|  | RECAP
 | 
BOX SCORE
 | 
GAME LOG
 | GAMECAST 
 
|  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |  
| St. Louis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 |  
| NY Mets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |  
 
 
| ST LOUIS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |  
| Vina 2b Renteria ss
 Edmonds cf
 Clark 1b
 Lankford lf
 a-Mcgwire ph
 Paquette lf
 Tatis 3b
 Drew rf
 Hernandez c
 Andy Benes p
 b-R Wilkins ph
 James p
 Veres p
 Totals
 | 5 4
 5
 3
 2
 1
 2
 3
 5
 5
 3
 1
 0
 0
 39
 | 1 2
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 8
 | 2 2
 1
 2
 1
 0
 1
 1
 2
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 14
 | 1 2
 2
 0
 1
 0
 0
 1
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 8
 | 0 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 | 0 0
 2
 1
 1
 0
 0
 1
 2
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 9
 | 0 1
 4
 0
 2
 3
 0
 4
 3
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 19
 | .296 .364
 .393
 .364
 .313
 .333
 .167
 .250
 .267
 .238
 .333
 .000
 .000
 .000
 
 | 
 
a-flied to left for Lankford in the 4th; b-popped to shortstop
for Andy Benes in the 9th.
 
 BATTING2B:  Edmonds (5, Reed); Tatis (2, White).
 S:  Renteria,
Andy Benes.
 SF:  Tatis.
 Rbi:  Edmonds 2 (9), Lankford (4), Tatis
(2), Renteria 2 (3), Hernandez (2), Vina (4).
 Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out:  Drew 1, Mcgwire 2, Edmonds 1,
Hernandez 1.
 Team LOB:  10.
 
 FIELDINGDP: 2 (Tatis-Vina-Clark, Vina-Clark).
 
 
 
| NY METS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |  
| Perez rf Alfonzo 2b
 Piazza c
 Ventura 3b
 Zeile 1b
 Agbayani lf
 Payton cf
 Bordick ss
 c-M Franco ph
 Reed p
 Rusch p
 a-Hamilton ph
 White p
 b-Harris ph
 Cook p
 Wendell p
 d-Trammell ph
 Totals
 | 4 4
 4
 3
 4
 3
 3
 2
 1
 1
 0
 1
 0
 1
 0
 0
 1
 32
 | 1 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 | 1 2
 1
 0
 2
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 7
 | 0 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 | 0 0
 0
 1
 0
 1
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 4
 | 0 0
 0
 0
 2
 0
 2
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 1
 8
 | 0 0
 2
 1
 0
 0
 3
 1
 2
 0
 0
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 13
 | .258 .357
 .292
 .130
 .240
 .308
 .179
 .111
 .000
 .000
 .000
 .333
 .000
 .000
 .000
 .000
 .000
 
 | 
 
a-flied to center for Rusch in the 4th; b-struck out for White
in the 7th; c-struck out for Bordick in the 9th; d-struck out
for Wendell in the 9th.
 
 BATTINGRunners left in scoring position, 2 out:  Hamilton 1,
Trammell 1.
 Gidp:  Piazza, Payton.
 Team LOB:  7.
 
 FIELDINGE:  Ventura (1, ground ball).
 Outfield assists:  Perez
(Clark at home).
 
 
 Pitching
 
 
| ST LOUIS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |  
| Andy Benes (W, 1-0) James
 Veres
 | 8 0
 1
 | 6 1
 0
 | 2 0
 0
 | 2 0
 0
 | 3 1
 0
 | 5 0
 3
 | 0 0
 0
 | 2.25 5.06
 0.00
 | 
 
 
| NY METS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |  
| Reed (L, 0-1) Rusch
 White
 Cook
 Wendell
 | 3 1/3 2/3
 3
 1
 1
 | 8 0
 5
 1
 0
 | 5 0
 3
 0
 0
 | 4 0
 3
 0
 0
 | 1 0
 1
 0
 0
 | 4 1
 1
 2
 1
 | 0 0
 0
 0
 0
 | 5.79 0.00
 4.76
 0.00
 0.00
 | 
 
James pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.
 
HBP: Clark (by Rusch).Pitches-strikes: Reed 65-42; Rusch 9-6;
White 49-34; Cook 20-15; Wendell 11-9; Andy Benes 115-65; James
8-4; Veres 13-9.
 Ground balls-fly balls: Reed 0-6; Rusch 0-1;
White 6-1; Cook 1-0; Wendell 0-2; Andy Benes 8-11; James 0-0;
Veres 0-0.
 Batters faced: Reed 20; Rusch 3; White 15; Cook 4;
Wendell 3; Andy Benes 31; James 2; Veres 3.
 Umpires: HP: Ed Rapuano. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Dana Demuth.
3B--Steve Rippley.
 LF: Bruce Froemming.
 RF: Tim Tschida.
 T: 3:23.
 Att: 55,693.
 Weather: 76 degrees, sunny.
 Wind: 6
mph, in from left.
 
 |  | 
 
 ALSO SEE
 Baseball Scoreboard
 
 St. Louis Clubhouse
 
 NY Mets Clubhouse
 
 BOXSCORES
 NY Yankees 5
 Seattle 0
 
St. Louis 8NY Mets 2
 
  
  
 |