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Mets Stats Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

ss Manny Alexander 2b Carlos Baerga 1b John Olerud lf Bernard Gilkey cf Carl Everett rf Alex Ochoa 3b Matt Franco c Alberto Castillo p Dave Mlicki

April 20, 1997, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY Chicago Cubs 4, New York Mets 3 Cubs ab r h bi bb so Brian McRae cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 Tyler Houston c 4 0 1 0 1 1 Mark Grace 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 Sammy Sosa rf 5 1 3 0 0 2 Dave Clark lf 2 0 1 0 1 1 - Doug Glanville ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Shawon Dunston ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 - José Hernandez ss 2 1 1 1 0 1 Kevin Orie 3b 5 1 2 1 0 1 Rey Sanchez 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 Kevin Foster p 3 0 0 0 0 0 - Bob Patterson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Mel Rojas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Turk Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Manny Alexander ss 4 0 2 0 1 0 .333 Carlos Baerga 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .176 John Olerud 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .371 Bernard Gilkey lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .176 - Ricardo Jordan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carl Everett cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .161 - Barry Manuel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Steve Bieser lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Alex Ochoa rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Matt Franco 3b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .333 Alberto Castillo c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .400 - Todd Hundley ph-c 2 0 1 0 0 1 .218 Dave Mlicki p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .125 - Toby Borland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Brian Bohanon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Lance Johnson cf 2 0 1 2 0 0 .288 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 12 0 New York Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 8 1 Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so Kevin Foster (W) 6.1 4 1 1 2 4 Bob Patterson 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 Mel Rojas 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Turk Wendell (Save) 1.0 2 2 2 1 2 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Dave Mlicki (L,0-1) 5.0 6 2 2 3 4 2.88 Toby Borland 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 3.68 Brian Bohanon 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 6.17 Barry Manuel 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 4.82 Ricardo Jordan 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 6.75 Errors: Todd Hundley (1). WP: Turk Wendell. 2B: Lance Johnson (2), Manny Alexander (1), Kevin Orie 2, Sammy Sosa. HR: Matt Franco (1). HBP: Shawon Dunston. SH: Doug Glanville. SB: Matt Franco (1), Steve Bieser (1), Manny Alexander (2), Shawon Dunston.