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Giants
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
August 18, 1987
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants, played on August 18, 1987 at Shea Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 18, 1987 |
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Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Home Team |
New York Mets
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 18, 1987 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
Home Team | New York Mets |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Atlee Hammaker |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dwight Gooden |
Ballpark | Shea Stadium |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 41,587 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 59 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bruce Froemming 1B: Dutch Rennert 2B: Dave Pallone 3B: Ed Montague |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mike Aldrete | Center Fielder |
Kevin Mitchell | Third Baseman |
Jeffrey Leonard | Left Fielder |
Candy Maldonado | Right Fielder |
Will Clark | First Baseman |
Bob Brenly | Catcher |
Robby Thompson | Second Baseman |
Chris Speier | Shortstop |
Atlee Hammaker | Pitcher |
Roger Craig | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mookie Wilson | Center Fielder |
Tim Teufel | Second Baseman |
Keith Hernandez | First Baseman |
Darryl Strawberry | Right Fielder |
Kevin McReynolds | Left Fielder |
Gary Carter | Catcher |
Howard Johnson | Third Baseman |
Rafael Santana | Shortstop |
Dwight Gooden | Pitcher |
Davey Johnson | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
August 18, 1987
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aldrete vs. Gooden
Aldrete hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Gooden
Mitchell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leonard vs. Gooden
Gooden fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Gooden. Mitchell moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Leonard vs. Gooden
Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gooden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maldonado vs. Gooden
Maldonado hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mitchell scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Gooden
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Hammaker
Wilson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maldonado. Wilson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Teufel vs. Hammaker
Teufel hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Leonard. Teufel reaches second base with a double. Wilson scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hernandez vs. Hammaker
Hernandez strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Strawberry vs. Hammaker
Strawberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McReynolds vs. Hammaker
McReynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Teufel moves to third. Strawberry moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Carter vs. Hammaker
Carter hits a fly ball into right field. Maldonado settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brenly vs. Gooden
Brenly hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Gooden
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speier vs. Gooden
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hammaker vs. Gooden
Hammaker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Aldrete vs. Gooden
Aldrete hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. McReynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hammaker
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Hammaker
Santana hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Aldrete. Santana reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gooden vs. Hammaker
Gooden hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Santana scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Hammaker
Wilson hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Speier, and into shallow left field. Wilson reaches second base with a double. Gooden moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Teufel vs. Hammaker
Teufel is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hernandez vs. Hammaker
Hernandez strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Strawberry vs. Hammaker
Strawberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Gooden
Mitchell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leonard vs. Gooden
Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maldonado vs. Gooden
Maldonado hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Gooden
Clark hits a fly ball into left field. McReynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McReynolds vs. Hammaker
McReynolds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carter vs. Hammaker
Carter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McReynolds moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Hammaker
Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Price
Joe Price now pitching.
Santana hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mitchell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gooden vs. Price
Gooden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mitchell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Price
Wilson strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brenly vs. Gooden
Brenly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Gooden
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brenly moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Speier vs. Gooden
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brenly moves to third. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Davis vs. Gooden
Chili Davis pinch hits for Joe Price.
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Aldrete vs. Gooden
Aldrete strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Teufel vs. Robinson
Jeff Robinson now pitching.
Teufel hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Robinson
Hernandez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Leonard. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Strawberry vs. Robinson
Strawberry is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McReynolds vs. Robinson
McReynolds hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carter vs. Robinson
Carter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mitchell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Gooden
Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leonard vs. Gooden
Leonard hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maldonado vs. Gooden
Maldonado hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Robinson
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Robinson
Santana strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gooden vs. Robinson
There goes Santana. The throw from Brenly and he is safe. Santana steals second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gooden vs. Robinson
Gooden hits a line drive towards short. Speier reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wilson vs. Robinson
Wilson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Teufel vs. Robinson
Teufel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mitchell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Gooden
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brenly vs. Gooden
Brenly strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Gooden
Thompson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Robinson
Hernandez hits a line drive towards the mound. Robinson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Robinson
Strawberry strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McReynolds vs. Robinson
McReynolds hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Robinson
Carter hits a line drive into left field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Gooden
Speier hits a line drive into left field. McReynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Gooden
Eddie Milner pinch hits for Jeff Robinson.
Milner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McReynolds. Milner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aldrete vs. Gooden
Aldrete takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mitchell vs. Gooden
Mitchell takes first base on ball four. Milner moves to third. Aldrete moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Leonard vs. Gooden
Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gooden fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Garrelts
Mike Aldrete now playing left field. Scott Garrelts now pitching. Eddie Milner now playing center field.
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Aldrete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Garrelts
Santana hits a fly ball into center field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Garrelts
Dave Magadan pinch hits for Dwight Gooden.
Magadan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Garrelts
Wilson strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maldonado vs. McDowell
Roger McDowell now pitching.
Maldonado hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. McDowell
Clark hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brenly vs. McDowell
Brenly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson juggles the ball. That's an error on Johnson. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spilman vs. McDowell
Harry Spilman pinch hits for Robby Thompson.
Spilman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Teufel vs. Garrelts
Kevin Mitchell now playing shortstop. Harry Spilman now playing third base. Chris Speier now playing second base.
Teufel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Garrelts
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mitchell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Garrelts
Strawberry strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. McDowell
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. McDowell
Milner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aldrete vs. McDowell
Aldrete hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/18/1987 -- San Francisco at New York (N) San Francisco AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Aldrete M, cf-lf 4 0 0 0 Wilson M, cf 4 1 2 0 Mitchell K, 3b-ss 2 1 0 0 Teufel T, 2b 4 1 2 2 Leonard J, lf 4 0 0 0 Hernandez K, 1b 5 0 1 0 Garrelts S, p 0 0 0 0 Strawberry D, rf 4 0 0 0 Maldonado C, rf 4 0 2 1 McReynolds K, lf 4 2 2 1 Clark W, 1b 4 0 0 0 Carter G, c 4 1 1 0 Brenly B, c 3 1 1 1 Johnson H, 3b 4 1 1 3 Thompson R, 2b 3 0 2 0 Santana R, ss 4 1 1 0 Spilman H, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Gooden D, p 3 0 1 1 Speier C, ss-2b 4 0 0 0 Magadan D, ph 1 0 1 0 Hammaker A, p 1 0 0 0 McDowell R, p 0 0 0 0 Price J, p 0 0 0 0 Davis C, ph 1 0 0 0 Robinson J, p 0 0 0 0 Milner E, ph-cf 2 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 2 6 2 37 7 12 7 San Francisco 110 000 000 -- 2 New York 113 101 00x -- 7 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Hammaker A (L)* 2.0 8 5 5 2 2 Price J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Robinson J 3.0 3 2 2 1 4 Garrelts S 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 New York IP H R ER BB SO Gooden D (W) 7.0 6 2 1 4 5 McDowell R 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd E -- Gooden D, Johnson H DP -- New York 1 LOB -- San Francisco 8, New York 9 2B -- Wilson M 2, Teufel T, Santana R, Hernandez K, Milner E HR -- Brenly B, Johnson H, Teufel T, McReynolds K SB -- Santana R WP -- Robinson J T -- 2:59 A -- 41587
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