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

ST LOUIS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Vina 2b Polanco 3b c-Paquette ph Edmonds cf d-Mcgwire ph Davis rf Drew rf e-R Wilkins ph Clark 1b Renteria ss Lankford lf Hernandez c Marrero c Hentgen p Timlin p a-Tatis ph Reames p Ankiel p James p b-Dunston ph Veres p Totals	4 2 1 3 1 3 0 1 3 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 30	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8	1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8	.278 .267 .125 .361 .250 .143 .278 .000 .345 .286 .273 .259 .000 1.000 .000 .231 .000 .000 .000 .429 .000

a-struck out for Timlin in the 5th; b-popped to first for James in the 8th; c-lined to left for Polanco in the 9th; d-grounded to second for Edmonds in the 9th; e-flied to center for Drew in the 9th.

BATTING
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
E: Hernandez (1, throw); Clark (2, catch).

NY METS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Perez rf-cf Alfonzo 2b Piazza c Ventura 3b Zeile 1b Agbayani lf Payton cf Mcewing pr-rf Bordick ss Hampton p Totals	5 4 4 3 4 2 4 0 4 3 33	2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7	2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 10	0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 9	1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3	2 1 3 0 2 1 5 0 7 4 25	.300 .361 .323 .179 .242 .344 .167 1.000 .120 .250

BATTING
2B: Piazza (4, Hentgen); Zeile (4, Hentgen).
S: Hampton.
Rbi: Alfonzo (9), Ventura (7), Zeile 3 (8).
2-out rbi: Zeile 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hampton 2, Bordick 2, Payton 1, Piazza 1.
Team LOB: 13.

BASERUNNING
SB: Perez (3, 2nd base off Hentgen/Hernandez).


Pitching

ST LOUIS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hentgen (L, 0-1) Timlin Reames Ankiel James Veres	3 2/3 1/3 2 2/3 1/3 1	7 0 2 0 0 1	6 0 0 1 0 0	6 0 0 1 0 0	5 1 1 2 0 0	2 0 0 1 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0	14.73 3.60 0.93 15.75 5.40 0.00

NY METS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hampton (W, 2-1)	9	3	0	0	1	8	0	2.11

WP: Ankiel 2.
HBP: Payton (by Veres).
Pitches-strikes: Hampton 120-74; Hentgen 90-46; Timlin 10-6; Reames 36-24; Ankiel 17-8; James 6-3; Veres 17-9.
Ground balls-fly balls: Hampton 11-8; Hentgen 2-7; Timlin 1-0; Reames 3-3; Ankiel 1-0; James 0-1; Veres 1-2.
Batters faced: Hampton 31; Hentgen 23; Timlin 2; Reames 9; Ankiel 4; James 1; Veres 5.
Umpires: HP: Dana Demuth. 1B--Steve Rippley. 2B--Bruce Froemming. 3B--Tim Tschida.
LF: Ed Rapuano.
RF: Dale Scott.
T: 3:17.
Att: 55,695.
Weather: 57 degrees, drizzle.
Wind: 10 mph, left to right.