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New York Mets @ Tampa Bay Rays

2001-06-09 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 19235 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind R to L · 2:50

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated New York Mets 5–2. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 3 in the 3rd. Tanyon Sturtze earned the win and Travis Phelps picked up the save. Robin Ventura went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tanyon Sturtze L: Al Leiter SV: Travis Phelps

Umpires — HP: Joe Brinkman · 1B: Matt Hollowell · 2B: Derryl Cousins · 3B: Jeff Nelson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Benny Agbayani	5	0	2	0	0	0
Edgardo Alfonzo	5	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Piazza	4	1	1	1	1	0
Robin Ventura	4	1	2	1	0	0
Todd Zeile	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mark Johnson	2	0	0	0	1	1
Tsuyoshi Shinjo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Darryl Hamilton	2	0	0	0	2	0
Rey Ordonez	3	0	2	0	0	0
Joe McEwing	1	0	1	0	0	0
Lenny Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Randy Winn	3	2	1	1	1	0
Gerald Williams	4	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Vaughn	2	0	1	2	1	0
Fred McGriff	4	1	1	1	0	1
Russ Johnson	2	0	0	0	1	0
Aubrey Huff	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Difelice	3	0	0	0	1	0
Andy Sheets	4	1	1	0	0	1
Damian Rolls	3	1	2	0	0	1

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Leiter	6.0	4	3	1
Turk Wendell	1.0	2	0	1
John Franco	1.0	0	1	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tanyon Sturtze	7.0	8	3	2
Doug Creek	0.1	2	0	0
Travis Phelps	1.2	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Benny Agbayani: S8/F89S-
Edgardo Alfonzo: 9/F9M
Mike Piazza: W.1-2
Robin Ventura: 8/F8RM
Todd Zeile: 46(1)/FO/G4

Bot 1

Randy Winn: W
Gerald Williams: 9/F9S-
Greg Vaughn: D7/F7LD+.1-H
Fred McGriff: 31/G34.2-3
Russ Johnson: 6/P6D-

Top 2

Mark Johnson: 6/P6D
Tsuyoshi Shinjo: 8/F8LD+
Darryl Hamilton: W
Rey Ordonez: 13/G15

Bot 2

Aubrey Huff: 8/F8LXD+
Mike Difelice: 3/P3-
Andy Sheets: 3/L3

Top 3

Benny Agbayani: 9/F89D
Edgardo Alfonzo: 8/F89M
Mike Piazza: HR/F9LD+
Robin Ventura: D/F89D+
Todd Zeile: S8/G6M+.2XH(82)

Bot 3

Damian Rolls: D7/L5D
Randy Winn: E6/TH/G6.2-H(UR);B-2
Gerald Williams: 3/P3
Greg Vaughn: SB3
Greg Vaughn: 8/SF/F8LM.3-H(UR)
Fred McGriff: HR/F89XD+.B-H(UR)
Russ Johnson: 43/G34

Top 4

Mark Johnson: W
Tsuyoshi Shinjo: 5/FL
Darryl Hamilton: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 4

Aubrey Huff: 63/G6
Mike Difelice: 53/G
Andy Sheets: 53/G56

Top 5

Rey Ordonez: S7/L7S
Benny Agbayani: WP.1-2
Benny Agbayani: 63/G6.2-3
Edgardo Alfonzo: 8/F8RM
Mike Piazza: 53/G56

Bot 5

Damian Rolls: S/G56
Randy Winn: 8/F8LD
Gerald Williams: 7/F7D
Greg Vaughn: W.1-2
Fred McGriff: K

Top 6

Robin Ventura: HR/F9D+
Todd Zeile: 8/F8RM
Mark Johnson: K
Tsuyoshi Shinjo: E5/G56
Darryl Hamilton: 13/G13+

Bot 6

Russ Johnson: W
Aubrey Huff: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Mike Difelice: 9/F8RD+

Top 7

Rey Ordonez: S7/G56+
Benny Agbayani: S9/G34.1-2
Edgardo Alfonzo: K
Mike Piazza: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 7

Andy Sheets: S8/G6M
Damian Rolls: K
Randy Winn: T9/L9LM+.1-H
Gerald Williams: FC6/G6S.3XH(62516);B-2
Greg Vaughn: 8/F8LM

Top 8

Robin Ventura: 4/P4D
Todd Zeile: S7/G56
Joe McEwing: S7/G56.1-2
Tsuyoshi Shinjo: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-3
Darryl Hamilton: W.1-2
Lenny Harris: 7/F78M

Bot 8

Fred McGriff: E6/G6
Russ Johnson: 24/SH/BG23.1-2
Aubrey Huff: 63/G6S-
Mike Difelice: WP.2-3
Mike Difelice: W
Andy Sheets: K

Top 9

Benny Agbayani: 8/F8RD
Edgardo Alfonzo: 6/P6D
Mike Piazza: 53/G5