1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tampa Bay	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	7	0
NY Mets	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	x	5	5	0

TAMPA BAY	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Winn lf M Guthrie p c-G Vaughn ph Ger Williams cf J Guillen rf Mcgriff 1b Castilla 3b Difelice c Cairo 2b F Martinez ss b-B Trammell ph A Lopez p R White p a-S Cox ph-lf O Guillen pr Totals	3 0 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 34	1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7	0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3	0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9	0 0 2 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 12	.318 .000 .297 .285 .270 .268 .219 .297 .273 .333 .271 .000 .000 .320 .296

a-singled for R White in the 7th; b-popped to second for F Martinez in the 9th; c-struck out for M Guthrie in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Ger Williams (11, Rusch).
HR: Mcgriff (10, 6th inning off Rusch 1 on, 2 out).
Rbi: Mcgriff 3 (41).
2-out rbi: Mcgriff 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ger Williams 2, G Vaughn 1.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Winn (2, 2nd base off Rusch/Pratt).

NY METS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Mora lf De Bell rf Alfonzo 2b Ventura 3b Zeile 1b Pratt c Payton cf K Abbott ss Rusch p Mahomes p a-Mcewing ph J Franco p Benitez p Totals	4 4 4 3 4 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 29	0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2	0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5	1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3	.262 .310 .352 .247 .293 .345 .217 .191 .059 .222 .231 .000 .000

a-flied to right for Mahomes in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Alfonzo (19, R White).
HR: Payton (3, 3rd inning off A Lopez 0 on, 0 out); Pratt (6, 5th inning off A Lopez 0 on, 0 out); Zeile (10, 6th inning off R White 2 on, 1 out).
Rbi: Payton (12), Pratt (15), Zeile 3 (34).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: K Abbott 1.
Team LOB: 3.


Pitching

TAMPA BAY	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
A Lopez R White (L, 1-4; Bs, 2) M Guthrie	5 1 2	3 2 0	2 3 0	2 3 0	1 1 0	4 1 0	2 1 0	5.02 3.92 2.61

NY METS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rusch (W, 3-4) Mahomes (H, 2) J Franco (H, 6) Benitez (S, 14)	6 1 1 1	6 1 0 0	3 0 0 0	3 0 0 0	0 1 0 2	6 0 1 2	1 0 0 0	3.56 4.08 3.47 4.03

Rusch pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP: Mahomes.
HBP: Pratt (by R White).
Pitches-strikes: Rusch 103-69; Mahomes 22-12; J Franco 9-6; Benitez 29-13; A Lopez 56-42;: R White 39-24; M Guthrie 25-16.
Ground balls-fly balls: Rusch 4-8; Mahomes 1-2; J Franco 2-0; Benitez 0-1; A Lopez 8-3; R White 2-0;: M Guthrie 3-3.
Batters faced: Rusch 24; Mahomes 5; J Franco 3;: Benitez 5; A Lopez 19; R White 7; M Guthrie 6.
Umpires: HP: Hunter Wendelstedt. 1B--Al Clark. 2B--Cb Bucknor. 3B--Rick Reed.
T: 2:36 (Plus rain delay for 1 hour 22 minutes in the 3rd).
Att: 24,123.
Weather: 89 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, out to left.