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Florida Marlins @ New York Mets

1997-07-04 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 38076 · 84°F, night, dry · Wind 18 mph L to R · 2:49

New York Mets defeated Florida Marlins 6–2. New York Mets put up 2 in the 2nd. Rick Reed earned the win and Greg McMichael picked up the save. Bernard Gilkey went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rick Reed L: Al Leiter SV: Greg McMichael

Umpires — HP: Dana DeMuth · 1B: Jerry Meals · 2B: Charlie Reliford · 3B: Angel Hernandez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Florida Marlins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Kurt Abbott	4	0	1	0	1
Edgar Renteria	4	0	2	0	0
Jim Eisenreich	4	1	1	0	1
Gary Sheffield	4	1	2	2	0
Moises Alou	4	0	1	0	1
Bobby Bonilla	4	0	0	0	3
Jeff Conine	4	0	1	0	0
Charles Johnson	3	0	0	0	0
Al Leiter	2	0	0	0	1
John Cangelosi	1	0	0	0	1

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	4	1	1	0	1	0
Edgardo Alfonzo	3	0	1	0	1	0
John Olerud	4	1	0	0	1	0
Bernard Gilkey	4	1	2	3	1	1
Butch Huskey	4	1	1	0	0	0
Carlos Baerga	3	1	0	0	1	0
Todd Pratt	3	1	2	3	1	0
Shawn Gilbert	3	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Reed	2	0	0	0	1	0
Carl Everett	1	0	1	0	0	0
Luis Lopez	0	0	0	0	1	0
Greg McMichael	1	0	0	0	0	1

Florida Marlins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Leiter	4.1	6	5	1
Mark Hutton	1.2	0	2	1
Rick Helling	1.0	1	0	0
Matt Whisenant	1.0	1	1	1

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Rick Reed	6.0	8	6
Cory Lidle	1.0	0	1
Greg McMichael	2.0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kurt Abbott: K
Edgar Renteria: 63
Jim Eisenreich: S3/G
Gary Sheffield: HR/7D.1-H
Moises Alou: K

Bot 1

Lance Johnson: S7/G56
Edgardo Alfonzo: W.1-2
John Olerud: 6/P
Bernard Gilkey: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Butch Huskey: 8/F

Top 2

Bobby Bonilla: K
Jeff Conine: 53
Charles Johnson: 43

Bot 2

Carlos Baerga: W
Todd Pratt: HR/78XD.1-H
Shawn Gilbert: 7/F
Rick Reed: 53/BG
Lance Johnson: W
Edgardo Alfonzo: S7.1-2
John Olerud: SB3
John Olerud: 6/L

Top 3

Al Leiter: K
Kurt Abbott: S6/G56D
Edgar Renteria: S7.1-2
Jim Eisenreich: K
Gary Sheffield: 7/F

Bot 3

Bernard Gilkey: K
Butch Huskey: D7
Carlos Baerga: 43.2-3
Todd Pratt: S1.3-H
Shawn Gilbert: 6/L

Top 4

Moises Alou: S9
Bobby Bonilla: 36(1)/FO
Jeff Conine: S8.1-2
Charles Johnson: 8/F.2-3
Al Leiter: 43

Bot 4

Rick Reed: 6/P
Lance Johnson: 8/F
Edgardo Alfonzo: 7/F

Top 5

Kurt Abbott: 63
Edgar Renteria: S8
Jim Eisenreich: 7(B)3(1)/DP/F

Bot 5

John Olerud: W
Bernard Gilkey: HR/78XD.1-H
Butch Huskey: 4/P
Carlos Baerga: E5/G.B-1
Todd Pratt: W.1-2
Shawn Gilbert: K
Rick Reed: W.2-3;1-2
Lance Johnson: 9/F

Top 6

Gary Sheffield: S6/G
Moises Alou: SB2
Moises Alou: 6/P
Bobby Bonilla: K
Jeff Conine: 63

Bot 6

Edgardo Alfonzo: 7/L
John Olerud: 31
Bernard Gilkey: W
Butch Huskey: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Charles Johnson: 8/F
John Cangelosi: K/C
Kurt Abbott: 63

Bot 7

Carlos Baerga: 8/F
Todd Pratt: 43
Carl Everett: S7
Luis Lopez: POCS2(13)

Top 8

Edgar Renteria: 8/F
Jim Eisenreich: 13
Gary Sheffield: 9/F

Bot 8

Luis Lopez: W
Lance Johnson: E4/TH2/R6.1-2
Edgardo Alfonzo: E1/SH.2-3;1-2
John Olerud: 5(B)5(3)/LDP
Bernard Gilkey: S8.2-H(UR);1-2
Greg McMichael: K

Top 9

Moises Alou: 6/P
Bobby Bonilla: K
Jeff Conine: 5/P

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Matt Whisenant

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