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Mets 9, Brewers 0 2002 Regular Season Game 115
August 9, 2002
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Cardinals 5, Mets 4

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National League Standings, August 9, 2002

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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Roberto
Alomar cf
Timo
Perez c
Mike
Piazza 1b
Mo
Vaughn 3b
Ty
Wigginton rf
Jeromy
Burnitz lf
Roger
Cedeno ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Al
Leiter

August 9, 2002, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

New York Mets 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Roberto Alomar 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .278

Timo Perez cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .308

Mike Piazza c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .287

Mo Vaughn 1b 2 1 1 1 2 1 .255

Ty Wigginton 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .414

Jeromy Burnitz rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .208

Roger Cedeno lf 2 1 0 0 2 1 .258

Rey Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .241

Al Leiter p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .158

- David Weathers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Joe McEwing ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188

- Armando Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Fernando Vina 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0

Edgar Renteria ss 3 0 1 0 0 0

Scott Rolen 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Albert Pujols lf 3 0 0 0 1 1

Eduardo Perez rf 2 1 1 1 2 0

Tino Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0

Eli Marrero cf 4 0 1 0 0 1

Mike Matheny c 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Edmonds ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

Andy Benes p 2 0 1 0 0 1

- Mike Matthews p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Matt Duff p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Miguel Cairo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Kline p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- J.D. Drew ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 1

St. Louis Cardinals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Al Leiter (W,10-8) 7.0 5 1 1 3 2 3.41

David Weathers 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 2.90

Armando Benitez (Save,27) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 2.57

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Andy Benes 5.0 4 1 1 2 3

Mike Matthews (L) 1.2 1 1 0 2 2

Matt Duff 0.1 0 0 0 2 0

Steve Kline 2.0 0 0 0 0 1

Errors: Ty Wigginton (3), Mike Matthews.
PB: Mike Matheny.
WP: Mike Matthews.
HR: Mo Vaughn (19), Eduardo Perez.
Intentional Walks: Rey Ordonez, Mo Vaughn.
HBP: Ty Wigginton.
SH: Edgar Renteria.
SB: Roger Cedeno (13), Ty Wigginton (2), Fernando Vina, Jim Edmonds, Edgar Renteria.

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LEIT-NING!

LEIT-NING!

New York Post
August 10, 2002

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