Pirates @ Mets
July 30, 1988

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Bottom 7 R H E
Pirates 0 4 1
Mets 2 6 0
Bottom 7 R H E
Pirates 0 4 1
Mets 2 7 0

Wally Backman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .287
OBP .000 .371
At Bats 3 195
Hits 0 56
• Singles 0 51
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 0 11

Dave Rucker Season Stats

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Shea Stadium - July 30, 1988
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Single
Dave Rucker
Tom Prince
Mike Diaz
Jose Lind
Bobby Bonilla
Rafael Belliard
Barry Bonds
Andy Van Slyke
R.J. Reynolds
Wally Backman
Count: 2-1, 1 Out
Count: 2-1, 1 Out

Backman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Dave Rucker now pitching. Dykstra hits a fly ball into left field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Orestes Destrade pinch hits for Brian Fisher. Destrade strikes out.
Top 7 Belliard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Prince strikes out.
Top 7 Reynolds strikes out.
Bottom 6 Fernandez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Elster hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Elster moves to second.
Bottom 6 There goes Johnson. The throw from Prince and he is safe. Johnson steals second.
Bottom 6 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bonilla fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 McReynolds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bonilla fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Bonilla takes first base on ball four. Lind moves to second.
Top 6 Van Slyke strikes out.
Top 6 Lind hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bonds strikes out.
Bottom 5 Strawberry strikes out.
Bottom 5 Magadan hits a fly ball into right field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dykstra moves to third.
Bottom 5 Backman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dykstra moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dykstra hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Fisher strikes out.
Top 5 Belliard strikes out.
Top 5 Prince strikes out.
Bottom 4 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Elster hits a popup, foul, towards first. Diaz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Carter strikes out.
Top 4 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Diaz hits a fly ball into center field. Dykstra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bonilla hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Van Slyke strikes out.
Bottom 3 McReynolds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bonilla fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Strawberry hits a fly ball into center field. Van Slyke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Magadan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lind strikes out.
Top 3 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Fisher strikes out.
Bottom 2 Backman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dykstra takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Elster bunts towards first. Diaz scoops it up and throws to first, with Lind covering, for the out. Carter moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Carter moves to second.
Bottom 2 Carter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Belliard hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Backman catches it and throws to first to double up Prince.
Top 2 Prince takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Reynolds hits a line drive into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McReynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Strawberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Backman moves to third.
Bottom 1 Magadan hits a line drive into center field. Van Slyke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Backman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lind fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Lind.
Bottom 1 Fisher fires to first and picks off Dykstra.
Bottom 1 Dykstra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Diaz hits a fly ball into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bonilla hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bonds moves to second.
Top 1 Van Slyke hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Carter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lind strikes out.
Top 1 Bonds takes first base on ball four.