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Sleep To Baseball Podcast Episode 11

Mets @ Giants - 28 August, 1987

Game Summary

• Final Score: Mets 4, Giants 0 Baseball-Reference.com+7Baseball-Reference.com+7YouTube+7
• Attendance: 36,507
• Game Duration: 2 hours 45 minutes Baseball-Reference.com+2Baseball-Reference.com+2ESPN.com+2

⚾ Key Highlights

• Dominant Shutdown by Dwight Gooden:
  Gooden earned the win, going the distance with a complete-game shutout, allowing only 5 hits and striking out 8, improving to 12–4 on the season .
• Strong Mets Offense:
  The Mets plated one run in the 6th inning and then exploded for 3 insurance runs in the 9th, providing a comfortable cushion ESPN.com+1Baseball-Reference.com+1.
• Clean Game by Mets Defense:
  New York committed zero errors, while the Giants had four, contributing to San Francisco’s inability to rally YouTube+9Baseball-Reference.com+9sports.yahoo.com+9Baseball Almanac+1Baseball Almanac+1.

🎯 Final Takeaway

Dwight Gooden's masterful performance combined with timely hitting and flawless defense propelled the Mets to a 4–0 victory over the Giants, highlighted by a full-game shutout from one of the league's most dominant young pitchers.