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New York Mets @ Philadelphia Phillies

1997-05-23 · Night game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 15501 · 70°F, night, dry · Wind 8 mph to CF · 2:31

Philadelphia Phillies defeated New York Mets 2–1. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 2nd. Garrett Stephenson earned the win and Ricky Bottalico picked up the save. Bernard Gilkey went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Garrett Stephenson L: Dave Mlicki SV: Ricky Bottalico

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

New York Mets — batting

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gregg Jefferies	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mickey Morandini	4	0	1	0	0	1
Scott Rolen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Darren Daulton	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rob Butler	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rico Brogna	3	1	1	0	0	1
Mark Parent	3	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Stocker	3	1	1	1	0	0
Garrett Stephenson	2	0	0	0	0	2
Kevin Jordan	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Mlicki	6.0	5	1	4
Cory Lidle	2.0	2	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Garrett Stephenson	6.0	3	3	4
Jerry Spradlin	1.0	1	0	2
Ken Ryan	0.1	0	2	0
Ricky Bottalico	1.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carl Everett: 8/F8LM
Edgardo Alfonzo: W
John Olerud: CS2(24)
John Olerud: HP
Todd Hundley: K

Bot 1

Gregg Jefferies: 63/G6
Mickey Morandini: S7/L78M/R4
Scott Rolen: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1
Darren Daulton: SB2/R6
Darren Daulton: W
Rob Butler: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Top 2

Bernard Gilkey: HR/L7D.B-H
Carlos Baerga: W
Butch Huskey: 53/G5.1-2
Rey Ordonez: 63/G6.2-3
Dave Mlicki: K

Bot 2

Rico Brogna: D7/L7LD
Mark Parent: 43/G4.2-3
Kevin Stocker: D8/L8LXD/R6.3-H
Garrett Stephenson: K
Gregg Jefferies: S8/G6M/R3.2-H
Mickey Morandini: 43/G4

Top 3

Carl Everett: 43/G4M
Edgardo Alfonzo: 7/F78D
John Olerud: W
Todd Hundley: D4/G3L/R3.1-3
Bernard Gilkey: 9/L89XD

Bot 3

Scott Rolen: 63/G6
Darren Daulton: 43/G34D
Rob Butler: S8/G4M/R4
Rico Brogna: K

Top 4

Carlos Baerga: 1/G3S
Butch Huskey: 9/F9D
Rey Ordonez: 4/P4MD

Bot 4

Mark Parent: 63/G6M
Kevin Stocker: 3/G3
Garrett Stephenson: K

Top 5

Dave Mlicki: K
Carl Everett: K
Edgardo Alfonzo: 13/G13

Bot 5

Gregg Jefferies: 8/L8LM
Mickey Morandini: K
Scott Rolen: 8/F8RXD

Top 6

John Olerud: 8/F89D
Todd Hundley: 7/F78S
Bernard Gilkey: D7/L7LM/R6
Carlos Baerga: 3/G3

Bot 6

Darren Daulton: 2/P25F
Rob Butler: 7/F78M
Rico Brogna: 3/G3

Top 7

Butch Huskey: S9/G34/R4
Rey Ordonez: WP.1-2
Rey Ordonez: K
Matt Franco: 6/L6
Carl Everett: K

Bot 7

Mark Parent: S8/G6M/R6
Kevin Stocker: 3/G3.1-2
Kevin Jordan: S9/L9LM/R2.2-3
Gregg Jefferies: 8/F8LM/R3
Mickey Morandini: 64(1)/FO/G4M

Top 8

Edgardo Alfonzo: W
John Olerud: W.1-2
Todd Hundley: 46(1)/FO/G4.2-3;B-1
Bernard Gilkey: HP.1-2
Carlos Baerga: 7/DP/L7S.3XH(72)

Bot 8

Scott Rolen: 53/G5L
Darren Daulton: 8/F8LM
Rob Butler: 43/G4

Top 9

Butch Huskey: 43/G4D
Steve Bieser: 7/F7M
Alex Ochoa: 43/G4