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New York Mets @ Milwaukee Brewers

2002-08-06 · Night game · Miller Park · Att: 26995 · 67°F, cloudy · Wind 14 mph L to R · 2:20

New York Mets defeated Milwaukee Brewers 5–1. New York Mets put up 3 in the 3rd. Pedro Astacio earned the win. Mike Piazza went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13
ML4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

W: Pedro Astacio L: Ben Sheets SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Rob Drake · 1B: Steve Rippley · 2B: Matt Hollowell · 3B: Paul Emmel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roberto Alomar	3	2	1	0	2	1
Timo Perez	2	1	1	0	3	0
Mike Piazza	5	1	2	2	0	0
Mo Vaughn	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jeromy Burnitz	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ty Wigginton	4	0	3	1	0	0
Roger Cedeno	4	0	3	0	0	0
Rey Ordonez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pedro Astacio	4	0	0	0	0	1

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Sanchez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Young	3	1	1	0	0	0
Lenny Harris	4	0	1	1	0	2
Richie Sexson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jeffrey Hammonds	3	0	0	0	1	2
Matt Stairs	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Hernandez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Bako	3	0	1	0	0	2
Ben Sheets	0	0	0	0	1	0
Israel Alcantara	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jorge Fabregas	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pedro Astacio	9.0	3	3	10

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ben Sheets	5.0	11	3	1
Matt Childers	1.0	0	1	1
Ray King	1.0	1	0	1
Jayson Durocher	2.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roberto Alomar: S7/L7S
Timo Perez: 4/P4
Mike Piazza: HR/F78XD.1-H
Mo Vaughn: 2/G
Jeromy Burnitz: 3/G3

Bot 1

Alex Sanchez: 63/G6S
Eric Young: S7/L78S
Lenny Harris: SB2
Lenny Harris: S7/G56.2-H;B-2(E7/THH)
Richie Sexson: 7/F78M
Jeffrey Hammonds: K

Top 2

Ty Wigginton: S7/G56
Roger Cedeno: S8/L8RS.1-2
Rey Ordonez: 54(1)3/GDP/G56.2-3
Pedro Astacio: 3/G

Bot 2

Matt Stairs: 7/F78D
Jose Hernandez: 8/F8LD
Paul Bako: K/C

Top 3

Roberto Alomar: W
Timo Perez: S9/G34.1-2
Mike Piazza: S8/L6MD.2-3;1-2
Mo Vaughn: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S.3-H;2-3
Jeromy Burnitz: D9/L9LS.3-H
Ty Wigginton: S9/G34.2-H
Roger Cedeno: SB2
Roger Cedeno: 31/G3

Bot 3

Ben Sheets: W
Alex Sanchez: 36(1)3/GDP/G3
Eric Young: 3/FL/P3F

Top 4

Rey Ordonez: 7/F78D
Pedro Astacio: 43/G4MS
Roberto Alomar: W
Timo Perez: W.1-2
Mike Piazza: 63/G6S

Bot 4

Lenny Harris: K/C
Richie Sexson: 45/P4MS
Jeffrey Hammonds: W
Matt Stairs: K/C

Top 5

Mo Vaughn: K/C
Jeromy Burnitz: 43/G4
Ty Wigginton: S8/L8LS
Roger Cedeno: S7/L7S.1-2
Rey Ordonez: S9/L9S.2XH(92);1-2

Bot 5

Jose Hernandez: 63/G6
Paul Bako: K
Israel Alcantara: 63/G6S

Top 6

Pedro Astacio: K/C
Roberto Alomar: 43/G4
Timo Perez: W
Mike Piazza: 9/F89D

Bot 6

Alex Sanchez: K
Eric Young: HP
Lenny Harris: SB2
Lenny Harris: 13/G
Richie Sexson: W
Jeffrey Hammonds: E5/G5.2-3;1-2
Matt Stairs: 63/G6M

Top 7

Mo Vaughn: S9/L9S
Jeromy Burnitz: K
Ty Wigginton: 16(1)3/GDP/G15

Bot 7

Jose Hernandez: K
Paul Bako: S9/L9LS
Jorge Fabregas: 8/L8LM
Alex Sanchez: 43/G4

Top 8

Roger Cedeno: S8/L8LM
Rey Ordonez: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Pedro Astacio: 13/G13

Bot 8

Eric Young: 7/F78M
Lenny Harris: K
Richie Sexson: K/C

Top 9

Roberto Alomar: K/C
Timo Perez: W
Mike Piazza: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 9

Jeffrey Hammonds: K
Matt Stairs: 8/F8LD
Jose Hernandez: 9/F9D

Notes & reviews

Wigginton, Sanchez and Alomar surrounded the popup; Alomar made a last second lurch at the ball deflecting it twice into the air; Wigginton made a sprawling stab to catch it just before it landed

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