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Tuesday, June 27, 2000

Associated Press
Benny Agbayani is congratulated by Jay Payton after
hitting the first of two home runs last night.

Agbayani thwacks
two round-trippers

Truby in Diamondbacks-Astros contest

Star-Bulletin wire services

NEW YORK -- With five home runs from hitters in the Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 1 spots, the New York Mets overwhelmed the Florida Marlins, 10-5, last night.

Benny Agbayani, from Hawaii, had two homers, and Jay Payton, Melvin Mora and pinch-hitter Mark Johnson also cleared the fences.

The Mets, leading 6-3, blew the game open with four runs in the seventh, when Payton, Agbayani and Mora homered.

With their fifth straight victory, the Mets (42-31) moved within three games of first-place Atlanta in the National League East. The Braves will visit Shea Stadium for four games this weekend.

Agbayani also homered in the third inning when he crushed a breaking ball into the left-field bullpen to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.

METS 10, MARLINS 5

FLORIDA					NEW YORK
	AB	R	H	BI		AB	R	H	BI
LCastillo 2b	4	0	1	0	Mora ss	4	2	2	2
Berg ss	3	1	3	1	DeBell rf	3	1	1	0
Floyd lf	4	0	1	1	McEwing rf	1	0	0	0
PWilson cf	5	0	0	0	Alfonzo 2b	3	0	0	0
Lowell 3b	4	1	1	1	Piazza c	3	0	2	1
DLLee 1b	3	2	1	1	Pratt c	1	0	0	0
MSmith rf	4	0	1	0	Ventura 3b	3	0	0	1
Redmond c	5	1	2	0	Zeile 1b	5	0	0	0
Cornelius p	2	0	0	0	Payton cf	4	3	3	1
Strong p	0	0	0	0	Agbayani lf	3	2	2	3
AFox ph	1	0	0	0	ALeiter p	2	0	0	0
Mahay p	0	0	0	0	MkJhnson ph	1	1	1	2
Millar ph	1	0	1	1	Wendell p	0	0	0	0
Darensbrg p	0	0	0	0	KAbbott ph	1	1	1	0
					JFranco p	0	0	0	0
					RRodriguez p	0	0	0	0
					Cook p	0	0	0	0
					Benitez p	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	5	11	5	Totals	34	10	12	10

Florida	010	110	020-- 5
New York	003	012	40x--10

E--Mora (2). DP--Florida 2, New York 2. LOB--Florida 12, New York 8. 2B--Redmond (4), KAbbott (6). 3B--Berg (1). HR--Lowell (11), DLLee (16), Mora (5), Payton (8), Agbayani 2 (6), MkJohnson (1). SB--MSmith (1), Mora (6). CS--LCastillo (15).

Florida

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Cornelius L,2-2	5-1/3	7	5	5	3	1
Strong	2/3	1	1	1	1	1
Mahay	1	4	4	4	1	0
Darensbourg	1	0	0	0	1	0

New York

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
ALeiter W,9-1	6	7	3	3	3	5
Wendell	1	0	0	0	1	2
JFranco	1/3	0	0	0	0	0
RRodriguez	1/3	3	2	2	2	1
Cook	1/3	0	0	0	0	1
Benitez	1	1	0	0	1	3

HBP--by Wendell (Berg), by Strong (DeBell), by Cornelius (Agbayani). WP--Cornelius, ALeiter.

Umpires--Home, Runge, Brian; First, Rapuano; Second, Shulock; Third, Roe.

T--3:30. A--19,657.

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Associated Press
The Astros' Chris Truby, from Hawaii, is forced out at
second base as Arizona's Tony Womack leaps, but is unable
to finish the double play. Arizona won, 6-1.

DIAMONDBACKS 6, ASTROS 1

HOUSTON					ARIZONA
	AB	R	H	BI		AB	R	H	BI
Lugo ss	4	0	1	0	Womack ss	5	0	0	0
Biggio 2b	4	0	1	0	JBell 2b	4	0	0	0
Bagwell 1b	4	0	0	0	LGonzalez lf	3	1	1	1
Berkman rf	4	1	2	1	Durazo 1b	2	0	0	0
Alou lf	3	0	0	0	Bautista rf	1	0	1	0
Eusebio c	3	0	0	0	SFinley cf	4	2	1	0
Truby 3b	3	0	1	0	TLee rf	3	0	1	0
GBarker cf	3	0	0	0	Cabrera 1b	1	1	1	2
Dotel p	2	0	0	0	Klassen 3b	4	2	2	2
MValdes p	0	0	0	0	DMiller c	3	0	1	1
DWard ph	1	0	0	0	Reynoso p	2	0	0	0
YPerez p	0	0	0	0	BKim p	0	0	0	0
Totals	31	1	5	1	Totals	32	6	8	6

Houston	000	010	000--1
Arizona	000	013	02x--6

DP--Arizona 1. LOB--Houston 3, Arizona 7. 2B--Bautista (7), SFinley (15), DMiller (10). HR--Berkman (8), LGonzalez (17), Cabrera (1), Klassen (2). SB--GBarker (1), TLee (5).

Houston

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Dotel L,1-5	6	6	4	4	3	13
MValdes	1	0	0	0	0	1
YPerez	1	2	2	2	2	0

Arizona

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Reynoso W,5-6	7-1/3	5	1	1	0	2
BKim S,11	1-2/3	0	0	0	0	4

WP--Dotel. PB--Eusebio.

Umpires--Home, O'Nora; First, Iassogna; Second, Hirschbeck, M.; Third, Bell.

T--2:44. A--31,388.