1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
NY Mets	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	6	15	1
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	5	8	0

NY METS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Ti Perez rf Relaford 2b Piazza c Zeile 1b Agbayani lf Payton cf Mcewing 3b Ordonez ss R Reed p a-L Harris ph Wendell p Cook p J Franco p T Martin p b-Ventura ph c-Alfonzo ph Ri White p d-Pratt ph Benitez p Totals	5 6 4 5 6 6 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 47	0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6	0 3 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15	0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6	0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3	1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8	5 1 1 5 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18	.261 .400 .311 .250 .303 .241 .310 .263 .154 .192 .000 .000 .000 .000 .288 .232 .000 .000 .000

a-singled for R Reed in the 7th; b-pinch-hit for T Martin in the 9th; c-doubled for Ventura in the 9th; d-walked for Ri White in the 10th.

BATTING
2B: Ordonez (5, Veres); Alfonzo (8, Kline).
HR: Piazza (7, 1st inning off D Hermanson 0 on, 2 out); Mcewing (1, 9th inning off Ge Stechschulte 1 on, 0 out).
S: Ti Perez.
Rbi: Piazza (15), L Harris (1), Mcewing 2 (3), Alfonzo (9), Agbayani (4).
2-out rbi: Piazza, L Harris.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ordonez 1, Zeile 2,: Ti Perez 3, Mcewing 2.
Team LOB: 13.

BASERUNNING
SB: Mcewing (3, 2nd base off D Hermanson/M Matheny); Relaford (1, 2nd base off James/M Matheny).

FIELDING
E: Relaford (1, throw).
DP: 1 (Ordonez-Relaford-Zeile).

ST LOUIS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Vina 2b P Polanco 3b James p Edmonds cf Pujols 1b-lf-3b R Lankford lf Kline p K Robinson lf Renteria ss Drew rf M Matheny c b-Bonilla ph D Hermanson p a-Paquette ph Ge Stechschulte p Veres p Sutton 1b Totals	4 4 0 4 5 4 0 1 5 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 38	1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8	0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8	0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 8	.278 .328 .000 .373 .379 .258 .000 .333 .221 .242 .242 .229 .200 .242 1.000 .000 .083

a-hit into fielder's choice for D Hermanson in the 7th; b-grounded to first for M Matheny in the 11th.

BATTING
HR: Edmonds (5, 6th inning off R Reed 1 on, 1 out); Drew (8, 7th inning off Wendell 0 on, 1 out); Pujols (8, 8th inning off J Franco 0 on, 1 out); Renteria (3, 8th inning off J Franco 0 on, 2 out).
S: P Polanco.
Rbi: Edmonds 2 (19), Drew (13), Pujols (26), Renteria (6).
2-out rbi: Renteria.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Hermanson 1, P Polanco 1.
Gidp: Pujols.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: Drew (1, 2nd base by T Martin).


Pitching

NY METS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
R Reed Wendell Cook J Franco T Martin Ri White Benitez (W, 2-0)	6 1/3 2/3 2/3 1/3 1 2	5 1 0 2 0 0 0	2 1 0 2 0 0 0	2 1 0 2 0 0 0	0 1 1 0 1 0 2	6 0 0 2 0 0 0	1 1 0 2 0 0 0	2.15 2.25 0.00 5.19 2.70 2.70 0.75

ST LOUIS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
D Hermanson Ge Stechschulte (H, 3) Veres (H, 3) Kline (Bs, 1) James (L, 1-2)	7 1 0 2 1	6 3 1 3 2	2 2 1 0 1	2 2 1 0 1	1 0 0 2 0	4 3 0 1 0	1 1 0 0 0	6.04 2.84 3.38 1.93 6.17

Ge Stechschulte pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. Veres pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

Ibb: Piazza (by Kline).
HBP: Zeile (by James).
Pitches-strikes: D Hermanson 105-70; Ge Stechschulte 24-17; Veres 5-3; Kline 37-19; James 17-11; R Reed 76-52; Wendell 7-4; Cook 15-7; J Franco 14-8; T Martin 7-3; Ri White 9-7; Benitez 23-11.
Ground balls-fly balls: D Hermanson 6-11; Ge Stechschulte 0-0; Veres 0-0; Kline 4-1; James 3-0; R Reed 10-2; Wendell 1-0; Cook 1-1;: J Franco 0-0; T Martin 0-0; Ri White 2-1; Benitez 3-3.
Batters faced: D Hermanson 28; Ge Stechschulte 6; Veres 1; Kline 11; James 6;: R Reed 23; Wendell 2; Cook 4; J Franco 4; T Martin 1; Ri White 3; Benitez 7.
Umpires: HP: Ron Kulpa. 1B--Wally Bell. 2B--Mark Hirschbeck. 3B--Lance Barksdale.
Ejections: NY Mets' Wendell by Kulpa (7th), NY Mets Manager Valentine by Kulpa (11th).
T: 3:57.
Att: 43,843.
Weather: 74 degrees, clear.
Wind: 10 mph,: left to right.