The New York fans enjoyed the offense provided by Carter. He smashed a bases-empty bomb in the 4th inning and bombed a two-run dinger in the 7th inning. New York had 10 hits for the afternoon.
Gooden(19-7) allowed 1 run on the game. The loss was charged to Rick Rhoden(11-15). He gave up 10 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings.