The Mets entered the series three games behind the Cardinals & would take two of the three games, getting to one game & heading back home to Shea Stadium to finish the regular season against the Montreal Expos.
Tonight Dwight Gooden (23-4) would take the mound & set more records, closing out his historic Cy Young season. He would go up against the Cardinals twenty game winner, Joaquin Andujar (21-10).
Starting Lineups
1 | Mookie Wilson | CF |
2 | Wally Backman | 2B |
3 | Keith Hernandez | 1B |
4 | Gary Carter | C |
5 | Darryl Strawberry | RF |
6 | George Foster | LF |
7 | Howard Johnson | 3B |
8 | Rafael Santana | SS |
9 | Dwight Gooden | P |
1 | Vince Coleman | LF |
2 | Willie McGee | CF |
3 | Tom Herr | 2B |
4 | Jack Clark | 1B |
5 | Andy Van Slyke | RF |
6 | Terry Pendleton | 3B |
7 | Darrell Porter | C |
8 | Ozzie Smith | SS |
9 | Joaquin Andujar | P |
Trivia: He joined some elite company in MLB history with pitchers, Walter Johnson (1913) Grover Cleveland Alexander (1915 & 1917) Dazzy Vance (1924) Lefty Grove (1930 & 1931) Hal Newhouser (1945) & Sandy Koufax (1963-1965 & 1966) all having done so in the past.
In the 1st inning, Wally Backman singled, stole second & scored on Gary Carter's base hit. In the 2nd, George Foster singled & went to third on Howard Johnson's base hit. Dwight Gooden helped his own cause with an RBI base hit to make it 2-0.
Trivia: It was Gooden's 9th RBI of the seasons. He would drive in nine runs in five times in his Mets career (1985 1988 1990 1992 & 1993).
In the 5th, Rafael Santana doubled & later scored when Mookie Wilson hit into a double play. He would drive in Santana in the 7th with a base hit as well, knocking Andujar out of the game.

The Mets would lose the final game of the series & then lose two of three at home to the Montreal Expos, ending their season in second place (98-64) three games behind the Cardinals. The Cards would beat the Dodgers in the NLCS & lose to the Kansas City Royals in the World Series.
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