1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY Mets	0	1	0	1	2	4	1	0	1	10	14	0
Chicago Cubs	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	8	14	2

NY METS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Mora ss De Bell rf Piazza c Zeile 1b Benitez p Ventura 3b Payton cf Agbayani lf Mcewing 2b Rusch p a-Pratt ph Wendell p Cook p J Franco p M Franco 1b M Hampton p Mahomes p K Abbott 2b Totals	6 4 5 5 0 3 5 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 42	2 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10	2 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14	2 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10	0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6	0 2 2 1 0 2 6 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20	.259 .294 .365 .308 .000 .234 .262 .278 .267 .053 .313 .000 .000 .000 .204 .344 .222 .209

a-reached on error for Rusch in the 6th.

BATTING
2B: Zeile 2 (21, Garibay, Karchner); Payton (8, Garibay); K Abbott (5, Garibay); Mora (2, Karchner).
HR: Ventura (13, 2nd inning off Downs 0 on, 0 out); Piazza (17, 5th inning off Garibay 1 on, 2 out); Agbayani 2 (3, 7th inning off Karchner 0 on, 0 out, 9th inning off Worrell 0 on, 0 out).
SF: Agbayani.
Rbi: Ventura (42), Agbayani 3 (15), Piazza 3 (46), K Abbott (4), Mora 2 (14).
2-out rbi: Piazza 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ventura 1, Payton 3.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: De Bell (E Young at home).

CHICAGO CUBS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
E Young 2b Girardi c Sosa rf Grace 1b G Hill lf Buford cf C Meyers 3b Karchner p b-Matthews Jr ph Worrell p c-B Brown ph Ojeda ss d-H Rodriguez ph Downs p a-K Wood ph Garibay p W Greene 3b Totals	2 4 5 5 5 5 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 37	0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8	2 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14	1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 8	2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 9	1 3 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15	.319 .296 .307 .314 .228 .268 .231 .000 .000 .000 .229 .261 .254 .056 .214 .000 .234

a-struck out for Downs in the 2nd; b-walked for Karchner in the 7th; c-struck out for Worrell in the 9th; d-struck out for Ojeda in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: C Meyers (2, Rusch); Grace (10, Wendell).
3B: E Young (1, Wendell).
HR: Ojeda (1, 2nd inning off Mahomes 0 on, 1 out).
S: Garibay.
SF: E Young.
Rbi: Grace (30), Ojeda 3 (4), E Young (23), Girardi (17), G Hill (19), W Greene (18).
2-out rbi: Girardi, Ojeda 2, W Greene.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Buford 1, Sosa 1, Grace 1, Girardi 2.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
CS: E Young (4, 2nd base by M Hampton).

FIELDING
E: E Young (7, ground ball); C Meyers (2, ground ball).


Pitching

NY METS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
M Hampton Mahomes Rusch (W, 4-4) Wendell Cook (H, 6) J Franco (H, 8) Benitez (S, 16)	1 2 2 1 2/3 0 1 1 1/3	3 2 3 4 2 0 0	1 1 2 4 0 0 0	1 1 2 4 0 0 0	1 1 1 1 1 0 0	2 2 2 0 0 1 2	0 1 0 0 0 0 0	4.04 4.34 4.26 3.96 6.31 3.29 3.55

CHICAGO CUBS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Downs Garibay (L, 1-2) Karchner Worrell	2 3 1/3 1 2/3 2	2 6 4 2	1 6 2 1	1 4 2 1	1 0 1 1	1 3 1 1	1 1 1 1	5.31 4.19 6.14 0.87

Cook pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

WP: Karchner.
Ibb: Ventura (by Worrell).
Pitches-strikes: Downs 49-34; Garibay 78-48; Karchner 38-20; Worrell 32-18; M Hampton 32-19; Mahomes 41-25; Rusch 40-24; Wendell 28-19; Cook 14-7;: J Franco 18-11; Benitez 16-11.
Ground balls-fly balls: Downs 0-5; Garibay 4-3; Karchner 2-2; Worrell 1-4; M Hampton 0-0; Mahomes 1-3;: Rusch 3-1; Wendell 2-2; Cook 0-0; J Franco 2-0; Benitez 0-2.
Batters faced: Downs 9; Garibay 18; Karchner 10; Worrell 9; M Hampton 6; Mahomes 9; Rusch 10; Wendell 9; Cook 3; J Franco 3;: Benitez 4.
Umpires: HP: Mike Winters. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--Bruce Froemming. 3B--Fieldin Culbreth.
T: 3:40. (Plus rain delays of 35 minutes in the 1st, 1 hour and 58 minutes in the 2nd, 50 minutes in the 4th).
Att: 38,625.
Weather: 72 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 14 mph,: left to right.