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Mets Stats Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

lf Tony Phillips 3b Edgardo Alfonzo 1b John Olerud c Mike Piazza cf Brian McRae rf Butch Huskey 2b Carlos Baerga ss Rey Ordóñez p Bobby Jones

September 16, 1998, Astrodome, Houston, TX New York Mets 4, Houston Astros 3 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Tony Phillips lf 6 0 1 0 0 3 .227 Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 5 0 1 0 1 0 .279 John Olerud 1b 5 0 4 0 0 0 .345 - Ralph Milliard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 - Dennis Cook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Greg McMichael p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Todd Hundley ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .168 - Turk Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mike Piazza c 5 1 1 3 1 1 .351 Brian McRae cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .269 Butch Huskey rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .254 - Jermaine Allensworth pr-rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Carlos Baerga 2b 1 0 0 0 1 1 .271 - Jay Payton ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .375 - Luis Lopez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Rey Ordóñez ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Bobby Jones p 2 0 0 0 1 0 .174 - Lenny Harris ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 - Todd Pratt ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .288 - Matt Franco 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Astros ab r h bi bb so Craig Biggio 2b 3 1 0 0 2 1 Richard Hidalgo rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 Carl Everett cf 4 1 1 2 1 1 Jeff Bagwell 1b 2 0 0 0 3 0 Moises Alou lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 Sean Berry 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 - Ricky Gutierrez ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 - Sean Bergman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brad Ausmus c 5 1 1 1 0 1 Tim Bogar ss-3b-ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 - Dave Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 Mike Hampton p 3 0 1 0 0 1 - Billy Wagner p 1 0 0 0 0 1 - Russ Johnson 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 13 1 Houston Astros 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 2 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Bobby Jones 8.0 4 2 2 5 5 4.11 Dennis Cook 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 2.09 Greg McMichael (W,5-3) 1.0 0 0 0 3 1 4.09 Turk Wendell (Save,4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 3.06 Houston Astros ip h r er bb so Mike Hampton 8.0 8 0 0 6 4 Billy Wagner 2.0 4 3 3 0 3 Sean Bergman (L) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 Errors: Mike Piazza (7), Moises Alou. 2B: Sean Berry. HR: Todd Hundley (3), Mike Piazza (23), Carl Everett, Brad Ausmus. Intentional Walks: Jeff Bagwell. SH: Luis Lopez. SB: Craig Biggio 2, Carl Everett.