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Previous Game: August 30, 1998 Dodgers 4, Mets 2 1998 Regular Season Game 138 August 31, 1998 Mets 8, Dodgers 3 Next Game: September 1, 1998 Padres 9, Mets 8

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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 Agbayani, Benny 11 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 .133 2 .133 .188 Alfonzo, Edgardo 120 456 72 129 22 2 13 67 56 1 58 3 2 2 7 3 .283 194 .425 .362 Allensworth, Jermaine 17 37 6 8 2 0 1 3 2 0 7 0 0 1 0 2 .216 13 .351 .275 Baerga, Carlos 128 451 43 124 26 1 6 50 18 4 50 7 2 6 0 1 .275 170 .377 .307 Becker, Rich 49 100 15 19 4 2 3 10 21 2 42 0 0 0 3 1 .190 36 .360 .331 Blair, Willie 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 .500 .667 Bohanon, Brian 25 14 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .429 7 .500 .429 Castillo, Alberto 38 83 13 17 4 0 2 7 9 0 17 0 6 1 0 2 .205 27 .325 .290 Clontz, Brad 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Cook, Dennis 61 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Fabregas, Jorge 13 24 2 5 0 0 1 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 .208 8 .333 .240 Franco, John 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Franco, Matt 84 138 19 40 5 2 1 10 21 6 22 0 0 1 0 1 .290 52 .377 .388 Gilbert, Shawn 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Gilkey, Bernard 82 264 33 60 15 0 4 28 32 1 66 3 2 4 5 1 .227 87 .330 .317 Harris, Lenny 52 106 14 25 4 0 4 11 6 1 6 1 3 1 3 1 .236 41 .387 .281 Hudek, John 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hundley, Todd 42 111 7 18 4 0 2 11 12 0 50 1 0 1 1 1 .162 28 .252 .248 Huskey, Butch 99 343 42 87 17 0 12 56 25 3 64 4 2 1 7 6 .254 140 .408 .303 Jones, Bobby 26 40 1 8 1 0 0 4 1 0 19 0 12 0 0 0 .200 9 .225 .220 Kirby, Wayne 26 31 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 1 .194 8 .258 .219 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Leiter, Al 23 44 1 5 2 0 0 4 7 0 26 0 4 0 0 0 .114 7 .159 .235 Lopez, Luis 103 237 35 62 12 2 1 18 17 3 53 2 2 4 2 1 .262 81 .342 .319 McMichael, Greg 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 McRae, Brian 135 470 71 129 31 5 19 67 67 3 78 4 3 4 20 11 .274 227 .483 .367 Mlicki, Dave 10 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 .188 3 .188 .278 Nomo, Hideo 14 28 3 8 0 0 0 3 1 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 .286 8 .286 .310 Olerud, John 138 482 76 166 31 4 18 80 78 10 63 6 1 3 2 2 .344 259 .537 .434 Ordonez, Rey 129 420 42 104 17 2 0 35 19 5 49 4 14 1 3 6 .248 125 .298 .279 Paquette, Craig 7 19 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 .263 7 .368 .263 Phillips, Tony 31 112 17 27 8 0 1 9 23 0 25 2 1 0 1 1 .241 38 .339 .365 Piazza, Mike 86 312 51 106 23 0 17 54 35 7 42 3 0 2 1 0 .340 180 .577 .406 Pratt, Todd 29 55 8 16 7 1 2 17 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 .291 31 .564 .316 Pulsipher, Bill 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Reed, Rick 27 56 6 7 0 0 1 5 3 0 18 0 10 0 0 0 .125 10 .179 .169 Reynoso, Armando 6 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 .167 3 .167 .167 Rojas, Mel 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Spehr, Tim 21 51 3 7 1 0 0 3 7 1 16 0 0 2 1 0 .137 8 .157 .267 Tam, Jeff 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Tatum, Jim 35 50 4 9 1 2 2 13 3 0 19 4 0 0 0 0 .180 20 .400 .211 Wendell, Turk 50 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Wilkins, Rick 5 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .133 2 .133 .235 Wilson, Preston 8 20 3 6 2 0 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 1 1 .300 8 .400 .364 Yoshii, Masato 26 43 3 3 1 0 0 3 3 0 22 0 7 0 0 0 .070 4 .093 .130

Pitching Statistics as of August 31, 1998

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Blair, Willie 8 20.2 0 1 .000 17 7 7 14 7 1 0 0 0 3.05 Bohanon, Brian 25 54.1 2 4 .333 47 21 19 39 21 4 0 0 0 3.15 Clontz, Brad 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Cook, Dennis 61 58.1 8 4 .667 48 16 14 62 23 0 0 0 1 2.16 Franco, John 50 54.1 0 7 .000 56 24 22 47 20 0 0 0 30 3.64 Hudek, John 28 27 1 4 .200 23 13 12 28 19 0 0 0 0 4.00 Jones, Bobby 26 167.1 9 7 .563 172 83 77 98 42 26 0 0 0 4.14 Leiter, Al 23 156.2 13 5 .722 127 45 43 145 56 23 3 2 0 2.47 McMichael, Greg 43 44.2 2 3 .400 56 27 20 34 24 0 0 0 1 4.03 Mlicki, Dave 10 57 1 4 .200 68 38 36 39 25 10 1 0 0 5.68 Nomo, Hideo 14 79 4 4 .500 59 37 36 88 50 14 1 0 0 4.10 Pulsipher, Bill 15 14.1 0 0 .000 23 11 11 13 5 1 0 0 0 6.91 Reed, Rick 27 187.1 16 8 .667 180 69 68 139 26 27 2 1 0 3.27 Reynoso, Armando 6 39.2 5 1 .833 36 15 13 23 22 6 0 0 0 2.95 Rojas, Mel 48 55 5 2 .714 61 34 34 39 29 0 0 0 2 5.56 Tam, Jeff 10 11.1 1 0 1.000 8 5 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 3.97 Wendell, Turk 50 56.2 4 0 1.000 45 17 17 40 26 0 0 0 2 2.70 Yoshii, Masato 26 156.1 5 8 .385 152 72 68 104 48 26 1 0 0 3.91

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