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Gooden is 8-1 lifetime against Los Angeles, including 4-0 at Dodger Stadium with a 0.34 ERA. Mets catcher Gary Carter likes his team’s chances. “I’ll take Darryl Strawberry over (Kirk) Gibson,” he said. “I’ll take Ke vin McReynolds over (John) Shelby. I’ll take Keith Hernandez over (Franklin) Stubbs, Howard Johnson over (Alfredo) Griffin, (Gregg) Jef feries over (Terry) Woodson or (Jeff) Hamilton. I’ll take Backman- Teufel over (Steve) Sax, me over (Mike) Scioscia. Man for man, we have the edge.” First base Mets: Keith Hernandez Hernandez missed about two months with a hamstring pull in his right leg and the Mets were a .500 team without him. The 10-time Gold Glove winner is the team leader on and off the field. Hernandez is one of the best two-strike hitters in the game and can hit left-handed pitch ing. Dodgers: Franklin Stubbs Stubbs has power but has not lived up to expectations. In 1985, he hit 32 homers for Class AAA Albuquer que. He hit 16 homers for the Dodg ers last season but slipped to eight this year. Stubbs made 13 errors this season and is slow around the bag. In his career, Stubbs’ average is less than .200 after the All-Star break. Edge: Mets. Second base Mets: Wally Backman Backman started the season as Tim Teufel’s backup but played his way back into the starting lineup by hitting around .300 since May. Man ager Davey Johnson didn’t think Backman was getting on base enough in 1987. Considered only an average fielder, Backman has been solid in 1988 and has made only four errors. His 49 strikeouts are too much for a No. 2 hitter and Johnson has been batting him eighth lately. Dodgers: Steve Sax Sax is the key player on offense for the Dodgers in this series. The Dodgers need to get the lead early and Sax figures to be the man to get them going. Sax struck out 51 times, too high for a leadoff batter. Sax was 10-for-46 against the Mets this sea son but stole only one base against a team that has lots of trouble throw ing out runners. Edge: Dodgers. Shortstop Mets: Howard Johnson-Kevin Elster NEW YORK METS EASTERN DIVISION LOS ANGELES DODGERS WESTERN DIVISION Johnson played third base most of the season but will see most of his playing time in the playoffs at short stop as Gregg Jefferies takes over at third base. The Mets expect this to be a low-scoring series, and Johnson provides more power than the slick- fielding Elster. Johnson had a career year in 1987 when he hit 36 homers with 99 RBI. He slipped to 24 hom ers and 68 RBI in 1988 and fanned 104 times. Johnson has lots of trou ble hitting the curve ball and every body knows it. His defense is shaky at short, so if he does start, expect Elster to move in late in the game. Dodgers: Alfredo Griffin A good series could provide a measure of revenge and redemption for Griffin. On May 21 at Dodger Stadium, Griffin suffered a broken wrist w'hen he was hit by a Gooden fastball. He had trouble getting started and stayed around .200 the rest of the season. Griffin even showed signs of slowing down in the field with 15 errors. He showed signs of coming around late in the year and can be pesky. He only walked 24 times, but that was actu ally an improvement. Edge: Mets. Third base Mets: Gregg Jefferies When Jefferies was called up from Class AAA Tidewater in late August, the Mets already had a seven-game lead over Pittsburgh. But his offense sparked a team that had trouble scoring runs much of the season. He was named NL player of the week (ending Sept. 11) when he went ll-for-25 with eight runs scored, three homers and eight RBI. When Jefferies made his first start at third base on Aug. 28, he became the 84th third baseman in Mets’ his tory. Dodgers: Jeff Hamilton Hamilton provides steady de fense, but if the truth be known, the Dodgers will be looking for a third baseman during the winter. For a singles hitter, Hamilton stikes out too much (51 in 307 at bats). Edge: Mets. Left field Mets: Kevin McReynolds McReynolds has been the Mets’ MVP this season. He does every thing well but doesn’t attract much attention. McReynolds, who is 21- for-21 in steals this season, leads all NL outfielders in assists and has hit over .300 with runners in scoring position. Dodgers-Kirk Gibson Gibson is the front-runner for NL MVP because many feel he has changed the Dodgers into winners with his hard-nosed attitude. Gibson has been plagued by nagging inju ries late in the season and his final power numbers might be a little low for an MVP. He has a weak arm and is only a fair outfielder. Edge: Mets. Center Field Mets: Mookie Wilson-Len Dykstra Dykstra, a hero of the Mets 1986 championship team, was named a regular in July, but Wilson got hot and took over. Along with Jefferies, Wilson was given credit for sparking the Mets in late August. He drove in six runs against the Dodgers this sea son but also struck out 10 times in 47 at-bats. Dodgers: John Shelby Shelby, acquired from Baltimore for reliever Tom Niedenfuer in May 1987, has been a pleasant surprise for the Dodgers. He hit 21 homers in 1987 but slipped to 10 this year. Still, he has home run potential and good speed. The Mets think his weakness is off-speed pitches. Edge: Even Right Field Mets:Darryl Strawberry Along with McReynolds and Gib son, a strong candidate for MVP. Strawberry seemed a cinch for the award but had a slump in late July and August. Still, he led the league in homers (37). Strawberry is a streak hitter and picked up the last few weeks of the season. He has a strong arm but most of his throws to the plate are off-line. Dodgers: Mike Marshall The Dodgers need better produc tion from Marshall against the Mets. During the regular season, he was 5- for-26 with one double. Marshall en joyed a relatively healthy year and led the Dodgers in RBI. Like Straw berry, he’ll never win any awards for fielding. Edge: Mets. Catchers Mets: Gary Carter Carter, 34, seemed to have spent most of the summer looking for his 300th homer. He finally got it, but the season was a personal disap pointment. The combination of New York pitchers not holding runners on and Carter’s throwing problems makes the Mets an easy target to steal against. The Dodgers were 12- of-16 during the regular season and need to exploit this weakness more. Dodgers: Mike Scioscia Scioscia is a great defensive catcher who is tough to strike out. Scioscia bats second and is often used in hit-and-run situations. He is slow and will have problems scoring from second on a single. Against left-hander Sid Fernandez, the Dodgers will probably start veteran Rick Dempsey. Dempsey, the MVP of the 1983 World Series won by Baltimore, hit seven homers this sea son. Edge: Dodgers. Starters Mets The Mets, who led the majors in ERA, will go with Gooden, David Cone, Ron Darling and Sid Fernan dez. Cone has emerged as the best of the group and finished the season with a 20-3 record with 213 strike outs and a 2.22 ERA. Darling is much tougher at home and will start Game 3 at Shea. Fernandez allowed only 127 hits in 187 innings and fanned 189. As a staff, the Mets av eraged just more than 2‘/2 walks per game. Dodgers After Hershiser, it’s John Tudor (if healthy) Tim Leary and rookie Tim Belcher. Tudor had to leave Friday’s start in the second inning with muscle spasms in his hip and is uncertain. Fernando Valenzuela looked good in two appearances af ter coming off the DL with a sore shoulder and could be a factor in long relief. Leary has been in a slump, allowing 22 earned runs in his last 25 innings, and may start Game 4 with Belcher moving up to Game 3. Edge: Even. Relievers Mets If the Mets have the lead late in the game, Randy Myers usually is a good bet to keep it. Myers was 7-3 with 25 saves and a 1.75 ERA. Roger McDowell, 16 saves, has been incon sistent the last few weeks. The Mets rely on his sinker when they need a double play. Terry Leach (7-2, 2.54) is the Mets’ long reliever. Dodgers The Dodgers knew they needed a better bullpen to win and they found it with the acquisitions of Jay Howell (21 saves) and Jesse Orosco. Former starter Alejandro Pena has also been strong in long relief (1.93 ERA). Or- soco was the winning pitcher for the Mets in Game 6 of the NL playoffs against Houston in 1986 and got the save in Game 7 of the World Series. Edge: Even. Bench Mets By starting Jefferies, Davey John son has all sorts of options in the in field. Among the infielders, he has Teufel, Elster and Dave Magadan. The top pinch hitters are Mackey Sasser and veteran Lee Mazzilli. Dodgers The Dodgers can’t match the Mets bench, but in low-scoring games they may not need to. Best pinch hitters are former Met Danny Heep and Mike Davis. Davis was signed to a big contract as a free agent but had a poor season, hitting .198 with two homers. Tracy Woodson can play first and third and has some power. Edge: Mets. Managers Davey Johnson manages with computers and Tommy Lasorda with his heart. Both work. Johnson is the only manager in NL history to win 90 or more games in his first five seasons and Lasorda has won six NL West titles and the World Series in 1981. Edge: Even. Prediction: The Dodgers will be tougher for the Mets than during the regular season, but New York should win in six.