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ANA  5
MIL  4

DET  6
@KCR  5

MIN  7
BOS  5

CHW 10
@OAK  4

BAL  8
@SEA  7

TEX  4
NYY  2

CLE  8
@TOR  6

ATL  5
STL  1

CHC  5
SFG  3

CIN  5
SDP  0

MON  7
LAD  4

NYM 10
COL  4

PHI  5
HOU  3

FLA  5
@PIT  3

(10)
Standings at end of play this day

Shea Stadium, Attendance: 22,845

Sunday, May 18, 1997, 1:40
Time of Game: 3:13
Rockies
4
23-18
Lost 2
3rd, 1½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Rockies         0  0  1   0  0  0   2  1  0    4  8  0
Mets            0  0  0   2  0  0   0  8  X   10  9  1
W: T Kashiwada (1-0), L: B Ruffin (0-1)
Mets
10
22-20
Won 2
4th, 7 GB

BATTING

Colorado Rockies             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
E Young 2B                    3   0   0   0    2   1  .353  .932   18    2   3   SB,GDP
Q McCracken CF                4   0   1   1    0   0  .307  .788   23    3   0   2B
L Walker RF                   4   0   2   0    0   2  .410 1.265   13    3   0   2B
D Bichette LF                 4   0   0   0    0   2  .298  .774   14    1   0   GDP
A Galarraga 1B                4   1   2   1    0   0  .336 1.018   16   10   0   HR,2B
V Castilla 3B                 2   1   1   1    2   1  .285  .901   13    0   3   HR
K Manwaring C                 3   1   0   0    1   1  .266  .695   12    3   0   
  B Ruffin P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M DeJean P                  0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 3.000         0   0   
  D Holmes P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .714         0   0   
W Weiss SS                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .274  .764   13    1   2   SH
B Jones P                     2   1   1   0    0   0  .500 1.000    3    0   2   
  J McCurry P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Bates PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .273  .719    4    0   0   
  J Dipoto P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  S Reed P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Munoz P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .500         0   0   
  J Reed C                    1   0   1   0    0   0  .344  .895    5    1   0   
Totals                       31   4   8   3    5   8              134   24  11
BATTING
2B: Q McCracken (3, off D Mlicki); A Galarraga (8, off D Mlicki); L Walker (13, off D Mlicki).
HR: A Galarraga (9, off T Kashiwada; 8th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF); V Castilla (11, off R Trlicek; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF).
SH: W Weiss (2, off R Trlicek).
TB: A Galarraga 6; V Castilla 4; L Walker 3; Q McCracken 2; J Reed; B Jones.
GIDP: D Bichette (6); E Young (5).
RBI: A Galarraga (37); V Castilla (30); Q McCracken (10).
2-out RBI: A Galarraga; Q McCracken.
Team LOB: 6.
With RISP: 1 for 6.
FIELDING
DP: 2. V Castilla-E Young-A Galarraga; B Jones-W Weiss-A Galarraga.
BASERUNNING
SB: E Young (10, 2nd base off T Kashiwada/A Castillo).
New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Everett CF-RF               3   1   0   1    2   1  .200  .587   17    3   1   SB
E Alfonzo 3B                  5   1   2   1    0   0  .293  .743   22    1   2   
B Gilkey LF                   3   2   1   2    2   1  .187  .552   23    2   0   
B Huskey 1B                   5   1   3   2    0   0  .275  .830   19    8   1   2B
C Baerga 2B                   4   1   2   1    0   0  .285  .644   15    2   1   2B,SH
  C Lidle P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
A Ochoa RF                    1   0   0   1    1   0  .198  .470   10    1   0   SF
  J Olerud PH                 0   0   0   0    1   0  .344  .958    5    0   0   
  S Bieser PR-CF              1   1   0   0    0   0  .333  .876    3    0   0   
A Castillo C                  1   0   0   0    2   0  .353  .829   22    8   0   GDP
  T Hundley PH-C              1   1   0   0    1   1  .282  .996   12    0   0   
R Ordonez SS                  3   1   1   1    1   0  .228  .533   11    1   6   
D Mlicki P                    1   0   0   0    1   1  .214  .553   10    0   0   
  G Thurman PH                0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .500         0   0   
  M Franco PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .267  .738    3    0   0   GDP
  R Trlicek P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  T Kashiwada P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Alexander PH-2B           0   1   0   1    1   0  .260  .623    4    1   2   
Totals                       29  10   9  10   12   4              176   27  13
BATTING
2B: B Huskey (8, off B Jones); C Baerga (8, off D Holmes).
SF: A Ochoa (2, off B Jones).
SH: C Baerga (1, off B Jones).
TB: B Huskey 4; C Baerga 3; E Alfonzo 2; B Gilkey; R Ordonez.
GIDP: M Franco (1); A Castillo (3).
RBI: B Gilkey 2 (19); B Huskey 2 (23); E Alfonzo (12); C Baerga (6); A Ochoa (9); C Everett (13); M Alexander (5); R Ordonez (8).
Team LOB: 9.
With RISP: 5 for 11.
FIELDING
DP: 2. R Ordonez-C Baerga-B Huskey; E Alfonzo-M Alexander-B Huskey.
E: A Castillo (1).
BASERUNNING
SB: C Everett (6, 2nd base off B Jones/K Manwaring).

PITCHING

Colorado Rockies              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Jones                        5.1   4   2   2    7   3   0   3.38   26  110-56   41· 9· 6    8· 6· 2· 0     48    -     1.10  -0.05
J McCurry                      0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   1.98    1    3-1     1· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    1.77   0.08
J Dipoto, H (6)                1     0   0   0    0   0   0   7.71    3    6-4     3· 0· 1    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.44   0.11
S Reed, H (3)                  0.1   1   1   1    0   0   0   6.06    2    7-4     3· 0· 1    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.52  -0.01
M Munoz                        0     0   1   1    1   0   0   7.50    1    5-1     0· 0· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    2.44  -0.08
B Ruffin, BS (1), L (0-1)      0     0   3   3    3   0   0   4.82    3   14-2     0· 0· 2    0· 0· 0· 0          2-2    5.40  -0.52
M DeJean                       0     3   3   3    1   0   0   2.08    4   17-9     5· 1· 3    1· 0· 2· 0          3-3    1.64  -0.22
D Holmes                       0.2   1   0   0    0   1   0   1.86    3   12-7     4· 1· 2    1· 1· 0· 0          2-1    0.03  -0.00
Totals                         8     9  10  10   12   4   0          43  174-84   57·11·16   13· 9· 5· 0         10-6 
New York Mets                 IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Mlicki                       6     4   1   1    2   7   0   4.96   23   83-49   24·12·13    6· 6· 2· 0     65    -     0.99   0.23
R Trlicek, BS (1)              0.1   1   2   1    1   0   1   4.74    3    7-3     3· 0· 0    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.87  -0.23
T Kashiwada, W (1-0)           1.2   2   1   1    2   1   1   2.25    8   29-16    9· 2· 5    1· 3· 1· 0          1-1    1.40  -0.20
C Lidle                        1     1   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3   12-8     5· 0· 3    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.06   0.00
Totals                         9     8   4   3    5   8   2          37  131-76   41·14·21   11·10· 3· 0          1-1 
M Munoz faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.
B Ruffin faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.
M DeJean faced 4 batters in the 8th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: T Kashiwada (3).
IBB: None.
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Charlie Reliford, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Jim Quick.
Time of Game: 3:13.
Attendance: 22,845.
Field Condition: Dry.
Weather: 63° F, Wind 5mph out to Leftfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Colorado Rockies              New York Mets                        
1. E Young              2B    1. C Everett            CF 
2. Q McCracken          CF    2. E Alfonzo            3B 
3. L Walker             RF    3. B Gilkey             LF 
4. D Bichette           LF    4. B Huskey             1B 
5. A Galarraga          1B    5. C Baerga             2B 
6. V Castilla           3B    6. A Ochoa              RF 
7. K Manwaring          C     7. A Castillo           C  
8. W Weiss              SS    8. R Ordonez            SS 
9. B Jones              P     9. D Mlicki             P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   1  4-3  123  4   22%  77% M Alexander     B Ruffin        Walk; Bieser Scores; Hundley to 3B; Ordonez to 2B
   t 7   0  2-1  ---  1  -20%  50% V Castilla      R Trlicek       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   b 8   1  4-2  123  5   18%  55% R Ordonez       B Ruffin        Walk; Baerga Scores; Bieser to 3B; Hundley to 2B
   t 7   2  2-2  1-3  3  -18%  32% Q McCracken     T Kashiwada     Young Steals 2B; Manwaring Scores/Adv on E2 (throw)/unER
   b 4   0  1-0  1--  2   16%  63% B Huskey        B Jones         Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Gilkey Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Rockies Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave Mlicki facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   52%  E Young         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   54%  Q McCracken     Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   55%  L Walker        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rockies 0, Mets 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Mets Batting, Tied 0-0, Bobby Jones facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   53%  C Everett       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   51%  E Alfonzo       Flyball: CF
          ---  5   52%  B Gilkey        Walk
   O      1--  5   50%  B Huskey        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rockies 0, Mets 0.

Top of the 2nd, Rockies Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave Mlicki facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   52%  D Bichette      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   54%  A Galarraga     Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   55%  V Castilla      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rockies 0, Mets 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Mets Batting, Tied 0-0, Bobby Jones facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   53%  C Baerga        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   55%  A Ochoa         Walk
   OO     1--  5   50%  A Castillo      Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (P's Right)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rockies 0, Mets 0.

Top of the 3rd, Rockies Batting, Tied 0-0, Dave Mlicki facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   52%  K Manwaring     Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   54%  W Weiss         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  1   53%  B Jones         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
          1--  5   51%  E Young         Walk; Jones to 2B
   RO     12-  7   43%  Q McCracken     Double to CF (Line Drive); Jones Scores; Young out at Hm/CF-SS-3B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rockies 1, Mets 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Mets Batting, Behind 0-1, Bobby Jones facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   41%  R Ordonez       Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  6   39%  D Mlicki        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   40%  C Everett       Walk
          1--      41%  E Alfonzo       Everett Steals 2B
   O      -2-  3   37%  " "             Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rockies 1, Mets 0.

Top of the 4th, Rockies Batting, Ahead 1-0, Dave Mlicki facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   40%  L Walker        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   41%  D Bichette      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  2   39%  A Galarraga     Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
          -2-  4   38%  V Castilla      Walk
   O      12-  1   42%  K Manwaring     Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rockies 1, Mets 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Mets Batting, Behind 0-1, Bobby Jones facing 3-4-5
          ---  7   47%  B Gilkey        Walk
   R      1--  2   63%  B Huskey        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Gilkey Scores
   O      -2-  2   62%  C Baerga        Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Huskey to 3B
   RO     --3  2   65%  A Ochoa         Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF Line); Huskey Scores
          ---  8   66%  A Castillo      Walk
   O      1--  1   64%  R Ordonez       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rockies 1, Mets 2.

Top of the 5th, Rockies Batting, Behind 1-2, Dave Mlicki facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   67%  W Weiss         Foul Flyball: LF (LF Foul)
   O      ---  2   70%  B Jones         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   71%  E Young         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rockies 1, Mets 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Mets Batting, Ahead 2-1, Bobby Jones facing 9-1-2
          ---  4   74%  D Mlicki        Walk
   O      1--  5   71%  C Everett       Strikeout Swinging
          1--  4   74%  E Alfonzo       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Mlicki to 2B
   O      12-  6   70%  B Gilkey        Strikeout Swinging
          12-  3   73%  B Huskey        Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Mlicki to 3B; Alfonzo to 2B
   O      123  3   66%  C Baerga        Popfly: 1B (Short 1B Line)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Rockies 1, Mets 2.

Top of the 6th, Rockies Batting, Behind 1-2, Dave Mlicki facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   70%  Q McCracken     Flyball: CF
          ---  1   63%  L Walker        Double to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  5   69%  D Bichette      Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  4   74%  A Galarraga     Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rockies 1, Mets 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Mets Batting, Ahead 2-1, Bobby Jones facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   72%  A Ochoa         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  9   74%  A Castillo      Walk
          1--  2   78%  R Ordonez       Single to LF (Line Drive); Castillo to 2B
                  Jeff McCurry replaces Bobby Jones pitching and batting 9th; Gary Thurman pinch hits for Dave Mlicki batting 9th; Matt Franco pinch hits for Gary Thurman batting 9th
   OO     12-  3   70%  M Franco        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rockies 1, Mets 2.

Top of the 7th, Rockies Batting, Behind 1-2, Ricky Trlicek facing 6-7-8
                  Ricky Trlicek replaces Matt Franco pitching and batting 9th
   R      ---  1   50%  V Castilla      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          ---  4   44%  K Manwaring     Walk
   O      1--  2   46%  W Weiss         Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice (Short 1B Line); Manwaring to 2B
                  Takashi Kashiwada replaces Ricky Trlicek pitching and batting 9th; Jason Bates pinch hits for Jeff McCurry batting 9th
   O      -2-  4   53%  J Bates         Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  5   50%  E Young         Walk, Wild Pitch; Manwaring to 3B
   R      1-3      32%  Q McCracken     Young Steals 2B; Manwaring Scores/Adv on E2 (throw)/unER
   O      -2-  5   36%  " "             Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Rockies 3, Mets 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Mets Batting, Behind 2-3, Jerry Dipoto facing 1-2-3
                  Jerry Dipoto replaces Jason Bates pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  1   31%  C Everett       Bunt Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  3   28%  E Alfonzo       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  2   25%  B Gilkey        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rockies 3, Mets 2.

Top of the 8th, Rockies Batting, Ahead 3-2, Takashi Kashiwada facing 3-4-5
          ---  1   22%  L Walker        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  1   29%  D Bichette      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   R      ---  7   16%  A Galarraga     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          ---  4   15%  V Castilla      Walk
   O      1--  2   16%  K Manwaring     Flyball: RF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rockies 4, Mets 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Mets Batting, Behind 2-4, Steve Reed facing 4-5-6
                  Steve Reed replaces Jerry Dipoto pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   12%  B Huskey        Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  3   17%  C Baerga        Single to LF (Line Drive)
                  Mike Munoz replaces Steve Reed pitching and batting 9th; John Olerud pinch hits for Alex Ochoa batting 6th
          1--  5   25%  J Olerud        Walk; Baerga to 2B
                  Bruce Ruffin replaces Kirt Manwaring pitching and batting 7th; Jeff Reed replaces Mike Munoz playing C batting 9th; Todd Hundley pinch hits for Alberto Castillo batting 7th; Steve Bieser pinch runs for John Olerud batting 6th
          12-  5   37%  T Hundley       Walk; Baerga to 3B; Bieser to 2B
   R      123  5   55%  R Ordonez       Walk; Baerga Scores; Bieser to 3B; Hundley to 2B
                  Manny Alexander pinch hits for Takashi Kashiwada batting 9th
   R      123  4   77%  M Alexander     Walk; Bieser Scores; Hundley to 3B; Ordonez to 2B
                  Mike DeJean replaces Bruce Ruffin pitching and batting 7th
   R      123  4   92%  C Everett       Walk; Hundley Scores; Ordonez to 3B; Alexander to 2B
   R      123  5   96%  E Alfonzo       Single to RF (Line Drive); Ordonez Scores; Alexander to 3B; Everett to 2B
   RR     123  3   99%  B Gilkey        Single to CF (Line Drive); Alexander Scores; Everett Scores; Alfonzo to 2B
   R      12-  5  100%  B Huskey        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Alfonzo Scores; Gilkey to 3B
                  Darren Holmes replaces Mike DeJean pitching and batting 7th
   R      1-3  2  100%  C Baerga        Double to LF (Fly Ball); Gilkey Scores; Huskey to 3B
   O      -23  3  100%  S Bieser        Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
   O      -23  7  100%  T Hundley       Strikeout Swinging
                  8 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rockies 4, Mets 10.

Top of the 9th, Rockies Batting, Behind 4-10, Cory Lidle facing 8-9-1
                  Cory Lidle replaces Carlos Baerga pitching and batting 5th; Todd Hundley moves to C; Manny Alexander moves to 2B; Steve Bieser moves to CF; Carl Everett moves to RF
   O      ---  6  100%  W Weiss         Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
          ---  5  100%  J Reed          Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  1  100%  E Young         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rockies 4, Mets 10.

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