Mets 8, Cardinals 7

St. Louis	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
McEwing 2b	5	1	1	1	0	0	.287
Drew cf		3	1	0	0	2	1	.262
McGwire 1b	5	2	3	2	0	0	.288
Lankford lf	5	1	1	0	0	2	.312
Tatis 3b	4	1	1	1	1	1	.292
McGee rf	5	0	3	1	0	1	.256
ACastillo c	3	1	1	2	0	0	.289
DHoward ss	4	0	1	0	0	0	.205
Oliver p	4	0	1	0	0	2	.254
Croushore p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Painter p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Bottalico p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
	Totals	38	7	12	7	3	7

New York	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Henderson lf	4	2	3	1	1	0	.338
Alfonzo 2b	4	1	1	1	1	1	.318
Olerud 1b	4	1	2	5	0	0	.307
Piazza c	4	1	1	1	0	0	.323
Ventura 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.306
Dunston cf	4	0	2	0	0	1	.313
Agbayani rf	3	0	1	0	0	0	.285
Cedeno rf	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313
c-DHamilton ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.312
ROrdonez ss	3	2	1	0	1	0	.259
Dotel p		1	0	0	0	0	1	.133
a-Pratt ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	.280
Tam p		0	0	0	0	0	0	--
b-LLopez ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.216
Benitez p	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
d-MFranco ph	0	1	0	0	1	0	.259
	Totals	34	8	11	8	4	5

St. Louis	301 000 111--7 12 0
New York	000 100 052--8 11 1

One out when winning run scored.

a-struck out for Dotel in the 5th. b-grounded out for Tam in the 8th. c-grounded out for Cedeno in the 9th. d-walked for Benitez in the 9th.

E--Piazza (9). LOB--St. Louis 9, New York 5. 2B--Lankford (26), Henderson (22), Dunston (7), ROrdonez (18). HR--Piazza (30) off Croushore; Olerud (15) off Croushore; ACastillo (3) off Tam; McGwire 2 (50) off Tam, Dotel; McEwing (8) off Dotel. RBIs--McEwing (38), McGwire 2 (116), Tatis (87), McGee (16), ACastillo 2 (24), Henderson (30), Alfonzo (86), Olerud 5 (75), Piazza (95). SB--Drew (15), Tatis (18), Henderson (30). CS--Agbayani (4). SF--ACastillo. GIDP--Olerud.

Runners left in scoring position--St. Louis 4 (McEwing, Lankford, ACastillo, DHoward); New York 1 (Pratt). DP--St. Louis 1 (DHoward, McEwing and McGwire).

St. Louis		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Oliver			7 1/3	7	3	3	1	3	106	4.52
Croushore		2/3	2	3	3	1	2	20	3.26
Painter	 		1/3	0	0	0	0	0	4	4.78
Bottalico L, 2-7	0	2	2	2	2	0	23	4.45

New York	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Dotel		5	8	4	4	2	5	91	5.79
Tam		3	2	2	2	0	2	37	2.84
Benitez W, 2-2	1	2	1	1	1	0	18	2.19

Bottalico pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.

Inherited runners-scored--Croushore 2-2. HBP--by Dotel (ACastillo).

T--3:02. A--0 (55,777).