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New York Mets New York Mets @ St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals
4 – 3
Final Busch Stadium I
Linescore
123456789 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 10 0
St. Louis Cardinals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 1
RISP   NYM 4-for-7  ·  STL 4-for-7
Pitching
New York Mets
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Al LeiterW 7.0 3 1 1 1 9 96 61
Armando Benítez 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 9 7
John Franco 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 8 7
Dennis CookS 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 14 9
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Kent MerckerL 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 93 64
Heathcliff Slocumb 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 20 13
Curtis King 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 16 10
Scoring Summary
▼ 2nd Willie McGee out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Benny Agbayani. Fernando Tatis scores. 0–1
▲ 4th Brian McRae singles on a line drive to left fielder Ray Lankford. Mike Piazza scores. Robin Ventura to 2nd. 1–1
▲ 5th Edgardo Alfonzo out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Ray Lankford. Rey Ordonez scores. 2–1
▲ 6th Robin Ventura hits a home run (12). Mike Piazza scores. 4–1
▼ 9th Fernando Tatis singles on a line drive to center fielder Brian McRae. Joe McEwing scores. Edgar Renteria scores. Mark McGwire to 2nd. 4–3
Box Score
New York Mets
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
LFRickey Henderson 3 0 0 0 1 2
2BEdgardo Alfonzo 3 0 1 1 0 0
1BJohn Olerud 4 0 0 0 0 0
CMike Piazza 4 2 2 0 0 1
3BRobin Ventura 4 1 3 2 0 0
CFBrian McRae 4 0 1 1 0 0
RFBenny Agbayani 3 0 0 0 0 3
RFRoger Cedeno 1 0 0 0 0 0
SSRey Ordonez 4 1 3 0 0 0
PAl Leiter 1 0 0 0 0 0
PArmando Benítez 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHBobby Bonilla 1 0 0 0 0 1
PJohn Franco 0 0 0 0 0 0
PDennis Cook 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Louis Cardinals
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
CFJoe McEwing 3 1 1 0 1 2
SSEdgar Renteria 4 1 1 0 0 0
1BMark McGwire 4 0 0 0 0 1
PRManny Aybar 0 0 0 0 0 0
3BFernando Tatis 4 1 2 2 0 2
LFRay Lankford 4 0 1 0 0 2
RFWillie McGee 3 0 0 1 0 1
CEli Marrero 4 0 0 0 0 2
2BPlacido Polanco 3 0 1 0 0 1
PKent Mercker 2 0 0 0 0 1
PHeathcliff Slocumb 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHThomas Howard 1 0 0 0 0 0
PCurtis King 0 0 0 0 0 0