Thursday, May 27, 1999

Associated Press
The Mets' Benny Agbayani gets congratulated by third base
coach Cookie Rojas after hitting a solo home run
against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Benny keeps
bangin’ in the
Big Apple

The Mets' Benny Agbayani
continues his hot hitting

Star-Bulletin staff and wire

Former St. Louis School and Hawaii Pacific star Benny Agbayani hit a home run that helped the Mets beat the Pirates. He also kept his batting average at - and this is not a mistake - .500. Since his May 12 callup, he is 20-for-40 with four homers, eight RBIs, two doubles and two triples. "He's not going to hit .500, we know that," Mets' manager Bobby Valentine said. "But he's having good at-bats. He knows he's here and he wants to stay here. I'll be very disappointed if he lets his guard down."

METS 5, PIRATES 2

New York		AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Henderson lf		4	1	1	0	1	0	.243
Allensworth rf-cf	4	0	0	0	0	2	.232
Olerud 1b		5	0	2	2	0	1	.357
Piazza c		5	0	1	0	0	2	.310
Alfonzo 2b		4	1	1	0	0	0	.297
Ventura 3b		3	0	1	1	1	0	.276
Agbayani cf		3	1	1	1	1	1	.500
Benitez p		0	0	0	0	0	0	--
JFranco p		0	0	0	0	0	0	--
ROrdonez ss		4	1	1	0	0	1	.244
Hershiser p		3	0	2	1	0	0	.158
Cook p			0	0	0	0	0	0	--
Cedeno rf		0	1	0	0	1	0	.325
	Totals	35	5	10	5	4	7

Pittsburgh		AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Martin lf		4	0	0	0	0	0	.279
WMorris 2b		4	1	1	1	0	1	.266
Giles cf		4	0	0	0	0	1	.278
KYoung 1b		4	1	1	0	0	1	.320
Kendall c		4	0	1	0	0	1	.364
Sprague 3b		4	0	1	0	0	3	.319
Ward rf			2	0	1	0	2	0	.194
Nunez ss		1	0	0	0	2	0	.188
c-Benjamin ph		1	0	0	0	0	1	.240
Schourek p		2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Clontz p		0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-BBrown ph		0	0	0	0	0	0	.234
b-JGuillen ph		1	0	0	0	0	0	.297
JWallace p		0	0	0	0	0	0	--
d-Osik ph		1	0	0	0	0	0	.250
	Totals	32	2	5	1	4	8


New York	000 021 002--5 10 1
Pittsburgh	010 010 000--2  5 2

a-announced for Clontz in the 7th. b-fouled out for B.Brown in the 7th. c-struck out for Nunez in the 9th. d-grounded into fielder's choice for Wallace in the 9th.

E-Ventura (3), WMorris (4), KYoung (6). LOB-New York 8, Pittsburgh 7. 2B-Alfonzo (13), Ventura (13), Hershiser (1), KYoung (14), Kendall (14). HR-WMorris (6) off Hershiser; Agbayani (4) off Schourek. RBIs-Olerud 2 (35), Ventura (40), Agbayani (8), Hershiser (1), WMorris (20). CS-Cedeno (4). S-Allensworth. GIDP-Piazza.

Runners left in scoring position-New York 5 (Piazza 2, ROrdonez 2, Hershiser); Pittsburgh 2 (Nunez, Schourek).

Runners moved up-Olerud, Alfonzo, Kendall.

DP-Pittsburgh 1 (WMorris and KYoung).

New York	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Hrshiser W, 4-4	6	5	2	2	3	2	80	5.63
Cook		1	0	0	0	0	1	12	3.86
Benitez		1	0	0	0	0	3	13	1.96
JFranco S, 14	1	0	0	0	1	2	14	1.93

Pittsburgh	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Schourek L, 2-5	5	8	3	3	1	5	94	5.05
Clontz		2	1	0	0	0	0	25	0.69
JWallace	2	1	2	1	3	2	39	1.88

Hershiser pitched to 1 batter in the 7th, Schourek pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

Inherited runners-scored-Cook 1-0, Clontz 1-0.

WP-JWallace.

T-2:58. A-13,681 (48,044).