Notebook
Friday, June 18, 1999
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. Agbayani in the game
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 1a-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 0.00JFranco 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).