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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Aguilera, Rick 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 .333 .333 Backman, Wally 53 155 21 44 3 0 0 10 19 1 30 2 6 1 2 3 .284 47 .303 .362 Carreon, Mark 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Carter, Gary 69 252 22 62 8 2 8 32 20 1 35 5 1 6 0 1 .246 98 .389 .311 Cone, David 19 34 1 6 2 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 .176 8 .235 .243 Darling, Ron 17 41 2 8 2 1 0 1 1 0 10 0 5 0 0 0 .195 12 .293 .214 Dykstra, Lenny 68 241 39 73 13 2 3 14 14 1 23 0 2 0 18 5 .303 99 .411 .341 Elster, Kevin 77 231 25 50 7 0 6 24 20 9 32 0 2 1 2 0 .216 75 .325 .282 Fernandez, Sid 16 29 1 8 2 0 0 4 3 0 9 1 4 0 0 0 .276 10 .345 .333 Gooden, Dwight 18 51 6 11 0 0 1 8 1 0 9 0 5 0 0 0 .216 14 .275 .231 Hernandez, Keith 54 198 28 59 12 0 5 35 23 2 30 3 0 0 2 0 .298 86 .434 .366 Innis, Jeff 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Johnson, Howard 80 278 47 68 13 0 15 43 43 13 51 5 2 2 16 4 .245 126 .453 .345 Leach, Terry 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Lyons, Barry 23 38 2 6 3 0 0 4 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 .158 9 .237 .175 Magadan, Dave 51 144 22 45 5 0 1 16 29 4 19 2 1 1 0 0 .313 53 .368 .426 Mazzilli, Lee 36 71 4 12 2 0 0 8 5 0 7 1 0 0 2 1 .169 14 .197 .221 McDowell, Roger 32 6 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 6 1.000 .500 McReynolds, Kevin 73 284 36 79 13 2 10 42 21 0 27 2 1 3 10 0 .278 126 .444 .332 Miller, Keith 16 33 4 8 0 1 1 4 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 3 .242 13 .394 .265 Myers, Randy 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Ojeda, Bob 16 35 0 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 0 .229 9 .257 .229 Sasser, Mackey 27 53 4 16 3 1 1 10 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 .302 24 .453 .316 Strawberry, Darryl 78 272 57 81 15 3 20 53 54 14 55 6 0 1 18 6 .298 162 .596 .408 Teufel, Tim 44 146 19 37 7 0 2 16 21 0 18 3 2 1 0 1 .253 50 .342 .345 Walter, Gene 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilson, Mookie 52 181 28 46 11 2 2 17 14 1 27 1 0 0 8 3 .254 67 .370 .306

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Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Aguilera, Rick 6 16.2 0 3 .000 26 16 15 12 4 3 0 0 0 8.10 Cone, David 19 107.1 9 2 .818 79 29 28 95 42 12 2 2 0 2.35 Darling, Ron 17 126.2 9 5 .643 110 40 36 79 29 17 4 3 0 2.56 Fernandez, Sid 16 94 5 6 .455 65 40 35 92 35 16 1 1 0 3.35 Gooden, Dwight 18 136.1 11 4 .733 122 50 44 96 32 18 7 3 0 2.90 Innis, Jeff 12 19 1 1 .500 19 6 4 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.89 Leach, Terry 28 46.2 2 1 .667 49 22 18 28 12 0 0 0 2 3.47 McDowell, Roger 31 50 4 1 .800 42 13 12 20 20 0 0 0 8 2.16 Myers, Randy 27 33.1 5 0 1.000 20 7 5 34 5 0 0 0 12 1.35 Ojeda, Bob 16 101 6 6 .500 85 46 39 66 21 16 2 2 0 3.48 Walter, Gene 18 15.1 0 1 .000 20 9 7 13 10 0 0 0 0 4.11

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YANKS POP; METS FLOP



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July 5, 1988

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