1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	5	1
NY Mets	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	3	9	2

ST LOUIS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Vina 2b P Polanco ss Edmonds cf F Tatis 3b E Davis rf R Lankford lf Ed Perez 1b M Matheny c b-Drew ph Hentgen p a-Paquette ph M Morris p c-T Howard ph Totals	4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 32	1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2	1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3	0 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11	0 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 15	.297 .320 .333 .314 .332 .251 .356 .243 .296 .235 .246 .000 .195

a-popped to second for Hentgen in the 7th; b-walked for M Matheny in the 9th; c-hit into fielder's choice for M Morris in the 9th.

BATTING
S: Hentgen.
Rbi: P Polanco (19).
2-out rbi: P Polanco.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Paquette 2.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
Picked off: Edmonds (1st base, Wendell).

FIELDING
E: M Matheny (4, catch).
Outfield assists: Edmonds (A Leiter, safe on error).
DP: 1 (Vina-Ed Perez).

NY METS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
L Harris 3b De Bell rf Alfonzo 2b Piazza c Zeile 1b Agbayani lf Mcewing lf Payton cf K Abbott ss A Leiter p J Franco p Wendell p a-M Franco ph Benitez p Totals	4 4 4 2 3 2 0 4 4 3 0 0 1 0 31	0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9	0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2	0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5	2 1 2 0 5 3 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 22	.230 .300 .316 .348 .301 .308 .232 .291 .206 .079 .000 .000 .234 .000

a-popped to shortstop for Wendell in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Agbayani (10, Hentgen); L Harris (5, Hentgen); Zeile (30, Hentgen); Alfonzo (28, M Morris).
Rbi: Agbayani (35), Payton (35).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Zeile 1, L Harris 1, A Leiter 2, Agbayani 2.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Agbayani (4, 2nd base off Hentgen/M Matheny).
CS: L Harris (1, 2nd base by M Morris/M Matheny).

FIELDING
E: K Abbott (4, ground ball); L Harris (9, throw).


Pitching

ST LOUIS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hentgen (L, 9-8) M Morris	6 2	6 3	3 0	2 0	4 1	4 1	0 0	5.26 2.45

NY METS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
A Leiter (W, 11-4) J Franco (H, 14) Wendell (H, 11) Benitez (S, 24)	7 1/3 2/3 1	3 2 0 0	1 1 0 0	1 0 0 0	2 0 0 1	8 1 1 1	0 0 0 0	3.30 3.10 3.51 2.86

Ibb: Piazza (by M Morris).
Pitches-strikes: A Leiter 114-71; J Franco 12-9; Wendell 7-5; Benitez 17-11; Hentgen 91-50; M Morris 38-24.
Ground balls-fly balls: A Leiter 7-6; J Franco 0-0; Wendell 0-0; Benitez 2-0; Hentgen 7-6; M Morris 1-3.
Batters faced: A Leiter 27; J Franco 3; Wendell 2; Benitez 4; Hentgen 27; M Morris 9.
Umpires: HP: Doug Eddings. 1B--Charles Reliford. 2B--Mark Carlson. 3B--Dana Demuth.
T: 2:58.
Att: 42,396.
Weather: 74 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 7 mph, out to center.