Braves starter Rick Mahler got into trouble right away in the bottom of the first. Pedro Guerrero had an RBI ground out that plated Dave Anderson for the first run. Mike Marshall had an RBI ground out that plated Mike Scioscia for the second run. And then Ken Landreaux blasted a two-run homer to score himself and Greg Brock.
Alejandro Pena, meanwhile, was dealing the nasty stuff. He logged six innings of work, surrendering zero runs and just three hits and two walks. Carlos Diaz, Pat Zachry, and Tom Niedenfuer pitched a scoreless three innings of relief to to blank the hapless Braves.
Winning Pitcher - Alejandro Pena
Losing Pitcher - Rick Mahler
Player of the Game - Mike Scioscia, 3-4, R, threw out Claudell Washington when he tried to steal second base.
The Mets send eleven straight batters to the plate in the first inning before recording their first out. Expos starter Bill Gullickson was yanked after just facing nine hitters. Four Mets had doubles in the inning - Wally Backman, Darryl Strawberry, George Foster, and Keith Hernandez. It was 9-0 before it reached the bottom of the first!
Dwight Gooden didn't look good either, though. He gave up three runs in the bottom half of the inning, which included a Tim Wallach homer. He settled down after that and lasted six total innings before Ed Lynch came in for the final three frames. Wallach managed his second homer of the day in the eighth, but it wasn't enough to overcome that first inning onslaught.
Winning Pitcher - Dwight Gooden
Losing Pitcher - Bill Gullickson
Save - Ed Lynch
Player of the Game - Keith Hernandez, 3-4, 2 2Bs, 2RBI, 2Rs, BB
Hall of Famers in the Game - Tim Raines, Andre Dawson, Gary Carter
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