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New York Mets @ Florida Marlins

1997-09-21 · Day game · Sun Life Stadium · Att: 44176 · 83°F, sunny, dry · Wind 3 mph from CF · 2:38

New York Mets defeated Florida Marlins 2–1. Rick Reed earned the win and Mel Rojas picked up the save. Jason Hardtke went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	8
FLO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5

W: Rick Reed L: Kirt Ojala SV: Mel Rojas

Umpires — HP: Randy Marsh · 1B: Larry Poncino · 2B: Jeff Kellogg · 3B: Brian Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian McRae	5	0	0	0	0	1
Edgardo Alfonzo	4	0	0	0	1	1
Bernard Gilkey	3	1	1	0	2	0
Butch Huskey	4	0	3	0	0	0
Alex Ochoa	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jason Hardtke	4	1	1	1	0	1
Alberto Castillo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rey Ordonez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Reed	4	0	0	0	0	2
Carl Everett	1	0	1	1	0	0
John Olerud	1	0	0	0	0	1

Florida Marlins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Devon White	3	0	0	0	1	1
Edgar Renteria	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Sheffield	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Bonilla	4	1	1	0	0	2
Darren Daulton	4	0	1	1	0	0
Moises Alou	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gregg Zaun	3	0	1	0	0	0
Craig Counsell	3	0	1	0	0	0
Kirt Ojala	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Cangelosi	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Reed	8.2	5	1	3
Mel Rojas	0.1	0	0	0

Florida Marlins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirt Ojala	7.0	5	3	3
Jay Powell	1.0	3	0	1
Rob Stanifer	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brian McRae: 7/L7M
Edgardo Alfonzo: 9/F9M
Bernard Gilkey: W
Butch Huskey: S8/L8LM/R6.1-2
Alex Ochoa: 163/G6M

Bot 1

Devon White: 43/G4
Edgar Renteria: 63/G6M
Gary Sheffield: 53/G5

Top 2

Jason Hardtke: 163/G6M
Alberto Castillo: 43/G4M
Rey Ordonez: 13/G13

Bot 2

Bobby Bonilla: K
Darren Daulton: 7/F7M
Moises Alou: S7/L7LM/R6
Gregg Zaun: S9/G34/R4.1-2
Craig Counsell: 31/G34

Top 3

Rick Reed: 8/F89D
Brian McRae: K
Edgardo Alfonzo: W
Bernard Gilkey: 53/G5S

Bot 3

Kirt Ojala: 6/P5
Devon White: 3/G3
Edgar Renteria: 53/G5

Top 4

Butch Huskey: S8/F8RS/R6
Alex Ochoa: S9/F89S/R6.1-2
Jason Hardtke: POCS3(2562).1-2
Jason Hardtke: K
Alberto Castillo: 63/G56

Bot 4

Gary Sheffield: 63/G56D
Bobby Bonilla: K
Darren Daulton: 5/P5F

Top 5

Rey Ordonez: 53/G5
Rick Reed: K
Brian McRae: 13/G15

Bot 5

Moises Alou: 7/L7M
Gregg Zaun: 7/F7M
Craig Counsell: S8/L4MD/R6
Kirt Ojala: 5/P5DF

Top 6

Edgardo Alfonzo: 53/G5L
Bernard Gilkey: W
Butch Huskey: 36(1)/FO/G3S/R1
Alex Ochoa: 63/G6M

Bot 6

Devon White: W
Edgar Renteria: 13/SH/BG13S.1-2
Gary Sheffield: 7/F78S/R6
Bobby Bonilla: 13/G13

Top 7

Jason Hardtke: HR/F7LD
Alberto Castillo: 5/BL5S
Rey Ordonez: S7/L78D.B-2(E7)
Rick Reed: 63/G6M.2-3
Brian McRae: 63/G56

Bot 7

Darren Daulton: 7/F78D
Moises Alou: 53/G56
Gregg Zaun: 43/G34

Top 8

Edgardo Alfonzo: 23/G2R
Bernard Gilkey: S7/L56D/R6
Butch Huskey: S8/L78M/R4.1-3
Carl Everett: S8/G4M/R4.3-H;1-2
Jason Hardtke: 3E1/G3.2-3;1-2
John Olerud: K
Rey Ordonez: 5(2)/FO/G5L

Bot 8

Craig Counsell: 7/L7D
John Cangelosi: 3/G3
Devon White: K

Top 9

Rick Reed: K
Brian McRae: 3E1/G3L
Edgardo Alfonzo: K
Bernard Gilkey: 9/L9M

Bot 9

Edgar Renteria: 53/G56S
Gary Sheffield: 2/P2LF
Bobby Bonilla: S7/L7S/R6
Darren Daulton: D7/F7LDW/R6.1-H
Moises Alou: 53/G5

Notes & reviews

Mets manager Valentine ejected by 1B umpire Poncino for arguing Ochoa was safe at 1st

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