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1998 Regular Season Game 58 June 8, 1998 Mets 3, Devil Rays 0

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Mets Stats Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf Brian McRae lf Bernard Gilkey c Mike Piazza 1b John Olerud 3b Edgardo Alfonzo 2b Carlos Baerga rf Butch Huskey ss Rey Ordóñez p Rick Reed

June 8, 1998, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY New York Mets 3, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0 Devil Rays ab r h bi bb so Quinton McCracken cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 Miguel Cairo 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 Wade Boggs 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 Fred McGriff 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 Paul Sorrento lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 Dave Martinez rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 - Esteban Yan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike DiFelice c 3 0 1 0 0 2 Kevin Stocker ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 Dennis Springer p 1 0 0 0 0 1 - Aaron Ledesma ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Scott Aldred p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Randy Winn ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Brian McRae cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Bernard Gilkey lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .266 Mike Piazza c 3 1 3 1 1 0 .391 John Olerud 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .354 Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .262 Carlos Baerga 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .291 Butch Huskey rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .242 Rey Ordóñez ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .242 Rick Reed p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .160 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 New York Mets 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 3 7 0 Tampa Bay Devil Rays ip h r er bb so Dennis Springer (L) 5.0 5 3 2 1 3 Scott Aldred 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 Esteban Yan 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Rick Reed (W,7-3) 9.0 3 0 0 1 10 2.12 Errors: Kevin Stocker 2. WP: Dennis Springer. 2B: Butch Huskey (11), Mike Piazza (3), Wade Boggs. HR: Mike Piazza (2). SH: Rick Reed.