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Mets Starting Lineup 2b Manny Alexander 3b Edgardo Alfonzo 1b John Olerud lf Butch Huskey cf Carl Everett rf Alex Ochoa c Alberto Castillo ss Rey Ordonez p Rick Reed May 8, 1997, Astrodome, Houston, TX Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 2 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Manny Alexander 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .291 John Olerud 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .359 Butch Huskey lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .241 Carl Everett cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .188 Alex Ochoa rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Alberto Castillo c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .375 - Bernard Gilkey ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .183 Rey Ordonez ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .227 Rick Reed p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .200 - Gary Thurman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 - Cory Lidle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Astros ab r h bi bb so Craig Biggio 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 Derek Bell cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 Jeff Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 Luis Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 Sean Berry 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 - Tim Bogar 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Abreu rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 Ricky Gutierrez ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 Brad Ausmus c 4 0 2 0 0 1 Mike Hampton p 3 0 0 0 0 2 - Russ Springer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Thomas Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 - Billy Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Mets 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 Houston Astros 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 x 4 11 1 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Rick Reed (L,3-2) 6.0 7 4 3 0 4 1.50 Cory Lidle 2.0 4 0 0 0 2 0.00 Houston Astros ip h r er bb so Mike Hampton (W) 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 Russ Springer 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 Billy Wagner (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Errors: Manny Alexander (3), Mike Hampton. 2B: Derek Bell, Ricky Gutierrez, Luis Gonzalez. 3B: Edgardo Alfonzo (1). HR: Derek Bell. HBP: Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell.

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