Notebook
Tuesday, July 27, 1999
Major League Baseball
Agbayani drives in
Associated Press
three in Mets’ winNEW YORK -- Rick Reed won his sixth straight decision and Benny Agbayani and Robin Ventura drove in three runs each to help the New York Mets win their sixth straight game, 7-5, over the Pittsburgh Pirates last night.
Agbayani, a former St. Louis School and Hawaii Pacific star, went 2-for-4 to raise his average to .300.
Reed (9-3) hasn't lost in 10 starts since June 4 against the Yankees.
Armando Benitez walked four straight batters with one out in the ninth to cut the Mets' lead to 7-5. He threw 19 of 24 pitches for balls. Turk Wendell came in and got Abraham Nunez to pop out and Brian Giles to ground out for his third save.
Francisco Cordova (5-5) allowed a two-run single to Ventura and an RBI single to Agbayani in the first inning.
The Mets scored three runs in the fourth inning, with help of four walks. Scott Sauerbeck walked Ventura with the bases loaded and allowed a two-run single to Agbayani.
Mets 7, Pirates 5
Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Martin lf 3 1 0 1 2 0 .293 Nunez ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .217 Giles cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .308 KYoung 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .316 Sprague 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .299 WMorris 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .309 BBrown rf 3 2 2 2 1 0 .244 Oliver c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .385 FCordova p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .136 Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- Clontz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-FGarcia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Silva p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105 b-ABrown ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Hansell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 d-Sveum ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1-Wehner pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Totals 34 5 10 5 5 6 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Henderson lf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .319 Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alfonzo 2b 4 2 3 0 1 0 .317 Olerud 1b 3 2 0 0 2 1 .301 Piazza c 4 2 1 0 1 2 .316 Ventura 3b 2 0 2 3 2 0 .287 Agbayani rf-lf 4 0 2 3 0 0 .305 Cedeno cf-rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .314 ROrdonez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 RReed p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .242 McMichael p 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- c-McRae ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .223 Cook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mora cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 Totals 32 7 9 7 8 5 Pittsburgh 020 002 001--5 10 0 New York 301 300 00x--7 9 0a-fouled out for Clontz in the 5th. b-singled for Silva in the 7th. c-walked for McMichael in the 7th. d-walked for Hansell in the 9th.1-ran for Sveum in the 9th.
LOB--Pittsburgh 7, New York 9. 2B--Giles 2 (25), WMorris (15). HR--KYoung (15) off RReed; BBrown (9) off RReed. RBIs--Martin (44), KYoung 2 (65), BBrown 2 (34), Ventura 3 (76), Agbayani 3 (28), Cedeno (25). SB--Olerud (2). CS--ABrown (2). GIDP--WMorris, Oliver, Piazza.
Runners left in scoring position--Pittsburgh 5 (Giles 2, KYoung, Sprague, BBrown); New York 5 (Agbayani, Cedeno, ROrdonez 3).
Runners moved up--Nunez, Giles, Olerud, Cedeno.
DP--Pittsburgh 1 (Nunez, WMorris and KYoung); New York 2 (ROrdonez, Alfonzo and Olerud), (Alfonzo, ROrdonez and Olerud).
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA FCordva L, 5-5 3-1/3 5 6 6 5 2 75 4.71 Sauerbeck 1/3 0 1 1 2 0 6 2.30 Clontz 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 11 2.35 Silva 2 2 0 0 0 1 29 6.81 Hansell 2 1 0 0 1 2 26 2.37 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA RReed W, 9-3 5-2/3 8 4 4 1 3 99 4.92 McMichael 1-1/3 1 0 0 0 0 12 5.17 Cook 1 1 0 0 0 2 21 2.68 Benitez 1/3 0 1 1 4 1 24 1.88 Wendell S, 3 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.88Inherited runners-scored--Sauerbeck 2-1, Clontz 3-2, Wendell 3-0, McMichael 2-0.IBB--off Sauerbeck (Piazza) 1, off FCordova (Ventura) 1.
T--3:08. A--32,010 (55,777).