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July 22, 1990

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Braves 2 6 0
Mets 2 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 2 6 0
Mets 2 7 1

Howard Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .240
OBP .333 .301
At Bats 3 341
Hits 1 82
• Singles 1 45
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 1 54

Kent Mercker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 1
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Shea Stadium - July 22, 1990
Out
Kent Mercker
Greg Olson
David Justice
Jeff Blauser
Jim Presley
Andres Thomas
Lonnie Smith
Ron Gant
Dale Murphy
Howard Johnson
Count: 3-1, 1 Out
Count: 3-1, 2 Outs

Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Kent Mercker now pitching. McReynolds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Presley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Blauser hits a fly ball into center field. Carreon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Smith is walked intentionally.
Top 9 There goes Gregg. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Gregg steals second.
Top 9 Tommy Gregg pinch hits for Tom Glavine. Gregg hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Olson hits a line drive into center field. Carreon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Thomas hits a ball on the ground for an out.
Bottom 8 Strawberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jefferies hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Magadan hits a fly ball into center field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Carreon strikes out.
Top 8 Justice strikes out.
Top 8 Murphy strikes out.
Top 8 Jeff Innis now pitching. Presley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tim Teufel pinch hits for Dwight Gooden. Teufel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McReynolds moves to second.
Bottom 7 Elster hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Olson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McReynolds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Blauser hits a fly ball into center field. Carreon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Strawberry strikes out.
Bottom 6 Jefferies hits a popup, foul, towards first. Justice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Magadan hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Glavine strikes out.
Top 6 Olson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 5 Carreon hits a fly ball into center field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gooden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Presley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hundley hits a fly ball into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Justice strikes out.
Top 5 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Johnson.
Top 5 Presley hits a fly ball into center field. Carreon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gant hits a popup, foul, towards first. Magadan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Elster strikes out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McReynolds scores. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 4 McReynolds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Smith. McReynolds reaches second base with a double. Magadan scores.
Bottom 4 Strawberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blauser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Magadan moves to third.
Bottom 4 Jefferies hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Magadan moves to second.
Bottom 4 Magadan takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Blauser hits a fly ball into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Glavine bunts towards the mound. Gooden fields it and throws to first for the out. Olson moves to second.
Top 4 Olson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Thomas hits a popup towards third. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Carreon hits a line drive into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gooden bunts towards the mound. Glavine fields it and throws to first for the out. Hundley moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hundley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Elster hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Justice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jefferies settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Murphy hits a fly ball into center field. Carreon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Gant scores.
Top 3 Presley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jefferies scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gant moves to third.
Top 3 There goes Gant. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Gant steals second.
Top 3 Gant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 McReynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Strawberry hits a line drive into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Glavine moves to third.
Top 2 Glavine takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Olson hits a line drive into center field. Carreon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jefferies hits a popup, foul, towards first. Justice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Justice scoops it up and throws to first, with Glavine covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Carreon hits a fly ball into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Justice strikes out.
Top 1 Murphy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Presley moves to third.
Top 1 Presley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Gant hits a fly ball into center field. Carreon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blauser hits a fly ball into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 The ball gets by Hundley for a passed ball. Smith scores.
Top 1 Smith hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Strawberry who is chasing the ball. Smith reaches third base with a triple.