1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
NY Mets	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	8	2
Houston	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	1

NY METS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Bordick ss De Bell rf Alfonzo 2b J Franco p M Franco 1b Ventura 3b Zeile 1b Benitez p Agbayani lf Mcewing lf Payton cf Pratt c M Hampton p Wendell p a-L Harris ph K Abbott 2b Totals	6 5 3 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 4 5 3 0 1 1 39	0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6	0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 8	0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5	0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7	4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11	5 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 20	.278 .300 .324 .000 .223 .236 .288 .000 .306 .243 .294 .248 .309 .000 .239 .214

a-flied to left for Wendell in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Agbayani (13, W Miller).
HR: Ventura (19, 3rd inning off W Miller 0 on, 2 out); De Bell (15, 9th inning off Dotel 0 on, 2 out); K Abbott (4, 11th inning off J Green 0 on, 1 out).
Rbi -: M Hampton 2 (8), Ventura (60), De Bell (60), K Abbott (8).
2-out rbi: M Hampton, Ventura, De Bell.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bordick 2, De Bell 1, M Franco 1.
Gidp: Zeile.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: De Bell (7, 2nd base off Franklin/Eusebio).

FIELDING
E: Ventura (12, ground ball); J Franco (1, throw).
DP: 2 (Ventura-Zeile, Bordick-M Franco).

HOUSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Lugo 2b Franklin p L Berkman lf G Barker cf Bagwell 1b Hidalgo cf-lf Alou rf Truby 3b Slusarski p a-Mieske ph M Valdes p Dotel p b-D Ward ph J Green p T Cromer 2b Eusebio c Bogar ss W Miller p Spiers 3b Totals	5 0 4 2 5 5 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 2 3 44	1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 12	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5	1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6	1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6	3 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 23	.256 .000 .304 .245 .304 .281 .351 .278 .000 .176 .000 .033 .238 .000 .500 .241 .130 .083 .311

a-popped to shortstop for Slusarski in the 7th; b-grounded to second for Dotel in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Truby (7, M Hampton).
Rbi: Eusebio (21), Bagwell (80), Truby 3 (21).
2-out rbi: Eusebio, Truby 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hidalgo 1, Bogar 1, Eusebio 1, Mieske 1, D Ward 2,: G Barker 1.
Gidp: Hidalgo.
Team LOB: 12.

BASERUNNING
SB: Alou (3, 2nd base off J Franco/Pratt).

FIELDING
E: Truby (6, throw).
DP: 2 (Bogar-Lugo-Bagwell, Spiers-Lugo-Bagwell-Eusebio).


Pitching

NY METS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
M Hampton Wendell J Franco Benitez (W, 3-4)	7 1 1 1/3 1 2/3	9 0 3 0	5 0 0 0	5 0 0 0	3 1 1 1	3 0 1 2	0 0 0 0	3.59 3.32 2.91 2.62

HOUSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
W Miller Slusarski (H, 3) M Valdes (H, 4) Dotel (Bs, 2) J Green (L, 1-1) Franklin	5 1/3 1 2/3 1 1 1 2/3 1/3	6 0 0 1 1 0	4 0 0 1 1 0	3 0 0 1 1 0	5 0 0 0 2 0	5 1 2 1 1 1	1 0 0 1 1 0	6.32 3.79 3.37 5.26 7.88 3.68

WP: M Hampton.
Ibb: Alou (by J Franco).
HBP: Alfonzo (by Slusarski); Agbayani (by J Green).
Pitches-strikes: W Miller 104-60; Slusarski 17-11; M Valdes 14-9; Dotel 14-9; J Green 30-13; Franklin 6-3;: M Hampton 117-66; Wendell 14-8; J Franco 34-17; Benitez 25-14.
Ground balls-fly balls: W Miller 8-3; Slusarski 2-2; M Valdes 1-0; Dotel 0-2; J Green 3-0; Franklin 0-0; M Hampton 11-6; Wendell 0-3;: J Franco 3-0; Benitez 2-1.
Batters faced: W Miller 26; Slusarski 6; M Valdes 3; Dotel 4; J Green 8; Franklin 1; M Hampton 33; Wendell 4;: J Franco 8; Benitez 5.
Umpires: HP: Hunter Wendelstedt. 1B--Al Clark. 2B--Cb Bucknor. 3B--Rick Reed.
T: 3:55.
Att: 36,536.