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New York Mets @ Colorado Rockies

2002-08-25 · Day game · Coors Field · Att: 27386 · 81°F, sunny · Wind 2 mph to LF · 3:10

New York Mets defeated Colorado Rockies 7–4. New York Mets put up 3 in the 4th. Al Leiter earned the win and Armando Benitez picked up the save. Raul Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Leiter L: Denny Neagle SV: Armando Benitez

Umpires — HP: Jerry Crawford · 1B: Brian Gorman · 2B: Phil Cuzzi · 3B: Lance Barksdale · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roberto Alomar	5	0	0	0	0	2
Timo Perez	2	1	0	0	3	0
Mike Piazza	5	1	1	0	0	2
Edgardo Alfonzo	3	2	2	3	1	1
John Valentin	3	1	0	0	0	1
Raul Gonzalez	4	2	2	4	0	0
Joe McEwing	4	0	2	0	0	0
Rey Ordonez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Leiter	2	0	0	0	1	1
Tony Tarasco	0	0	0	0	1	0

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Terry Shumpert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Butler	4	0	0	0	0	2
Todd Helton	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jay Payton	4	1	1	0	0	0
Todd Zeile	4	2	3	1	0	0
Gabe Kapler	3	1	2	2	1	1
Sandy Alomar	4	0	1	1	0	1
Juan Uribe	3	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Neagle	2	0	0	0	0	2
Juan Pierre	2	0	1	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Leiter	7.0	5	1	8
Steve Reed	1.0	1	0	0
David Weathers	0.2	2	0	0
Armando Benitez	0.1	0	0	0

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Denny Neagle	6.2	6	3	6
Mark Corey	0.1	0	1	1
Victor Santos	1.0	1	1	0
Kent Mercker	0.1	0	0	0
Brian Fuentes	0.2	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roberto Alomar: K
Timo Perez: W
Mike Piazza: SB2
Mike Piazza: K
Edgardo Alfonzo: K

Bot 1

Terry Shumpert: 9/F9LM
Brent Butler: K
Todd Helton: K

Top 2

John Valentin: 5/P2R
Raul Gonzalez: 13/G
Joe McEwing: D7/L5D
Rey Ordonez: 8/F78S

Bot 2

Jay Payton: 13/G
Todd Zeile: S9/G34
Gabe Kapler: W.1-2
Sandy Alomar: K
Juan Uribe: 4/P34D

Top 3

Al Leiter: K
Roberto Alomar: 9/F89D
Timo Perez: 13/G13

Bot 3

Denny Neagle: K
Terry Shumpert: 9/F89S
Brent Butler: 7/F7LM

Top 4

Mike Piazza: D7/L5D
Edgardo Alfonzo: HR/F78XD.2-H
John Valentin: 9/F9D
Raul Gonzalez: HR/F78XD
Joe McEwing: D3/P3D
Rey Ordonez: 3/FL
Al Leiter: 43/G4

Bot 4

Todd Helton: K
Jay Payton: D7/L7LM
Todd Zeile: DGR/F8LXD.2-H
Gabe Kapler: K
Sandy Alomar: S7/G56.2-H
Juan Uribe: 13/G13

Top 5

Roberto Alomar: 9/F9M
Timo Perez: W
Mike Piazza: SB2
Mike Piazza: 5/P5
Edgardo Alfonzo: S7/L7M.2-H
John Valentin: K

Bot 5

Denny Neagle: K/C
Terry Shumpert: 63/G6
Brent Butler: K

Top 6

Raul Gonzalez: 9/F9LD
Joe McEwing: 53/G5
Rey Ordonez: 13/G

Bot 6

Todd Helton: 43/G34
Jay Payton: 13/G13
Todd Zeile: 9/F89D

Top 7

Al Leiter: W
Roberto Alomar: K
Timo Perez: 9/F89D
Mike Piazza: K/C

Bot 7

Gabe Kapler: S7/L6D
Sandy Alomar: 5(B)3(1)/LDP/L56
Juan Uribe: 4/L4D

Top 8

Edgardo Alfonzo: W
John Valentin: HP.1-2
Raul Gonzalez: HR/F78D.2-H;1-H
Joe McEwing: 53/G56
Rey Ordonez: 13/G
Tony Tarasco: W
Roberto Alomar: CS2(26)

Bot 8

Juan Pierre: S7/L6D
Terry Shumpert: 3/P3
Brent Butler: 54(1)/FO/G56
Todd Helton: 43/G4

Top 9

Roberto Alomar: 3/P3
Timo Perez: W
Mike Piazza: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 9

Jay Payton: 43/G4
Todd Zeile: S8/G6M
Gabe Kapler: HR/F7D.1-H
Sandy Alomar: 63/G6
Juan Uribe: HP
Juan Pierre: 9/F9LM

Notes & reviews

HP umpire Jerry Crawford warned both teams after a Denny Neagle pitch went behind Timo Perez
Kent Mercker and Rockies Manager Clint Hurdle ejected by HP umpire Jerry Crawford after a pitch went behind Timo Perez
David Weathers and Mets Manager Bobby Valentine ejected by HP umpire Jerry Crawford

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