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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Mets

1997-05-03 · Day game · Shea Stadium · Att: 16248 · 54°F, overcast, drizzle, damp · Wind 14 mph L to R · 2:26

New York Mets defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–1. New York Mets put up 2 in the 7th. Rick Reed earned the win. Todd Hundley went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rick Reed L: Andy Benes SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Terry Tata · 1B: Gerry Davis · 2B: Angel Hernandez · 3B: Ed Rapuano · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Delino DeShields	4	0	1	0	1
Royce Clayton	4	0	0	0	2
Ray Lankford	4	0	0	0	1
Ron Gant	3	1	1	0	1
John Mabry	4	0	2	1	1
Dmitri Young	4	0	3	0	0
Tom Lampkin	3	0	1	0	0
Mike Gallego	2	0	0	0	0
Andy Benes	2	0	0	0	1
Willie McGee	1	0	0	0	0
Gary Gaetti	1	0	0	0	0
Brian Jordan	1	0	0	0	0
Danny Sheaffer	1	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carl Everett	4	0	2	2	0	0
Matt Franco	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Olerud	4	1	2	1	0	1
Todd Hundley	2	1	1	2	2	1
Bernard Gilkey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Butch Huskey	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Baerga	4	2	4	0	0	0
Rey Ordonez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Reed	2	0	0	0	0	0
Edgardo Alfonzo	1	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Bieser	0	1	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andy Benes	6.0	5	2	3
Brady Raggio	2.0	4	2	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Reed	7.0	6	0	6
Takashi Kashiwada	2.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: 43/G4
Royce Clayton: K
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 1

Carl Everett: 8/F8RXD
Matt Franco: 3/G3S
John Olerud: 7/F7M

Top 2

Ron Gant: K
John Mabry: 43/G4
Dmitri Young: 43/G4

Bot 2

Todd Hundley: K
Bernard Gilkey: 53/G5L
Butch Huskey: K

Top 3

Tom Lampkin: 31/G34
Mike Gallego: 63/G6
Andy Benes: 63/G6

Bot 3

Carlos Baerga: D9/L9LS/R4
Rey Ordonez: 43/G4.2-3
Rick Reed: 63/G6S
Carl Everett: 6/P56D

Top 4

Delino DeShields: K
Royce Clayton: 63/G6
Ray Lankford: 53/G6M

Bot 4

Matt Franco: 63/G6M
John Olerud: HR/F9D
Todd Hundley: W
Bernard Gilkey: 63/G56.1-2
Butch Huskey: 9/F9S

Top 5

Ron Gant: T8/F8RXD/R3
John Mabry: S8/G4M.3-H
Dmitri Young: S8/G6M/R6.1-2
Tom Lampkin: S7/L7S.2XH(72);1-2
Mike Gallego: 5(2)/FO/G5.1-2
Andy Benes: K

Bot 5

Carlos Baerga: D8/L78XD/R6
Rey Ordonez: 63/G6
Rick Reed: 53/G5S/R6.2-3
Carl Everett: S5/G56.3-H
Edgardo Alfonzo: SB2/R4
Edgardo Alfonzo: W
John Olerud: OA.2X3(26562)

Top 6

Delino DeShields: 63/G6M
Royce Clayton: K
Ray Lankford: 43/G4

Bot 6

John Olerud: K
Todd Hundley: HR/F89XD
Bernard Gilkey: 53/G5
Butch Huskey: 63/G6M

Top 7

Ron Gant: 43/G4M
John Mabry: S8/G4M
Dmitri Young: S9/L9LS/R6.1-3
Tom Lampkin: 6/L6M/R3
Willie McGee: 5/P5S

Bot 7

Carlos Baerga: S3/G34/R1
Rey Ordonez: 14/SH/BG13S.1-2
Steve Bieser: W
Carl Everett: S9/G34/R2.2-H;1-2
Edgardo Alfonzo: 9/F89M/R6
John Olerud: S3/G34.2-3;1-2
Todd Hundley: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bernard Gilkey: 7/F7LS

Top 8

Gary Gaetti: 53/G5
Delino DeShields: S3/BG34S
Royce Clayton: 46(1)/FO/G4M/R3
Ray Lankford: 7/F7M

Bot 8

Butch Huskey: 8/F8RXD
Carlos Baerga: S8/L4MD
Rey Ordonez: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 9

Brian Jordan: 63/G56
John Mabry: K
Dmitri Young: S8/L8RS
Danny Sheaffer: 43/G4M