1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY Mets	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	8	3
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9	0

NY METS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Perez rf Alfonzo 2b Piazza c Ventura 3b Zeile 1b Agbayani lf Mcewing pr-lf Payton cf Bordick ss Abbott pr-ss Hampton p J Franco p a-Hamilton ph b-Trammell ph Benitez p Totals	5 3 4 2 4 4 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 33	1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6	1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8	0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6	0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2	1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10	.273 .286 .278 .125 .111 .316 1.000 .190 .133 .000 .400 .000 .500 .000 .000

a-pinch-hit for J Franco in the 9th; b-struck out for Hamilton in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Perez (2, Kile); Piazza (2, Kile).
HR: Zeile (1, 9th inning off James 0 on, 0 out); Payton (1, 9th inning off James 1 on, 0 out).
SF: Ventura.
Rbi: Piazza (1), Ventura (3), Alfonzo (6), Zeile (1), Payton 2 (4).
2-out rbi: Alfonzo.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Agbayani 1.
Gidp: Perez.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
E: Agbayani (1, ground ball); Abbott (1, throw); Perez (1, ground ball).

ST LOUIS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Vina 2b Renteria ss Edmonds cf Davis rf Clark 1b Hernandez c Marrero pr-c Drew lf b-Dunston ph-lf Polanco 3b James p Christiansen p c-Lankford ph Kile p a-Tatis ph-3b Totals	4 5 5 5 3 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 37	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2	1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3	0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5	2 3 4 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 19	.294 .231 .526 .111 .267 .267 .000 .111 .500 .308 .000 .000 .273 .000 .000

a-struck out for Kile in the 7th; b-lined to left for Drew in the 8th; c-doubled for Christiansen in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Clark (1, Hampton); Lankford (2, Benitez).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hernandez 2, Clark 1, Edmonds 2,: Drew 1, Davis 1.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
DP: 1 (Christiansen-Renteria-Clark).


Pitching

NY METS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hampton (W, 1-1) J Franco (H, 1) Benitez	7 1 1	6 1 2	0 0 2	0 0 0	3 0 0	4 1 0	0 0 0	3.65 0.00 4.50

ST LOUIS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Kile (L, 1-1) James Christiansen	7 1 1	5 3 0	3 3 0	3 3 0	2 0 0	1 0 1	0 2 0	3.21 5.06 0.00

James pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.

WP: Kile, Hampton.
HBP: Bordick (by James).
Pitches-strikes: Kile 83-53; James 25-16; Christiansen 8-6; Hampton 112-66;: J Franco 16-10; Benitez 21-13.
Ground balls-fly balls: Kile 11-9; James 1-2; Christiansen 2-0; Hampton 11-6; J Franco 0-2; Benitez 1-2.
Batters faced: Kile 28; James 7; Christiansen 2; Hampton 30;: J Franco 4; Benitez 6.
Umpires: HP: Bruce Froemming. 1B--Tim Tschida. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Dale Scott.
LF: Dana Demuth.
RF: Steve Rippley.
T: 3:08.
Att: 52,255.
Weather: 69 degrees, clear.
Wind: 9 mph,: in from center.