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Colorado Rockies @ New York Mets

2000-08-15 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 29744 · 75°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph R to L · 2:51

New York Mets defeated Colorado Rockies 4–3. Robert Joseph Jones earned the win and Armando Benitez picked up the save. Todd Helton went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
COL	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	4
NYN	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1		4	10

W: Robert Joseph Jones L: Bobby Chouinard SV: Armando Benitez

Umpires — HP: Lance Barksdale · 1B: Brian Runge · 2B: Ian Lamplugh · 3B: John Shulock · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Juan Pierre	3	1	1	0	1	0
Neifi Perez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Helton	4	1	2	2	0	0
Jeff Cirillo	4	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Walker	4	0	0	0	0	1
Todd Hollandsworth	4	1	0	0	0	1
Ben Petrick	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Frye	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Wasdin	2	0	1	0	0	0
Todd Walker	1	0	0	1	0	0
Butch Huskey	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lenny Harris	4	1	2	1	0	0
Mike Bordick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Benny Agbayani	4	0	1	1	0	2
Mike Piazza	3	1	1	0	1	1
Todd Zeile	3	1	2	1	1	0
Jay Payton	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bubba Trammell	3	0	0	1	0	2
Kurt Abbott	4	1	2	0	0	1
Bobby Jones	2	0	0	0	0	1
Robin Ventura	1	0	0	0	0	1

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Wasdin	4.2	7	2	5
Mike DeJean	1.1	0	0	1
Bobby Chouinard	1.2	3	0	1
Gabe White	0.1	0	0	1

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Jones	8.0	4	1	2
Armando Benitez	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Juan Pierre: S7
Neifi Perez: SB2
Neifi Perez: 8/F8RS+
Todd Helton: D9/L9LM+.2-H
Jeff Cirillo: 53/G56S
Larry Walker: K/C

Bot 1

Lenny Harris: 5/P5S+
Mike Bordick: S7/L56+
Benny Agbayani: SB2
Benny Agbayani: K/C
Mike Piazza: K23

Top 2

Todd Hollandsworth: 3/G3
Ben Petrick: 43/G4+
Jeff Frye: 6/L6

Bot 2

Todd Zeile: 53/G5
Jay Payton: 8/F78D+
Bubba Trammell: K23

Top 3

John Wasdin: 63/G6S
Juan Pierre: W
Neifi Perez: 96(1)/FO/L9S
Todd Helton: 9/F9LD+

Bot 3

Kurt Abbott: S7
Bobby Jones: 34/SH/BG23.1-2
Lenny Harris: S7/L8LS+.2-H;B-2(THH)
Mike Bordick: 3/FL/P3DF+
Benny Agbayani: K

Top 4

Jeff Cirillo: 6/P6
Larry Walker: 5/P56S-
Todd Hollandsworth: 43/G4

Bot 4

Mike Piazza: S8
Todd Zeile: S7/L56+.1-2
Jay Payton: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-3
Bubba Trammell: 8/SF/F8RXD+.3-H
Kurt Abbott: K

Top 5

Ben Petrick: K
Jeff Frye: 3/FL/P3DF+
John Wasdin: S9/L7S+
Juan Pierre: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 5

Bobby Jones: 6/L6
Lenny Harris: D7/L9LM+
Mike Bordick: 9/F9LD+.2-3
Benny Agbayani: D9/F8RXD+.3-H
Mike Piazza: IW
Todd Zeile: W.2-3;1-2
Jay Payton: 4/P4D

Top 6

Neifi Perez: 5/FL/P5F+
Todd Helton: HR/F7D+
Jeff Cirillo: 3/G3+
Larry Walker: 6/P5D+

Bot 6

Bubba Trammell: 53/G
Kurt Abbott: 8/F8LD+
Bobby Jones: K

Top 7

Todd Hollandsworth: E3/G3+.B-2(E9)
Ben Petrick: 13/SH.2-3#
Todd Walker: 3/G3+.3-H(UR)#
Butch Huskey: 3/G#/G34S

Bot 7

Lenny Harris: 9/L9S+
Mike Bordick: 63/G56
Benny Agbayani: 53/G56+

Top 8

Juan Pierre: 63/G6S
Neifi Perez: 3/G#/G3
Todd Helton: 8/L8LS+

Bot 8

Mike Piazza: 53/G56+
Todd Zeile: HR/F7LD+
Jay Payton: S9/L34D+
Bubba Trammell: K
Kurt Abbott: S7.1-2
Robin Ventura: K/C

Top 9

Jeff Cirillo: K/C
Larry Walker: 7/L9M+
Todd Hollandsworth: K