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New York Mets 3 Atlanta Braves 2

July 16,1988

Visiting Team

New York Mets (55-35)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (31-56)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

32,208

Time of Game

3:08

Umpires

[HP]: Steve Rippley [1B]: Bob Davidson [2B]: Doug Harvey [3B]: Jerry Crawford

New York Mets 3 Atlanta Braves 2

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5th inning: CS2(263)/RINT **Lenny Dykstra tried to go back to 1B; called for interference on throw**
8th inning: S4/L1 **ball hit Paul Assenmacher on his left hand**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Mets	NYN	55-35		0	0	0		1	0	0		1	1	0			3	10	1		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	31-56		0	0	1		0	0	1		0	0	0			2	9	1		6	12	25	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Mets - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lenny Dykstra	cf	25.157	L	4	0	1	0		1	1	.291		75	437
2	Wally Backman	2b	28.298	B	3	0	2	0		0	0	.283		58	724
	Tim Teufel	ph-2b	30.009	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.241		49	555
3	Dave Magadan	1b	25.290	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.305		58	153
4	Darryl Strawberry	rf	26.126	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.288		86	755
5	Kevin McReynolds	lf	28.274	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.289		81	728
6	Howard Johnson	3b	27.230	B	3	0	2	0		1	1	.250		87	654
7	Mackey Sasser	c	25.348	L	4	1	1	0		0	1	.286		31	45
8	Keith Miller	ss	25.034	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.217		21	46
	Roger McDowell	p	27.208	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.429		37	230
9	Dwight Gooden	p	23.243	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.208		20	142
	Lee Mazzilli	ph	33.113	B	0	0	0	1		0	0	.167		38	1369
	Kevin Elster	ss	23.348	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.222		85	109
Totals

Errors: Keith Miller

2B: Kevin McReynolds (19)

HR: Darryl Strawberry (23)

RBI: Darryl Strawberry (57), Kevin McReynolds (53), Lee Mazzilli (9)

SF: Lee Mazzilli (2)

GDP: Mackey Sasser (2)

SB: Howard Johnson (19)

CS: Lenny Dykstra (7), Howard Johnson (5)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron Gant	2b	23.136	R	4	1	1	0		1	1	.255		75	96
2	Ken Oberkfell	3b	32.073	L	5	0	3	1		0	0	.273		84	1278
3	Gerald Perry	1b	27.260	L	5	0	1	0		0	1	.336		72	502
4	Dale Murphy	rf	32.126	R	4	0	0	0		1	1	.218		85	1604
5	Andres Thomas	ss	24.249	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.263		85	284
6	Dion James	cf	25.250	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.275		78	369
7	Gary Roenicke	lf	33.224	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.234		42	1056
8	Bruce Benedict	c	32.333	R	0	0	0	1		2	0	.255		41	863
	Ted Simmons	ph	38.342	B	0	0	0	0		1	0	.250		38	2416
9	Pete Smith	p	22.140	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.071		17	23
	Jim Morrison	ph	35.297	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.202		42	1056
Totals

Errors: Dion James

2B: Ken Oberkfell (13), Andres Thomas (14)

RBI: Ken Oberkfell (29), Bruce Benedict (13)

SH: Bruce Benedict (3)

GDP: Pete Smith (1)

SB: Ron Gant 2 (9), Gerald Perry 2 (21), Andres Thomas (3), Dion James 3 (7)

New York Mets - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dwight Gooden	R		6.0	7	2	2	3	4	0		3.03	1.18		20	144
2	Ed Nunez	R	W 2-4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		7.71	1.98		15	206
3	Roger McDowell	R	SV 9	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0		2.33	1.21		36	229
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dwight Gooden (93-58-35), Ed Nunez (18-12-6), Roger McDowell (29-14-15)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Pete Smith	R		7.0	7	2	2	3	1	1		4.96	1.61		19	25
2	Paul Assenmacher	L	L 4-5	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0		3.86	1.31		43	156
3	Jose Alvarez	R		1.0	1	0	0	1	3	0		3.22	1.53		33	41
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pete Smith (110-66-44), Paul Assenmacher (16-11-5), Jose Alvarez (21-13-8)