National League
                          St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets
                        4-Aug-1997 at Flushing, NY (Shea Stadium)

St. Louis Cardinals 2 (52-59)                 New York Mets 4 (62-48)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
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Delino DeShields 2b........  4  0  1  0       Lance Johnson cf...........  4  1  3  2
Willie McGee cf............  4  0  0  0       Bernard Gilkey lf..........  3  0  0  0
John Mabry rf..............  4  0  1  0       John Olerud 1b.............  3  0  1  1
 Scarborough Green pr......  0  0  0  0       Todd Hundley c.............  4  0  0  0
Mark McGwire 1b............  4  0  0  0       Edgardo Alfonzo 3b.........  3  1  0  0
Gary Gaetti 3b.............  4  1  1  0       Carl Everett rf............  2  0  0  0
Ron Gant lf................  3  1  1  0        Cory Lidle p..............  0  0  0  0
Mike DiFelice c............  3  0  1  0        Butch Huskey ph...........  1  0  1  0
Royce Clayton ss...........  3  0  1  2        John Franco p.............  0  0  0  0
Manny Aybar p..............  2  0  0  0       Jason Hardtke 2b...........  4  0  1  1
 Mark Petkovsek p..........  0  0  0  0       Rey Ordonez ss.............  3  1  1  0
 Scott Livingstone ph......  1  0  0  0       Rick Reed p................  1  1  1  0
 Curtis King p.............  0  0  0  0        Alex Ochoa ph/rf..........  1  0  0  0
Totals..................... 32  2  6  2       Totals..................... 29  4  8  4

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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St. Louis Cardinals. 020 000 000 -  2  6  0
New York Mets....... 002 011 00X -  4  8  0
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DP - Mets 1. LOB - Cardinals 3; Mets 6. 2B - DeShields; Huskey; Reed. 3B - Clayton;
Johnson 2. HBP - Alfonzo; Everett. SH - Reed. CS - Johnson.

St. Louis Cardinals            IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Manny Aybar  L,0-1.........   5.1  7  4  4  2  4   0  0  2  0   20 25   5  5
Mark Petkovsek ............   1.2  0  0  0  0  1   1  0  0  0    5  5   1  3
Curtis King ...............   1.0  1  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    4  4   0  2

New York Mets                  IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Rick Reed  W,10-4..........   6.0  4  2  2  0  4   0  0  0  0   22 22   6  8
Cory Lidle ................   2.0  1  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    7  7   2  3
John Franco  S,29..........   1.0  1  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    3  3   0  1

WP - Petkovsek. HBP - by Aybar (Alfonzo); by Aybar (Everett).

Strikeouts - McGee; Mabry; McGwire 2; Aybar; Livingstone; Johnson; Gilkey; Hundley;
Alfonzo; Everett; Ordonez. Walks - Gilkey; Olerud.

Umpires - HP: Ed Rapuano  1B: Gerry Davis  2B: Brian Gorman  3B: Bill Hohn
Start: 19:44   Time: 2:16

Game notes:
HP umpire Rapuano injured in 5th inning; 2B umpire Gorman took over
Rain delay 1:27, bottom 6th
Game: 0804-2

National League
St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets - Play-by-Play
4-Aug-1997 at Flushing, NY (Shea Stadium)

St. Louis Cardinals starters: 7/2b DeShields; 51/cf McGee; 47/rf Mabry; 25/1b McGwire; 8/3b Gaetti; 5/lf Gant; 37/c DiFelice; 11/ss Clayton; 38/p Aybar
New York Mets starters: 1/cf Johnson; 23/lf Gilkey; 5/1b Olerud; 9/c Hundley; 13/3b Alfonzo; 3/rf Everett; 19/2b Hardtke; 0/ss Ordonez; 35/p Reed

St. Louis Cardinals 1st - DeShields flied out to cf. McGee flied out to cf. Mabry struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 1st - Johnson singled to right center. Johnson out at second c to ss, caught stealing. Gilkey struck out swinging. Olerud grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

St. Louis Cardinals 2nd - McGwire popped up to 2b. Gaetti singled to right field. Gant singled through the right side; Gaetti advanced to second. DiFelice popped up to ss. Clayton tripled to left field, 2 RBI; Gant scored; Gaetti scored. Aybar struck out looking. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

New York Mets 2nd - Hundley flied out to lf. Alfonzo struck out swinging. Everett struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

St. Louis Cardinals 3rd - DeShields doubled to right field. McGee flied out to cf; DeShields advanced to third. Mabry popped up to ss. McGwire grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

New York Mets 3rd - Hardtke popped up to 2b. Ordonez singled through the left side. Reed out at first p to 2b, SAC; Ordonez advanced to second. Johnson tripled to right field, RBI; Ordonez scored. Gilkey walked. Olerud singled to left field, RBI; Gilkey advanced to second; Johnson scored. Hundley flied out to lf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

St. Louis Cardinals 4th - Gaetti grounded out to ss. Gant grounded out to ss. DiFelice grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 4th - Alfonzo flied out to cf. Everett grounded out to 1b unassisted. Hardtke grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

St. Louis Cardinals 5th - Clayton grounded out to ss. Aybar grounded out to 3b. DeShields grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 5th - Ordonez struck out swinging. Reed doubled down the lf line. Johnson tripled to center field, RBI; Reed scored. Gilkey grounded out to ss. Olerud walked. Hundley flied out to lf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

St. Louis Cardinals 6th - McGee struck out swinging. Mabry grounded out to p. McGwire struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 6th - Alfonzo hit by pitch. Everett hit by pitch; Alfonzo advanced to second. Hardtke singled to right field, RBI; Everett advanced to second, out at third rf to 3b; Alfonzo scored. Rain delay 21:21 - 22:48 (1:27). Petkovsek to p for Aybar. Hardtke advanced to second on a wild pitch. Ordonez grounded out to 3b. Ochoa pinch hit for Reed. Ochoa lined out to ss. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

St. Louis Cardinals 7th - Lidle to p for Everett. Ochoa to rf. Gaetti grounded out to 3b. Gant flied out to cf. DiFelice singled to second base. Clayton grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

New York Mets 7th - Johnson struck out swinging. Gilkey grounded out to 3b. Olerud out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

St. Louis Cardinals 8th - Livingstone pinch hit for Petkovsek. Livingstone struck out swinging. DeShields grounded out to 3b. McGee flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 8th - King to p for Livingstone. Hundley struck out swinging. Alfonzo grounded out to 3b. Huskey pinch hit for Lidle. Huskey doubled to left field. Hardtke grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

St. Louis Cardinals 9th - JFranco to p for Huskey. Mabry singled to first base. Green pinch ran for Mabry. McGwire struck out swinging. Gaetti grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Green out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.


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