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New York Mets @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2000-05-11 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 16264 · 65°F, overcast · Wind 5 mph to CF · 2:47

New York Mets defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. New York Mets put up 2 in the 1st. Al Leiter earned the win. Todd Zeile went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Leiter L: Jimmy Anderson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Winters · 1B: Fieldin Culbreth · 2B: Bill Welke · 3B: Bruce Froemming · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	2	0	0	0	2	0
Derek Bell	4	1	1	0	1	1
Edgardo Alfonzo	3	1	0	1	0	2
Mike Piazza	3	0	1	0	1	0
Robin Ventura	3	0	0	0	1	2
Todd Zeile	3	1	2	2	1	0
Benny Agbayani	4	0	2	0	0	0
Kurt Abbott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Leiter	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jay Payton	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chad Hermansen	5	1	2	1	0	0
Mike Benjamin	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jason Kendall	3	0	0	0	1	2
Brian Giles	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Young	4	1	1	0	0	0
Wil Cordero	3	0	1	0	1	0
Pat Meares	4	0	1	0	0	2
Luis Sojo	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jimmy Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bruce Aven	1	0	0	0	0	0
Adrian Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Leiter	9.0	8	2	8

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jimmy Anderson	6.0	6	3	4
Scott Sauerbeck	2.0	0	3	3
Jason Christiansen	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rickey Henderson: W
Derek Bell: D9/L9LD+.1XH(942);B-3(THH)
Edgardo Alfonzo: E9/SF/L89D.3-H;B-2
Mike Piazza: 3/G3.2-3
Robin Ventura: W
Todd Zeile: S9/G4.3-H(UR);1-2
Benny Agbayani: 4/L4

Bot 1

Chad Hermansen: S8/L8LS
Mike Benjamin: 54(1)/FO/G5
Jason Kendall: K
Brian Giles: SB2
Brian Giles: K/C

Top 2

Kurt Abbott: 7/F7D+
Al Leiter: K
Rickey Henderson: 9/F9S

Bot 2

Kevin Young: S/G56
Wil Cordero: S9/P89S.1-2
Pat Meares: 4(1)/FO/P4M.2-3
Luis Sojo: CSH(25E3).3-3;1-2
Luis Sojo: S7/G56.3-H(UR);2-3
Jimmy Anderson: 14/SH.1-2
Chad Hermansen: 9/F89D+

Top 3

Derek Bell: 43/G34
Edgardo Alfonzo: K
Mike Piazza: S/G6MD
Robin Ventura: 3/G3

Bot 3

Mike Benjamin: 4/P3D
Jason Kendall: K
Brian Giles: HP
Kevin Young: 2/FL/P25F

Top 4

Todd Zeile: HR/L9D+
Benny Agbayani: D9/L9LD+
Kurt Abbott: K/C
Al Leiter: CS3(25)
Al Leiter: 63/G6M

Bot 4

Wil Cordero: 13/G13-
Pat Meares: K
Luis Sojo: 9/F9LS

Top 5

Rickey Henderson: 63/G6
Derek Bell: 63/G6
Edgardo Alfonzo: 53/G56

Bot 5

Jimmy Anderson: K
Chad Hermansen: HR/L7LD+
Mike Benjamin: K23
Jason Kendall: W
Brian Giles: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 6

Mike Piazza: 63/G6
Robin Ventura: K
Todd Zeile: W
Benny Agbayani: S/G56S.1-2
Kurt Abbott: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 6

Kevin Young: 53/G56
Wil Cordero: W
Pat Meares: K
Luis Sojo: D9/F9LD.1-3
Bruce Aven: FC5/G5S-.3XH(52);2-3;B-1#

Top 7

Al Leiter: K
Rickey Henderson: W
Derek Bell: SB2
Derek Bell: W
Edgardo Alfonzo: WP.2-3;1-2
Edgardo Alfonzo: K
Mike Piazza: IW
Robin Ventura: K

Bot 7

Chad Hermansen: 4/P4
Mike Benjamin: S/L7S
Jason Kendall: 8/F8LM
Brian Giles: POCS2(136)

Top 8

Todd Zeile: 3/G3
Benny Agbayani: 4/L34
Kurt Abbott: 31/G34S

Bot 8

Brian Giles: 6/P6M
Kevin Young: 6/P6D
Wil Cordero: 5/P5

Top 9

Al Leiter: 43/G4MD
Jay Payton: 9/F89M
Derek Bell: K/C

Bot 9

Pat Meares: S9/L4D
Luis Sojo: 2/FL/P23F
Adrian Brown: K
Chad Hermansen: 3/P34