1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY Mets	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	12	15	0
St. Louis	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	11	2

NY METS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
De Bell rf Mcewing cf a-Nunnally ph-lf Alfonzo 2b Piazza c Ventura 3b Cook p b-Ma Johnson ph Payton cf Zeile 1b Agbayani lf Wendell p J Franco p Ordonez ss R Reed p R Rodriguez p Mahomes p M Franco 3b Totals	6 3 0 6 2 4 0 1 0 6 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 40	2 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12	1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15	0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12	0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7	2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6	4 0 0 1 0 4 0 3 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 23	.323 .220 .191 .360 .374 .261 .000 .111 .214 .285 .300 .000 .000 .182 .167 .000 .222 .167

a-walked for Mcewing in the 8th; b-struck out for Cook in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Alfonzo (16, Andy Benes); Mcewing (6, Andy Benes); Ventura (11, Andy Benes).
HR: Ventura (11, 1st inning off Andy Benes 2 on, 1 out); Zeile 2 (8, 1st inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 1 out, 8th inning off Veres 3 on, 1 out); Piazza (14, 4th inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 2 out).
S: Mcewing, R Reed, Mahomes.
SF: Payton.
Rbi: Alfonzo (35), Ventura 3 (36), Zeile 5 (29), Piazza 2 (35), Payton (10).
2-out rbi: Piazza.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: R Reed 1, Zeile 4, De Bell 3.
Team LOB: 12.

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Ordonez-Alfonzo-Zeile, Cook-Ordonez-Zeile).

ST LOUIS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Vina 2b Renteria ss Edmonds cf M Mcgwire 1b R Lankford lf Paquette 3b Drew rf Marrero c Andy Benes p M Thompson p a-Dunston ph Slocumb p Veres p J Rodriguez p Holmes p Totals	2 4 3 4 3 5 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 33	2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8	1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11	0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7	3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9	0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10	0 2 2 2 2 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18	.326 .266 .381 .328 .239 .277 .318 .216 .136 .000 .175 .000 .000 .000 .000

a-struck out for M Thompson in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: R Lankford (3, R Reed).
HR: R Lankford (10, 3rd inning off R Reed 1 on, 1 out).
SF: R Lankford.
Rbi: R Lankford 5 (24), Paquette (26), M Mcgwire (47).
2-out rbi: R Lankford 2, Paquette.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Andy Benes 1, Drew 1.
Gidp: Andy Benes, Paquette.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Renteria (4, 2nd base off Mahomes/Piazza).
CS: Drew (2, 2nd base by Cook).
Picked off: Vina (1st base, Mahomes).

FIELDING
E: Paquette 2 (3, ground ball 2).


Pitching

NY METS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
R Reed R Rodriguez Mahomes Cook (W, 4-2) Wendell (H, 6) J Franco	3 0 2 1/3 1 2/3 1 1	7 1 1 1 1 0	5 2 1 0 0 0	5 2 1 0 0 0	3 2 4 0 0 0	2 0 3 1 1 3	1 0 0 0 0 0	4.23 9.43 4.34 5.66 2.97 3.86

ST LOUIS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Andy Benes M Thompson (H, 2) Slocumb (H, 6) Veres (L, 0-2; Bs, 3) J Rodriguez Holmes	5 2 0 1 1/3 2/3	11 1 0 1 1 1	6 0 2 2 2 0	6 0 1 2 0 0	2 2 1 1 1 0	3 1 0 1 0 1	3 0 0 1 0 0	4.60 4.00 5.08 3.75 0.00 10.12

R Rodriguez pitched to 3 batters in the 4th. Slocumb pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

WP: Mahomes.
Balk: R Reed.
Pitches-strikes: Andy Benes 90-56; M Thompson 35-19; Slocumb 11-4; Veres 19-11; J Rodriguez 16-9; Holmes 9-5; R Reed 68-44; R Rodriguez 13-5; Mahomes 49-25; Cook 14-9; Wendell 19-13; J Franco 17-10.
Ground balls-fly balls: Andy Benes 7-5; M Thompson 2-3; Slocumb 0-0; Veres 2-0; J Rodriguez 1-0; Holmes 0-1; R Reed 3-4; R Rodriguez 0-0; Mahomes 1-2; Cook 2-1;: Wendell 2-0; J Franco 0-0.
Batters faced: Andy Benes 28; M Thompson 9; Slocumb 2; Veres 5; J Rodriguez 4; Holmes 3; R Reed 18; R Rodriguez 3;: Mahomes 11; Cook 4; Wendell 4; J Franco 3.
Umpires: HP: Eric Cooper. 1B--Laz Diaz. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Jeffrey Kellogg.
T: 3:53 (Plus rain delay for 36 minutes in the 6th).
Att: 48,690.
Weather: 77 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, right to left.