Giants @ Mets
August 20, 1987

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Bottom 1	R	H	E
Giants	1	2	1
Mets	0	1	0

Bottom 1	R	H	E
Giants	1	2	1
Mets	0	2	0

Wally Backman Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.246
OBP	.000	.298
At Bats	0	252
Hits	0	62
• Singles	0	56
• Doubles	0	5
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	19
RBI’s	0	19

Kelly Downs Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
9	7	0

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

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Shea Stadium - August 20, 1987

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Single

Kelly Downs

Bob Brenly

Will Clark

Robby Thompson

Chris Speier

Jose Uribe

Mike Aldrete

Eddie Milner

Chili Davis

Wally Backman

Lenny Dykstra

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Backman bunts towards the mound. Downs fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dykstra moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 1 Dykstra hits a line drive into right field. Davis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Davis. Dykstra moves to second.

Top 1 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Leach covering, for the out. Aldrete moves to third.

Top 1 Aldrete hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dykstra. Aldrete reaches second base with a double. Thompson scores.

Top 1 There goes Thompson. The throw from Lyons and he is safe. Thompson steals second.

Top 1 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Milner hits a fly ball into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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