry Larkin ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 Chris Sabo 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 Kal Daniels lf 2 2 0 0 2 1 Paul O'Neill rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 Eric Davis cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Eddie Milner cf 2 2 2 1 1 0 Nick Esasky 1b 3 0 2 3 0 0 Bo Diaz c 4 0 0 0 0 1 Jeff Treadway 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 Jose Rijo p 3 0 0 0 0 1 - John Franco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Lenny Dykstra cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Wally Backman 2b 3 0 2 0 0 1 .284 Kevin McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .278 Darryl Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .298 Howard Johnson 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .245 Gary Carter c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246 Dave Magadan 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .312 Kevin Elster ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .216 - Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .169 David Cone p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .176 - Mackey Sasser ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .302 - Gene Walter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5 8 0 New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so Jose Rijo (W) 8.2 6 1 1 3 10 John Franco 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 New York Mets ip h r er bb so David Cone (L,9-2) 7.0 6 4 4 2 5 2.35 Gene Walter 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 4.11 Terry Leach 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3.47 Left on base: Reds 4, Mets 7 WP: David Cone. 2B: Lenny Dykstra (13), Kevin McReynolds (13), Paul O'Neill, Chris Sabo. SH: Wally Backman, Jose Rijo. SF: Nick Esasky. SB: Howard Johnson (16), Kal Daniels, Eddie Milner, Barry Larkin.

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