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Florida Marlins @ New York Mets

2001-08-31 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 23020 · 79°F, cloudy · Wind 5 mph R to L · 2:26

New York Mets defeated Florida Marlins 6–1. New York Mets put up 4 in the 7th. Al Leiter earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Al Leiter L: Brad Penny SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dave Phillips · 1B: Mark Wegner · 2B: Lance Barksdale · 3B: Rick Reed · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Florida Marlins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Castillo	3	0	1	0	1	0
Eric Owens	4	0	0	0	0	1
Preston Wilson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Lowell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Millar	4	0	1	0	0	0
Derrek Lee	3	1	1	0	1	1
Charles Johnson	4	0	1	1	0	1
Alex Gonzalez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Brad Penny	3	0	1	0	0	1

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Lawton	4	0	1	2	0	0
Edgardo Alfonzo	4	0	1	1	0	0
Tsuyoshi Shinjo	3	0	2	0	0	1
Mike Piazza	3	0	0	0	1	0
Robin Ventura	4	0	0	0	0	2
Todd Zeile	3	1	1	0	1	1
Benny Agbayani	4	2	1	0	0	0
Rey Ordonez	4	2	2	1	0	0
Al Leiter	3	1	1	2	0	0

Florida Marlins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brad Penny	6.0	8	1	3
Benito Baez	1.0	1	1	1
Juan Acevedo	1.0	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Leiter	8.0	5	2	7
Jerrod Riggan	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Castillo: 63/G6
Eric Owens: K
Preston Wilson: K

Bot 1

Matt Lawton: 63/G6
Edgardo Alfonzo: 53/G56S
Tsuyoshi Shinjo: HP
Mike Piazza: 9/F89S

Top 2

Mike Lowell: 53/G
Kevin Millar: S7/L5D-
Derrek Lee: D7/L5D+.1-3
Charles Johnson: K/C
Alex Gonzalez: 53/G

Bot 2

Robin Ventura: K/C
Todd Zeile: W
Benny Agbayani: 13/G13+.1-2
Rey Ordonez: 53/G56S-

Top 3

Brad Penny: S7/L6D-
Luis Castillo: S7/7S.1-2
Eric Owens: 56(2)/FO/BG56S.1-2
Preston Wilson: 8/F78XD+
Mike Lowell: K

Bot 3

Al Leiter: 7/P7S
Matt Lawton: 13/G13+
Edgardo Alfonzo: 43/G4+

Top 4

Kevin Millar: 9/F9D
Derrek Lee: W
Charles Johnson: D7/F78XD+.1-H
Alex Gonzalez: 3/P34
Brad Penny: FC5/G56S.2X3(5);B-1

Bot 4

Tsuyoshi Shinjo: S7/7S
Mike Piazza: 9(B)6(1)/FDP/F9LD+
Robin Ventura: K

Top 5

Luis Castillo: 53/G56S
Eric Owens: 7/F7LM
Preston Wilson: K

Bot 5

Todd Zeile: K/C
Benny Agbayani: E6/G6-
Rey Ordonez: D9/L9LM+.1-3
Al Leiter: 3/FL/BP23F
Matt Lawton: S7/L7S+.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Edgardo Alfonzo: 53/G5

Top 6

Mike Lowell: 43/G4M
Kevin Millar: 3/P3
Derrek Lee: 53/G5+

Bot 6

Tsuyoshi Shinjo: S8/L6MD+
Mike Piazza: 9/F9D
Robin Ventura: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 7

Charles Johnson: 43/G4S-
Alex Gonzalez: K23
Brad Penny: K

Bot 7

Todd Zeile: S9/L9S+
Benny Agbayani: D/L89M+.1-3
Rey Ordonez: S8/G6M+.3-H;2-3
Al Leiter: T/L78M+.3-H;1-H
Matt Lawton: 3/FL/P3F
Edgardo Alfonzo: S7/L7S+.3-H
Tsuyoshi Shinjo: K
Mike Piazza: W.1-2
Robin Ventura: 13/G34S-

Top 8

Luis Castillo: W
Eric Owens: 4/L4-
Preston Wilson: 8/F8LD
Mike Lowell: 8/F78M

Bot 8

Todd Zeile: 63/G6
Benny Agbayani: 63/G6
Rey Ordonez: 9/L9D+

Top 9

Kevin Millar: 7/F78S
Derrek Lee: K/C
Charles Johnson: 7/F7M