Mets @ Padres
May 18, 1984

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Top 9 R H E
Mets 4 6 1
Padres 5 7 0
Top 9 R H E
Mets 4 6 1
Padres 5 7 0

Wally Backman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .260
OBP .500 .360
At Bats 3 96
Hits 1 25
• Singles 1 21
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 0 2

Rich Gossage Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 9
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Jack Murphy Stadium - May 18, 1984
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Rich Gossage
Terry Kennedy
Steve Garvey
Alan Wiggins
Graig Nettles
Garry Templeton
Carmelo Martinez
Bobby Brown
Tony Gwynn
Wally Backman
Kelvin Chapman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 4 6 1 6
San Diego Padres 5 7 0 7
Winning Pitcher Ed Whitson
Losing Pitcher Dwight Gooden
Save Rich Gossage
Game Winning RBI Bobby Brown
Attendance 17,319
Time of Game 2 hours 42 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Kelvin Chapman pinch runs for Rusty Staub. Backman hits a fly ball into left field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Rusty Staub pinch hits for Brent Gaff. Staub hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson scores.
Top 9 Fitzgerald hits a fly ball into right field. Gwynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wilson moves to third.
Top 9 Brooks strikes out.
Top 9 There goes Wilson. The throw from Kennedy and he is safe. Wilson steals second.
Top 9 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Gossage hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Gardenhire fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 8 Templeton is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kennedy tags and scores. Nettles tags and moves to third.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Kennedy moves to third. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 8 Nettles is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Kennedy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Kennedy reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardenhire scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Strawberry strikes out.
Top 8 Foster is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wiggins scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gwynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardenhire misplays the ball. That's an error on Gardenhire.
Bottom 7 Gaff fires to first and picks off Wiggins.
Bottom 7 Wiggins hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Brent Gaff now pitching. Gossage hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rich Gossage now pitching. Gardenhire is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Backman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fitzgerald moves to second.
Top 7 Jerry Martin pinch hits for Tom Gorman. Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Gwynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fitzgerald takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Templeton hits a fly ball into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Martinez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Ron Gardenhire now playing shortstop. Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out.
Top 6 Craig Lefferts now pitching. Brooks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Strawberry hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Foster hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Backman tags and scores.
Top 6 Danny Heep pinch hits for Jose Oquendo. Heep hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Martinez. Heep reaches second base with a double. Backman moves to third.
Top 6 Backman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Tom Gorman now pitching. Kennedy hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Garvey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wiggins scores.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wiggins moves to third.
Bottom 5 Gwynn strikes out.
Bottom 5 There goes Wiggins. The throw from Fitzgerald and he is safe. Wiggins steals second.
Bottom 5 Wiggins hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Gooden strikes out.
Top 5 Fitzgerald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Brooks hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Whitson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Templeton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown scores. Kennedy scores. Martinez moves to third.
Bottom 4 Martinez takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to third. Kennedy moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nettles strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Garvey strikes out.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Brown reaches second base with a double. Gwynn scores.
Bottom 4 Gwynn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Strawberry who is chasing the ball. Gwynn reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wiggins scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Strawberry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Foster takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wiggins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oquendo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Whitson strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Templeton. The throw from Fitzgerald and he is safe. Templeton steals second.
Bottom 3 Templeton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Martinez strikes out.
Top 3 Oquendo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Backman takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Gooden bunts towards the mound. Whitson fields it and throws to first for the out. Fitzgerald moves to second.
Top 3 Fitzgerald hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Brooks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Nettles strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kennedy strikes out.
Bottom 2 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garvey for the out.
Top 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilson for the out.
Top 2 Strawberry strikes out.
Top 2 Foster is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gwynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oquendo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Wiggins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hernandez strikes out. There goes Oquendo. The throw from Kennedy to second, and Oquendo is out.
Top 1 Oquendo takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Backman strikes out.