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April 18, 1988

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Phillies 10 12 2
Mets 7 10 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 10 12 2
Mets 7 10 1

Howard Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .179
OBP .500 .319
At Bats 3 39
Hits 1 7
• Singles 1 5
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 8
RBI’s 0 3

Kent Tekulve Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
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Shea Stadium - April 18, 1988
Out
Kent Tekulve
Lance Parrish
Von Hayes
Juan Samuel
Mike Schmidt
Steve Jeltz
Phil Bradley
Bob Dernier
Chris James
Howard Johnson
Gary Carter
Darryl Strawberry

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 10 12 2 10
New York Mets 7 10 1 9
Winning Pitcher Bruce Ruffin
Losing Pitcher Rick Aguilera
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Chris James
Attendance 14,931
Time of Game 3 hours 49 minutes
Count: 1-0, 2 Outs
Count: 1-0, 0 Outs

End of Game

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

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Carter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hernandez scores. Strawberry moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 McReynolds hits a fly ball into center field. Dernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Strawberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hernandez moves to second.
Bottom 9 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Samuel misplays the ball. That's an error on Samuel.
Bottom 9 Bob Dernier now playing center field. Kent Tekulve now pitching. Teufel bunts towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Thompson is hit by the pitch.
Top 9 Luis Aguayo pinch hits for Greg Harris. Aguayo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Aguayo for the out.
Top 9 Randy Myers now pitching. Jeltz strikes out.
Bottom 8 Dave Magadan pinch hits for David Cone. Magadan hits a fly ball into left field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dykstra hits a fly ball into left field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Elster hits a fly ball into left field. Bradley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 James strikes out.
Top 8 Parrish strikes out.
Top 8 Hayes strikes out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Schmidt goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Schmidt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to home to get Strawberry. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 There goes Strawberry. The throw from Parrish and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 7 McReynolds strikes out.
Bottom 7 Strawberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Samuel strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Harris moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Top 7 Bradley strikes out.
Top 7 Thompson takes first base on ball four. Harris moves to second.
Top 7 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 David Cone now pitching. Lenny Dykstra now playing center field. Jeltz hits a popup towards third. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeltz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Teufel hits a popup towards short. Jeltz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Greg Harris now pitching. Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeltz fields it and throws to second for the out. Johnson scores. Elster moves to third.
Bottom 6 Lenny Dykstra pinch hits for Gene Walter. Dykstra takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to third. Elster moves to second.
Bottom 6 Wally Ritchie now pitching. Elster takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Carter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 McReynolds takes first base on ball four. Strawberry moves to second.
Bottom 6 Strawberry takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 James strikes out.
Top 6 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson juggles the ball. That's an error on Johnson. Schmidt scores. Hayes moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Hayes hits a popup into left field, out of the reach of McReynolds. Hayes reaches second base with a double. Bradley scores. Samuel scores. Schmidt moves to third.
Top 6 Schmidt takes first base on ball four. Bradley moves to third. Samuel moves to second.
Top 6 Samuel takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 The umpire calls a balk on Walter Bradley moves to second.
Top 6 Bradley takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gene Walter now pitching. Ruffin strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Bottom 5 Teufel hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Wilson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Wally Backman pinch hits for Terry Leach. Backman strikes out.
Top 5 Jeltz hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Teufel reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 James hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hayes tags and scores.
Top 5 Parrish hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McReynolds. Parrish reaches second base with a double. Samuel scores. Hayes moves to third.
Top 5 Hayes is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Samuel moves to third.
Top 5 There goes Samuel. The throw from Carter and he is safe. Samuel steals second.
Top 5 Samuel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Elster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards second. Teufel scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 4 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leach fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Terry Leach now pitching. Ruffin strikes out.
Top 4 Jeltz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McReynolds. Jeltz reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 James hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Parrish moves to third.
Top 4 Parrish hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson. Parrish reaches second base with a double. Hayes goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Hayes hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 McReynolds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Strawberry hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Bradley. Strawberry reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Wilson scores.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hayes scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hernandez for the out. Aguilera scores. Wilson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Teufel strikes out.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Bradley. Wilson reaches second base with a double. Aguilera moves to third.
Bottom 3 Aguilera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Schmidt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Samuel is hit by the pitch. Bradley moves to second.
Top 3 Bradley hits a popup into left field for a base hit. Ruffin scores.
Top 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ruffin moves to second.
Top 3 Ruffin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Jeltz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jeltz for the out.
Bottom 2 Elster hits a line drive into center field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeltz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Carter moves to second.
Bottom 2 Carter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 McReynolds strikes out.
Bottom 2 Strawberry strikes out.
Top 2 James hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Hayes. The throw from Carter and he is safe. Hayes steals second.
Top 2 Parrish strikes out.
Top 2 Hayes takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Schmidt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeltz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Teufel hits a line drive into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wilson strikes out.
Top 1 Samuel strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Thompson. The throw from Carter and he is out, Elster applying the tag.
Top 1 Bradley strikes out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.