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Mets 5, Rockies 2 1998 Regular Season Game 28
May 4, 1998
Diamondbacks 4, Mets 2 Next Game:
May 5, 1998
Mets 9, Diamondbacks 1

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National League Standings, May 4, 1998

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Rich
Becker lf
Matt
Franco 1b
John
Olerud 3b
Craig
Paquette 2b
Carlos
Baerga rf
Butch
Huskey c
Tim
Spehr ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Al
Leiter

May 4, 1998, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Arizona Diamondbacks 4, New York Mets 2

Diamondbacks ab r h bi bb so

Devon White cf 5 0 0 0 0 1

Jay Bell ss 2 1 0 0 4 2

Travis Lee 1b 6 1 2 0 0 2

Matt Williams 3b 4 1 0 0 2 0

Yamil Benitez lf 3 0 1 1 0 0

- David Dellucci ph-lf 2 1 1 2 1 0

Hensley Meulens rf 3 0 0 0 0 2

- Brent Brede rf 3 0 0 0 0 1

Kelly Stinnett c 5 0 2 1 0 1

Andy Stankiewicz 2b 4 0 2 0 1 0

Jeff Suppan p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Clint Sodowsky p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Felix Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tony Batista ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Gregg Olson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Rich Becker cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .197

Matt Franco lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250

- John Hudek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Brian Bohanon p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .600

John Olerud 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .349

- Shawn Gilbert pr-3b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000

Craig Paquette 3b-1b 5 1 1 0 0 2 .250

Carlos Baerga 2b 5 0 2 2 0 0 .209

Butch Huskey rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .208

Tim Spehr c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .137

Rey Ordonez ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223

Al Leiter p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .154

- Brian McRae ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207

- Greg McMichael p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dennis Cook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Mel Rojas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Luis Lopez ph-lf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .314

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E

Arizona Diamondbacks 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 9 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 1

Arizona Diamondbacks ip h r er bb so

Jeff Suppan 6.1 4 1 1 0 5

Clint Sodowsky 1.2 0 0 0 1 1

Felix Rodriguez 1.0 3 1 1 0 0

Gregg Olson (W) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Leiter 6.0 3 1 1 2 6 1.21

Greg McMichael 0.2 1 0 0 1 2 4.50

Dennis Cook 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.48

Mel Rojas 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 1.29

John Hudek 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 3.75

Brian Bohanon (L,0-1) 2.1 4 2 2 1 2 1.40

Errors: Rey Ordonez (1).
WP: Greg McMichael.
2B: Carlos Baerga (4), John Olerud (5), Kelly Stinnett 2, Travis Lee, Yamil Benitez, David Dellucci.
3B: Matt Franco (1).
Intentional Walks: Matt Williams 2.
HBP: Devon White.
SH: Jeff Suppan.

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