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MONTREAL (AP) – Since his contributions came in a winning cause,
Lee Stevens allowed himself to savor an outstanding day at the
plate.
|  | | Lee Stevens hits the second of his two homers Saturday; he finished with a career-high 6 RBI.
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Stevens homered twice and had a career-high six RBI while
Javier Vazquez pitched seven shutout innings as the Montreal Expos
romped to a 10-0 win over the New York Mets Saturday.
"We won, so I feel good," Stevens said. "Javier Vazquez
pitched an outstanding game. He was really aggressive and we were
able to go out and score some runs. It was a total team effort."
Stevens, who went 3-for-4, hit an RBI single in the second off
Steve Trachsel (0-1). He drove a two-run shot in the fourth and
added a three-run homer off the Mets newcomer in the fifth.
"It's just one of those days when things went your way,"
Stevens said. "I got some good swings on some balls and some guys
in front of me got on base so I had RBI situations."
Making his second start of the season, Vazquez (1-0) held New
York to four hits – two by Japanese rookie Tsuyoshi Shinjo – and
didn't issue a walk while striking out nine.
"All my pitches were working today," Vazquez said. "I was
throwing strikes. That was the key."
Scott Stewart and Ugueth Urbina each pitched a hitless inning of
relief to complete the Expos' first shutout.
Randy Knorr hit a two-run homer in the sixth for Montreal's
third homer off Trachsel, who was making his Mets debut.
"I just think he threw a pitch he didn't want to throw," Knorr
said.
Fernando Tatis' sacrifice fly in the fifth and run-scoring
single in the sixth accounted for Montreal's other runs off
Trachsel, who tied a career high with 10 runs allowed on nine hits
in five-plus innings.
"They came out swinging and they didn't let me get away with
much," Trachsel said.
Vladimir Guerrero doubled to lead off the second. Stevens
followed with a single to right and Guerrero appeared to hold at
third before continuing on home after right fielder Timo Perez
misplayed the ball, though he wasn't charged with an error by the
official scorer.
There wasn't any debate over the validity of Stevens' five other
RBI as he drove Trachsel's first pitch to him in the fourth for a
two-run homer to right, and added a three-run homer to center after
Tatis had made it 4-0 with a sacrifice fly in the fifth.
Vazquez singled following Knorr's two-run homer in the sixth to
chase Trachsel. Tatis added an RBI single two outs later to
complete Trachsel's line.
"The mistakes, I just didn't get away with them," Trachsel
said. "I make one mistake and it's a home run. I made a couple of
good pitches and then make another mistake, and it was another home
run. I just wasn't able to get away with anything."
Game notes
Trachsel also allowed 10 runs to Milwaukee on July 1, 1999
when he was pitching for the Chicago Cubs. Pat Mahomes was the last
Mets pitcher to allow that many runs in a game when he allowed 10
runs at San Diego last Aug. 22. ... Shinjo made a leaping catch at
the center field wall to catch Guerrero's towering drive to end the
sixth. ... Stevens' previous career high was five RBI against the
Chicago Cubs last May 14. ... Vazquez threw exactly 100 pitches, 66
for strikes. ... there were 15,317 on hand for the Expos'
children's opening day promotion which featured plate appearance
announcements over the public address system by several different
youngsters.
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