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Mets 2, Cardinals 0

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National League Standings, May 9, 1997

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Steve
Bieser 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo 1b
John
Olerud c
Todd
Hundley lf
Bernard
Gilkey 2b
Carlos
Baerga rf
Butch
Huskey ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Mark
Clark

May 9, 1997, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

New York Mets 10, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Steve Bieser cf 4 1 1 1 1 2 .375

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 5 3 2 0 0 0 .297

John Olerud 1b 3 2 1 1 1 0 .358

Todd Hundley c 4 1 2 3 0 1 .298

Bernard Gilkey lf 5 0 3 3 0 0 .200

Carlos Baerga 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .245

Butch Huskey rf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .244

- Alex Ochoa rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .198

Rey Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .220

Mark Clark p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Matt Franco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250

- Greg McMichael p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

- Carl Everett ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .188

- Takashi Kashiwada p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Delino DeShields 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1

Dmitri Young 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0

Ray Lankford cf 4 0 2 0 0 0

Ron Gant lf 4 0 0 0 0 1

John Mabry rf 4 1 1 0 0 0

Gary Gaetti 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0

Tom Lampkin c 4 0 0 0 0 2

Royce Clayton ss 3 1 2 1 0 0

Todd Stottlemyre p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Mark Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Tony Fossas p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rich Batchelor p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tom McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Danny Sheaffer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 4 10 12 0

St. Louis Cardinals 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mark Clark (W,4-2) 6.0 7 3 3 0 3 4.38

Greg McMichael 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.66

Takashi Kashiwada 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.50

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Todd Stottlemyre (L) 7.0 6 4 4 1 8

Tony Fossas 0.1 3 2 0 0 0

Rich Batchelor 1.0 2 4 1 1 0

Tom McGraw 0.2 1 0 0 1 0

Errors: Dmitri Young.
2B: Todd Hundley (6), Edgardo Alfonzo (7), Alex Ochoa (3), Bernard Gilkey (5), Delino DeShields, Ray Lankford, Royce Clayton, Gary Gaetti.
3B: Bernard Gilkey (1).
HR: Butch Huskey (5), Dmitri Young.
HBP: John Olerud.
SH: Rey Ordonez, Todd Stottlemyre.
SF: Todd Hundley, Royce Clayton.
SB: Carlos Baerga (1).
CS: Edgardo Alfonzo (1), Steve Bieser (1).

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