Notebook
Tuesday, August 24, 1999
Mets 3, Astros 2
Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Biggio 2b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .307 Berkman lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .226 JPowell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .309 Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .275 Everett cf-rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .332 Mieske rf-lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .342 Eusebio c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .251 Bogar ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .243 Elarton p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .167 b-Ward ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .254 1-GBarker pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Totals 35 2 10 2 2 11 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Alfonzo 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .315 Olerud 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .307 Piazza c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .324 Ventura 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .310 DHamilton cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .316 Cedeno rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .307 ROrdonez ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .263 ALeiter p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .093 a-Agbayani ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 c-MFranco ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .259 Totals 33 3 8 3 2 5 Houston 000 010 100--2 10 0 New York 100 100 001--3 8 0Two outs when winning run scored.a-grounded out for Leiter in the 7th. b-singled for Elarton in the 9th. c-singled for Benitez in the 9th.
1-ran for Ward in the 9th.
LOB--Houston 9, New York 7. 2B--Biggio (50), DHamilton 2 (16). HR--Everett (20) off ALeiter; Mieske (5) off ALeiter; Alfonzo (20) off Elarton. RBIs--Everett (92), Mieske (21), Alfonzo (87), Cedeno (28), MFranco (20). S--Elarton. SF--Cedeno. GIDP--Mieske.
Runners left in scoring position--Houston 5 (Berkman 3, Caminiti 2); New York 1 (DHamilton).
Runners moved up--Berkman, Bagwell, Cedeno.
DP--New York 1 (Ventura, Alfonzo and Olerud).
Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Elarton 8 6 2 2 1 4 105 3.23 JPowell L, 4-4 2/3 1 1 1 1 17 3.84 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA ALeiter 7 7 2 2 2 7 104 4.28 Wendell 1 2/3 3 0 0 0 3 35 2.54 Benitez W, 3-2 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 4 2.18Inherited runners-scored--Benitez 2-0.IBB--off JPowell (ROrdonez) 1, off ALeiter (Biggio) 1. WP--ALeiter.
T--2:51. A--39,292 (55,777).