Mets @ Phillies
September 12, 1989

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 1 7 0
Phillies 1 5 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 1 7 0
Phillies 2 6 0

Dickie Thon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .262
OBP .333 .316
At Bats 3 374
Hits 1 98
• Singles 1 67
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 0 50

Don Aase Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 2
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Veterans Stadium - September 12, 1989
Don Aase
Barry Lyons
Dave Magadan
Gregg Jefferies
Howard Johnson
Kevin Elster
Kevin McReynolds
Keith Miller
Darryl Strawberry
Dickie Thon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 1 7 0 8
Philadelphia Phillies 2 6 0 6
Winning Pitcher Roger McDowell
Losing Pitcher Don Aase
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Dickie Thon
Attendance 22,953
Time of Game 2 hours 33 minutes
Count: 2-2, 1 Out
Count: 2-2, 1 Out

End of Game

Thon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Don Aase now pitching. Lenny Dykstra pinch hits for Randy Ready. Dykstra hits a popup towards short. Elster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Keith Hernandez pinch hits for Frank Viola. Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Dernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Elster hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ready. Elster reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Lyons hits a line drive into center field. Dernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jordan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hayes hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Herr hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McReynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Strawberry strikes out.
Top 8 Roger McDowell now pitching. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jordan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.
Bottom 7 Dernier hits a popup towards first. Magadan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Steve Stanicek pinch hits for Ken Howell. Stanicek strikes out.
Bottom 7 Nieto is hit by the pitch. Hayes moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Thon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Miller hits a fly ball into right field. Hayes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jefferies is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Viola bunts towards the mound. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. Elster moves to second.
Top 7 Elster hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Lyons hits a popup towards third. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ready strikes out.
Bottom 6 Jordan is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Magadan scoops it up and throws to first, with Viola covering, for the out. Herr moves to third.
Bottom 6 Herr hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Strawberry. Herr reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Dernier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes McReynolds. The throw from Nieto and he is out, Herr applying the tag.
Top 6 Magadan strikes out.
Top 6 McReynolds takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Strawberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jordan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Strawberry for the out.
Bottom 5 Howell strikes out.
Bottom 5 Nieto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jefferies scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hayes hits a popup, foul, towards first. Magadan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards short. Thon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Miller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Elster scores. Jefferies moves to second.
Top 5 Jefferies takes first base on ball four. Elster moves to second.
Top 5 Viola strikes out.
Top 5 Elster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Lyons strikes out.
Bottom 4 Thon strikes out.
Bottom 4 Ready hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Jordan moves to second.
Bottom 4 Jordan is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Dernier scores. Herr moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hayes strikes out.
Bottom 4 Herr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dernier moves to third.
Bottom 4 Dernier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Magadan hits a fly ball into left field. Ready settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McReynolds hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Strawberry strikes out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Ready settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Howell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Nieto strikes out. The throw from Lyons to pick off Hayes, and he's out.
Bottom 3 Hayes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Herr fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 3 Jefferies hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Viola hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Elster strikes out.
Bottom 2 Thon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Viola fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ready strikes out.
Bottom 2 Jordan hits a fly ball into left field. McReynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lyons strikes out.
Top 2 Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 McReynolds strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hayes hits a line drive into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Herr hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dernier hits a popup towards short. Elster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Strawberry hits a popup towards third. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnson strikes out. Nieto drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Johnson out. There goes Jefferies. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 1 Miller strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Jefferies. The throw from Nieto and he is safe. Jefferies steals second.
Top 1 Jefferies hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.