Todays game would be highlighted by two career mile stones for two veteran Mets players.
The starting pitchers were David Cone for New York & Charlie Leibrandt for Atlanta.
Starting Lineups
| 1 | Willie Randolph | 2B |
| 2 | Dick Schofield | SS |
| 3 | Dave Magadan | 3B |
| 4 | Bobby Bonilla | RF |
| 5 | Eddie Murray | 1B |
| 6 | Howard Johnson | CF |
| 7 | Todd Hundley | C |
| 8 | Daryl Boston | LF |
| 9 | David Cone | P |
| 1 | Deion Sanders | CF |
| 2 | Terry Pendleton | 3B |
| 3 | Ron Gant | LF |
| 4 | David Justice | RF |
| 5 | Sid Bream | 1B |
| 6 | Jeff Blauser | 2B |
| 7 | Greg Olson | C |
| 8 | Rafael Belliard | SS |
| 9 | Charlie Leibrandt | P |
The two pitchers matched zeros until the top of the 5th inning. The Mets, Bobby Bonilla singled & Eddie Murray doubled but Bonilla could not score. Howard Johnson came up & doubled bringing in both runners making it 2-0 Mets. Johnson then stole third base and would add another steal later in the 6th inning.
Career Milestone: The mile stone stolen bases put him at 200 steals for his career, making him the 16th player in MLB history to have 200 HRs & 200 stolen bases. In 1989 Johnson had joined Willie Mays & Bobby Bonds as the only two players, at that time, to have multi year 30 HR / 30 stolen base seasons.
Later that inning, Johnson would score in David Cones base hit. Willie Randolph grounded out but another run scored making it 5-0 Mets.
In the 8th inning Eddie Murray had his own career mile stone. Murray hit a solo HR off Marvin Freeman marking the 400th HR of his Hall of Fame career. He would go on to hit 504 career HRs.
This was a highlight in what was to be a bad year for the Mets.After signing high priced free agent duds like Bobby Bonilla, Vince Coleman & Bret Saberhagen, the team was soon dubbed "the worst team money could buy" as they finished two games out of last place at 75-87.
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