1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1
NY Mets	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	0

PITTSBURGH	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
A Martin lf A Nunez ss B Brown rf a-A Brown ph-rf K Young 1b W Morris 2b A Ramirez 3b C Hermansen cf J Oliver c K Benson p b-Sveum ph Christiansen p Hansell p Clontz p Totals	3 3 2 1 4 3 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 28	1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4	0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9	1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8	.277 .220 .232 .270 .298 .288 .179 .233 .201 .154 .211 .000 .000 .000

a-walked for B Brown in the 6th; b-flied to left for K Benson in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: A Martin (36, Hershiser).
S: A Nunez.
Rbi -: K Young (106).
2-out rbi: K Young.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: K Young 1, A Ramirez 1.
Gidp: A Martin.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: A Martin (20, 3rd base off Hershiser/Piazza); K Young (22, 2nd base off Benitez/Piazza).

FIELDING
E: K Young (23, throw).

NY METS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Henderson lf M Mora pr-lf-rf-lf Alfonzo 2b Olerud 1b Piazza c Ventura 3b D Hamilton cf R Cedeno rf b-Agbayani ph Payton pr-lf Benitez p Ordonez ss Hershiser p Cook p Mahomes p a-M Franco ph Wendell p Halter rf c-Bonilla ph Totals	4 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 35	0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2	1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9	0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	1 0 1 3 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 17	.314 .161 .303 .297 .305 .301 .315 .314 .286 .250 .000 .259 .145 .000 .313 .235 .000 .000 .160

a-fouled to third for Mahomes in the 6th; b-walked for R Cedeno in the 8th; c-grounded to first for Halter in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: D Hamilton (19, K Benson); Ordonez (24, K Benson).
Rbi: D Hamilton (45).
2-out rbi: D Hamilton.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ventura 1, R Cedeno 1, Olerud 2,: M Franco 2.
Team LOB: 12.

BASERUNNING
SB: Ordonez (8, 3rd base off K Benson/J Oliver); Alfonzo (9, 2nd base off K Benson/J Oliver).

FIELDING
DP: 1 (Alfonzo-Ordonez-Olerud).


Pitching

PITTSBURGH	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
K Benson Christiansen Hansell (L, 1-3) Clontz	7 1 1/3 0	7 0 2 0	1 0 1 0	0 0 1 0	2 1 1 0	3 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	4.07 4.06 3.89 2.74

NY METS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hershiser Cook Mahomes Wendell Benitez (W, 4-3)	5 1/3 1/3 1/3 2 2/3 1/3	2 0 0 1 0	1 0 0 0 0	1 0 0 0 0	2 1 0 0 1	4 1 1 2 1	0 0 0 0 0	4.58 3.86 3.68 3.05 1.85

Hansell pitched to 0 batters in the 9th.

WP: Clontz.
Ibb: W Morris (by Benitez); Olerud (by Hansell).
Pitches-strikes: Hershiser 63-42; Cook 17-10; Mahomes 6-3; Wendell 34-25; Benitez 9-4; K Benson 120-80; Christiansen 14-8; Hansell 12-5; Clontz 1-0.
Ground balls-fly balls: Hershiser 7-5; Cook 0-0; Mahomes 0-0; Wendell 2-4; Benitez 0-0; K Benson 2-16; Christiansen 2-1; Hansell 1-0; Clontz 0-0.
Batters faced: Hershiser 19; Cook 2; Mahomes 1; Wendell 9; Benitez 2; K Benson 31;: Christiansen 4; Hansell 4; Clontz 0.
Umpires: HP: Bruce Froemming. 1B--Andrew Fletcher. 2B--Mark Hirschbeck. 3B--Jeff Nelson.
Ejections: Pittsburgh Coach J Jones: by Froemming (3rd).
T: 3:07.
Att: 50,111.
Weather: 70 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 8 mph,: left to right.