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Friday, June 18, 1999

Agbayani in the game

Hawaii's Benny Agbayani had three at-bats for the New York Mets, striking out all three times. In redemption, he made a spectacular sliding catch in a late inning, robbing St. Louis of a base hit, helping to preserve the Mets' win.

Mets 4, Cardinals 3

New York	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Henderson lf	3	0	0	0	1	2	.250
Alfonzo 2b	3	0	1	1	0	0	.297
Olerud 1b	4	0	0	0	0	0	.306
Piazza c	4	2	2	0	0	1	.330
Ventura 3b	4	1	3	2	0	0	.284
McRae cf	4	0	1	1	0	0	.259
Agbayani rf	3	0	0	0	0	3	.357
b-Cedeno ph-rf	1	0	0	0	0	0	.318
ROrdonez ss	4	1	3	0	0	0	.276
ALeiter p	1	0	0	0	0	0	.045
Benitez p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
c-Bonilla ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	.163
JFranco p	0	0	0	0	0	0	--
Cook p		0	0	0	0	0	0	--
	Totals	32	4	10	4	1	7

St. Louis	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
McEwing cf	3	1	1	0	1	2	.314
Renteria ss	4	1	1	0	0	0	.274
McGwire 1b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.258
1-Aybar pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125
Tatis 3b	4	1	2	2	0	2	.295
Lankford lf	4	0	1	0	0	2	.341
McGee rf	3	0	0	1	0	1	.261
Marrero c	4	0	0	0	0	2	.222
Polanco 2b	3	0	1	0	0	1	.284
Mercker p	2	0	0	0	0	1	.111
Slocumb p	0	0	0	0	0	0	--
a-Howard ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.241
King p		0	0	0	0	0	0	--
	Totals	32	3	6	3	1	12


New York	000 112 000--4 10 0
St. Louis	010 000 002--3  6 1
a-fouled out for Slocumb in the 8th. b-grounded out for Agbayani in the 9th. c-struck out for Benitez in the 9th.

1-ran for McGwire in the 9th.

E--McGwire (1). LOB--New York 5, St. Louis 4. 2B--Ventura (18), ROrdonez (11), Renteria (16). HR--Ventura (12) off Mercker. RBIs--Alfonzo (36), Ventura 2 (49), McRae (26), Tatis 2 (53), McGee (10). CS--Henderson (7), ROrdonez (2). S--ALeiter 2. SF--Alfonzo, McGee. GIDP--Ventura, Renteria.

Runners left in scoring position--New York 3 (Agbayani 2, Bonilla); St. Louis 2 (Marrero, Mercker).

Runners moved up--McGee.

DP--New York 1 (ROrdonez, Alfonzo and Olerud); St. Louis 1 (Polanco, Renteria and McGwire).

New York	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
ALeiter W, 5-5	7	3	1	1	1	9	96	5.20
Benitez		1	0	0	0	0	2	9	1.64
JFranco		0	3	2	2	0	0	8	3.04
Cook S, 1	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	2.67

St. Louis	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Mercker L, 2-3	6	7	4	4	1	4	96	7.02
Slocumb		2	2	0	0	0	2	20	3.46
King		1	1	0	0	0	1	16	0.00
JFranco pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.

Inherited runners-scored--Cook 2-0.

WP--Mercker. Balk--King.

T--2:45. A--37,601 (49,676).



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