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1998 Regular Season Game 153 September 15, 1998 Mets 8, Astros 4

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Mets Stats Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf Jermaine Allensworth 3b Edgardo Alfonzo c Mike Piazza 1b Todd Pratt lf Jay Payton rf Butch Huskey 2b Luis Lopez ss Rey Ordóñez p Al Leiter

September 15, 1998, Astrodome, Houston, TX New York Mets 8, Houston Astros 4 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Jermaine Allensworth cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .192 - Matt Franco ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 - Mike Kinkade pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 - Carlos Baerga 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 3 3 2 1 2 0 .279 Mike Piazza c 4 1 2 0 1 0 .353 Todd Pratt 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .277 - John Olerud 1b 1 1 1 4 0 0 .340 Jay Payton lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Butch Huskey rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .251 - Lenny Harris pr-rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Luis Lopez 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .259 - Turk Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rey Ordóñez ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .249 Al Leiter p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .094 - Ralph Milliard 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Brian McRae ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Astros ab r h bi bb so Craig Biggio 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 Russ Johnson 3b 4 2 2 0 1 1 Derek Bell rf 2 1 2 1 3 0 Jeff Bagwell 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 Richard Hidalgo cf-lf 2 1 0 1 1 0 Pete Incaviglia lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 - Carl Everett pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ricky Gutierrez ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 - Sean Berry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Tim Bogar ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brad Ausmus c 2 0 0 0 1 0 - Dave Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Tony Eusebio c 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trever Miller p 1 0 0 0 0 0 - J. R. Phillips ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 - C. J. Nitkowski p 1 0 0 0 0 1 - Jay Powell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Mike Magnante p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Moises Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Doug Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Mets 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 10 0 Houston Astros 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 8 0 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Al Leiter (W,16-5) 7.0 7 4 4 6 4 2.50 Turk Wendell (Save,3) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 3.10 Houston Astros ip h r er bb so Trever Miller 4.0 4 2 2 3 2 C. J. Nitkowski 3.0 1 1 1 1 2 Jay Powell (L) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 Mike Magnante 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 Doug Henry 1.0 2 3 3 2 1 WP: Al Leiter. 2B: Edgardo Alfonzo (25), Todd Pratt (9), Jay Payton (1), Derek Bell, Russ Johnson. HR: Butch Huskey (13), John Olerud (20). Intentional Walks: Mike Piazza. HBP: Jeff Bagwell. SF: John Olerud, Richard Hidalgo. CS: Luis Lopez (2).