NYN @ LAN

October 04, 1988

Final Score: NYN 3 - LAN 2

Game Information

Ballpark
Dodger Stadium
Attendance
55,582
Game Duration
165 minutes
Day/Night
Night
Winning Pitcher
Randy Myers
Losing Pitcher
Jay Howell

Umpires

Home Plate
Harry Wendelstedt
First Base
John McSherry
Second Base
Joe West
Third Base
Dutch Rennert

Weather & Field Conditions

Sky
Night
Field Condition
Dry
Precipitation
None

Line Score

NYN @ LAN — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NYN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 1
LAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0

NYN Batting

NYN @ LAN — NYN Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Wally Backman 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Gary Carter 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500
Lenny Dykstra 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Kevin Elster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dwight Gooden 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Keith Hernandez 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Gregg Jefferies 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
Howard Johnson 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Kevin McReynolds 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Randy Myers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Darryl Strawberry 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Mookie Wilson 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Team Totals 32 3 8 3 2 7 2 0 0 0 .250

LAN Batting

NYN @ LAN — LAN Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Rick Dempsey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Kirk Gibson 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Jose Gonzalez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Alfredo Griffin 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Jeff Hamilton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Orel Hershiser 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Jay Howell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mike Marshall 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250
Steve Sax 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333
Mike Scioscia 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333
John Shelby 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Franklin Stubbs 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Tracy Woodson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 31 2 4 2 1 10 1 0 0 1 .129

NYN Pitching

NYN @ LAN — NYN Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Dwight Gooden - 7.0 4 2 2 1 10 0 2.57
Randy Myers (W) W 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Totals 9.0 4 2 2 1 10 0 2.00

LAN Pitching

NYN @ LAN — LAN Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Orel Hershiser - 8.1 7 2 2 1 6 0 2.16
Jay Howell (L) L 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 13.50
Team Totals 9.0 8 3 3 2 7 0 3.00

New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, October 4, 1988

The New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 at Dodger Stadium on October 4, 1988 in the League Championship Series. The margin was one run. Retrosheet records a crowd of 55,582, a game time of 165 minutes, and a night start for this game. Conditions were recorded as night skies. All of the New York Mets scoring came in one inning, 3 runs in the ninth. The Los Angeles Dodgers scored single runs in the first and seventh innings. Hits were 8 for the New York Mets and 4 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, with 1 and 0 errors. The win went to Randy Myers, allowing 0 earned runs on 0 hits in 2.0 innings. Jay Howell took the loss after 0.2 innings and 1 run. Dwight Gooden led all pitchers with 10 strikeouts. For the New York Mets, Gregg Jefferies went 3 for 4. Gary Carter drove in 2 for the New York Mets. The home-plate umpire was Harry Wendelstedt.

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