Braves @ Mets
July 21, 1987

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 8 11 1
Mets 3 4 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 8 11 1
Mets 3 4 0

Howard Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .268
OBP .333 .353
At Bats 2 313
Hits 0 84
• Singles 0 51
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 22
Walks 0 38
RBI’s 0 55

Doyle Alexander Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 6 0
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Shea Stadium - July 21, 1987
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Doyle Alexander
Ozzie Virgil
Gerald Perry
Glenn Hubbard
Ken Oberkfell
Andres Thomas
Ken Griffey
Dion James
Dale Murphy
Howard Johnson
Barry Lyons

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 8 11 1 4
New York Mets 3 4 0 4
Winning Pitcher Doyle Alexander
Losing Pitcher Dwight Gooden
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Andres Thomas
Attendance 37,906
Time of Game 2 hours 53 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Oberkfell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lyons hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 McReynolds strikes out.
Bottom 9 Strawberry hits a fly ball into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Perry hits a line drive into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Oberkfell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. James moves to second.
Top 9 James hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hubbard scores.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Hubbard moves to third.
Top 9 Alexander strikes out.
Top 9 Hubbard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McReynolds. Hubbard reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Barry Lyons now catching. Virgil hits a popup towards short. Santana settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Backman bunts in front of the plate. Virgil settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dykstra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Myers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Murphy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Perry hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Dykstra. Perry reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Randy Myers now pitching. Oberkfell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dave Magadan pinch hits for Dwight Gooden. Magadan hits a fly ball into left field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Santana hits a popup towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 James hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Hubbard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Carter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McReynolds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Griffey. McReynolds reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Strawberry hits a line drive into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hernandez hits a line drive into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Virgil hits a line drive towards short. Santana reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McReynolds. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Perry scores. Griffey goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Griffey takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Perry moves to third.
Top 6 Perry hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dykstra. Perry reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Oberkfell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Backman hits a popup towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dykstra hits a line drive into left field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gooden hits a fly ball into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 James strikes out.
Top 5 Alexander hits a fly ball into center field. Dykstra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Santana hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas misplays the ball. That's an error on Thomas. Strawberry scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Oberkfell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Strawberry. The throw from Virgil and he is safe. Strawberry steals second.
Bottom 4 McReynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Strawberry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Thomas strikes out.
Top 4 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Griffey for the out.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a line drive into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Backman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Backman for the out.
Bottom 3 Dykstra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dykstra for the out.
Top 3 Murphy hits a line drive into left field. McReynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Perry. The throw from Carter and he is safe. Perry steals second.
Top 3 Perry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hubbard scores. Alexander scores.
Top 3 Oberkfell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Gooden covering, for the out. Hubbard moves to third. Alexander moves to second.
Top 3 James strikes out.
Top 3 Alexander bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Hubbard moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Hubbard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gooden strikes out.
Bottom 2 Santana hits a fly ball into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Carter strikes out.
Top 2 Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 2 Griffey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 McReynolds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Oberkfell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Strawberry hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Backman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dykstra hits a fly ball into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Perry strikes out.
Top 1 Oberkfell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gooden fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 James hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.