AFR Game of the Week

I decided to go ahead and play Steve Tower's Game of The Week challenge. I don't have any Dodger/Mets games coming up for any projects I've currently got underway so I decided to start a mini-project. I have the cards for Statis Pro Baseball for the 1988 season. Naturally, the Dodgers beat the A's in a World Series stunner, but even before going to the World Series, the were underdogs in the NLCS vs the Mets. The Mets won 100 games that year which was 6 more than LA, but the Dodgers won the series in 7 games.

 In Game 1 of my replay, the Dodgers got a clutch Mike Marshall homer in the first to jump out to a 2-0 lead vs Dwight Gooden. With Hershiser on the hill for LA, runs would be a premium. New York was able to scratch out a run in the second however after which both pitchers put up zeroes until the bottom of the 6th when the Dodgers scored two more. The Mets were able to break through for another run in the 8th off Orel to make it 4-2, but couldn't score in the 9th despite bringing the tying run to the plate vs closer Jay Howell.

 Orel Hershiser was the star for the Dodgers going 8 innings and giving up two runs in the win. At the plate, John Shelby had a great day, going four for four including a double. Mike Marshall hit the only homer and the Mets were held without an extra base hit. The Kid, Gary Carter, was the Mets offensive star going 2 for 3 with a walk.

 Game 2 will feature Tim Belcher throwing the first pitch for the Dodgers, while David Cone will take the mound for the visiting Mets.  Dodgers 4, Mets 2

Dodgers 4, Mets 2 Tuesday, October 4, 1988 Mets (0-1) Dodgers (1-0) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Wilson cf lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Sax 2b 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 .000 Jefferies 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .250 Stubbs 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 12 1 0 1 .500 Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 .000 Woodson ph 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000 Gibson lf 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 .667 McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 Marshall rf 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Shelby cf 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 Johnson ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .500 Scioscia c 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 .000 Carter c 3 0 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 .667 Hamilton 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 .000 Backman 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 .333 Griffin ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 0 1 .250 Gooden p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 .500 Hershiser p 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 Dykstra ph cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .000 Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Howell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 -- - - -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- - - -- -- -- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 2 8 2 3 4 24 9 0 7 Totals 32 4 10 4 4 4 27 11 0 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - Mets 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 0 Dodgers 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 10 0 LOB- Mets 7, Dodgers 10; 2B- Shelby(1), Stubbs(1); 3B- Gibson(1); HR- Marshall(1); RBI- Backman(1), Hernandez(1), Gibson(1), Marshall 2(2), Stubbs(1); SB- Sax(1); SH- Hershiser(1); SF- Hernandez(1); GIDP- Backman(1), Jefferies(1), Marshall(1); RLSP- Backman, Gooden 2, McReynolds, Griffin, Hamilton 3, Marshall, Stubbs; DP- Mets 1, Dodgers 2; Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Gooden(L 0-1) 7.0 10 4 4 4 4 1 5.14 Myers 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Hershiser(W 1-0) 8.0 8 2 2 2 3 0 2.25 Howell(S,1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 Batters faced- Gooden 35, Myers 3, Hershiser 32, Howell 4; HBP- Gibson(by Gooden);