Agbayani hits, scores
in Mets win over Cards

Mets 9, Cardinals 6

New York	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Cedeno rf	5	2	2	1	0	1	.328
LLopez 2b	3	0	0	1	1	1	.258
Olerud 1b	4	1	2	1	0	1	.307
Piazza c	5	1	2	1	0	3	.327
Ventura 3b	5	1	1	1	0	2	.280
McRae cf	3	0	0	0	1	1	.252
Agbayani lf	4	1	1	1	0	1	.344
Benitez p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
JFranco p	0	0	0	0	0	0	--
ROrdonez ss	4	3	3	2	0	0	.294
RReed p		1	0	0	0	0	0	.211
a-MFranco ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.266
Wendell p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Cook p		0	0	0	0	0	0	--
Henderson lf	1	0	1	0	0	0	.283
	Totals	36	9	12	8	2	10

St. Louis	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
McEwing 2b	4	0	1	0	0	0	.318
Bragg cf	4	0	0	0	0	2	.272
d-Tatis ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.288
McGwire 1b	3	2	1	3	2	0	.254
Lankford lf	4	1	2	2	0	1	.339
EDavis rf	3	0	1	0	0	2	.264
Croushore p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Slocumb p	0	0	0	0	0	0	--
b-Dunston ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	.359
Marrero c	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219
Renteria ss	4	0	0	0	0	1	.266
ACastillo c	3	1	2	0	0	1	.241
c-Howard ph	1	0	1	0	0	0	.281
King p		0	0	0	0	0	0	--
Radinsky p	0	0	0	0	0	0	--
Polanco 3b	4	1	1	0	0	0	.288
Jimenez p	2	1	1	1	0	1	.192
McGee rf	2	0	0	0	0	0	.254
	Totals	36	6	10	6	2	9


New York	002 005 002--9 12 0
St. Louis	200 040 000--6 10 0

a-grounded out for Reed in the 6th. b-struck out for Slocumb in the 8th. c-singled for Castillo in the 8th. d-grounded out for Bragg in the 9th.

LOB--New York 5, St. Louis 6. 2B--Olerud (20), Agbayani (3), McEwing (11), ACastillo (5). HR--McGwire (21) off RReed; Lankford (12) off RReed. RBIs--Cedeno (15), LLopez (11), Olerud (42), Piazza (43), Ventura (50), Agbayani (18), ROrdonez 2 (21), McGwire 3 (54), Lankford 2 (35), Jimenez (2). SB--Cedeno 2 (39). CS--Cedeno (6). S--RReed, McEwing. SF--LLopez.

Runners left in scoring position--New York 4 (Piazza 2, Ventura, ROrdonez); St. Louis 3 (McGwire, Renteria, Jimenez).

New York		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
RReed W, 5-3		5	8	6	6	1	5	94	5.29
Wendell			1-2/3	0	0	0	1	2	29	3.16
Cook			1/3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.48
Benitez			1	1	0	0	0	2	21	1.53
JFranco S, 17		1	1	0	0	0	0	13	2.93

St. Louis		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Jimenez			5-1/3	7	6	6	2	4	107	6.69
Croushore L, 1-1	1-2/3	2	1	1	0	3	28	3.60
Slocumb			1	0	0	0	0	2	9	3.21
King			0	2	2	2	0	0	7	18.00
Radinsky		1	1	0	0	0	1	13	5.57

King pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.

Inherited runners-scored--Cook 1-0, Croushore 2-2, Radinsky 2-1. HBP--by Radinsky (Olerud). WP--Jimenez.

T--3:17. A--44,705 (49,676).