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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Mets

1990-09-15 · Day game · Shea Stadium · Att: 45202 · 69°F, sunny, dry · 2:32

New York Mets defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–2. New York Mets put up 3 in the 3rd. Frank Viola earned the win and John Franco picked up the save. Dale Murphy went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6
NYN	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		4	7

W: Frank Viola L: Terry Mulholland SV: John Franco

Umpires — HP: Steve Rippley · 1B: Gary Darling · 2B: Bruce Froemming · 3B: Frank Pulli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lenny Dykstra	2	0	0	1	2	1
Dickie Thon	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Kruk	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dale Murphy	4	1	3	1	0	1
Ricky Jordan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Darren Daulton	4	0	1	0	0	2
Charlie Hayes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Randy Ready	2	0	0	0	2	0
Terry Mulholland	2	0	0	0	0	2
Dave Hollins	1	0	0	0	0	1
Von Hayes	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Keith Miller	2	1	0	0	2	0
Dave Magadan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Herr	3	1	0	0	1	0
Darryl Strawberry	4	0	2	0	0	0
Kevin McReynolds	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gregg Jefferies	2	0	0	1	1	0
Howard Johnson	4	1	2	0	0	0
Charlie O'Brien	3	0	0	0	1	1
Frank Viola	3	0	0	0	0	1
Pat Tabler	2	0	2	2	0	0
Daryl Boston	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Terry Mulholland	6.0	6	5	2
Joe Boever	2.0	1	0	1

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Viola	8.0	5	3	9
John Franco	1.0	1	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lenny Dykstra: W
Dickie Thon: 13/G13.1-2
John Kruk: K
Dale Murphy: K

Bot 1

Keith Miller: 63/G6
Dave Magadan: 43/G4
Tom Herr: 43/G4M

Top 2

Ricky Jordan: S8/G6M
Darren Daulton: S4/F8S.1-3
Charlie Hayes: K
Randy Ready: W.1-2
Terry Mulholland: K
Lenny Dykstra: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dickie Thon: 8/F8

Bot 2

Darryl Strawberry: S8/G4M
Kevin McReynolds: K
Gregg Jefferies: W.1-2
Howard Johnson: 7/F7
Charlie O'Brien: WP.2-3;1-2
Charlie O'Brien: I
Frank Viola: K

Top 3

John Kruk: 31/G34
Dale Murphy: S7/G56
Ricky Jordan: 8/F8
Darren Daulton: 5/P56

Bot 3

Keith Miller: W
Dave Magadan: S7/L7.1-2
Tom Herr: W.2-3;1-2
Darryl Strawberry: 5/P5F
Pat Tabler: S8/L78.3-H;2-H;1-3
Gregg Jefferies: 7/SF/L7D.3-H
Howard Johnson: 54(1)/FO/G5

Top 4

Charlie Hayes: 43/G4
Randy Ready: 43/G4
Terry Mulholland: K

Bot 4

Charlie O'Brien: 3/P3F
Frank Viola: 31/G34
Keith Miller: 63/G6

Top 5

Lenny Dykstra: 31/G34
Dickie Thon: K
John Kruk: 63/G6

Bot 5

Dave Magadan: 63/G56
Tom Herr: 8/F8D
Darryl Strawberry: S8/G4M
Pat Tabler: S8/L4M.1-2
Gregg Jefferies: 8/F8XD

Top 6

Dale Murphy: S6/G56
Ricky Jordan: 54(1)3/GDP/G5
Darren Daulton: K

Bot 6

Howard Johnson: S9/F89S
Charlie O'Brien: E1/TH/BG1S.1-3
Frank Viola: 14/SH/BG5S.1-2
Keith Miller: I
Dave Magadan: 43(B)6(1)/GDP/G4.3-H(UR)

Top 7

Charlie Hayes: 53/G56
Randy Ready: 6/L56
Dave Hollins: K

Bot 7

Tom Herr: 43/G4D
Darryl Strawberry: E4/G4D
Daryl Boston: 6/F78S
Gregg Jefferies: 9/F9

Top 8

Lenny Dykstra: K
Dickie Thon: 9/F9
John Kruk: 13/G1

Bot 8

Howard Johnson: S4/L3
Charlie O'Brien: CS2(26)
Charlie O'Brien: K
Frank Viola: 31/G3

Top 9

Dale Murphy: HR/F78D
Ricky Jordan: 53/G5
Darren Daulton: K
Charlie Hayes: S6/G1
Randy Ready: W.1-2
Von Hayes: K

Notes & reviews

Kevin McReynolds ejected by HP umpire Steve Rippley
the run counted because the third out of the inning (the tag play on Keith Miller at 2B) was not a force

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