2000 League Championship Series - New York Mets over St. Louis Cardinals (4-1)

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2000 League Championship Series (4-1): New York Mets (94-68) over St. Louis Cardinals (95-67)

WS: NYY-NYM / ALCS: NYY-SEA / NLCS: NYM-STL / Div. Series: NYY-OAK / SEA-CHW / STL-ATL / NYM-SFG
1999 NLCS / 2001 NLCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 11, 2000 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                2  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  3     6  8  3
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     2  9  0

    PITCHERS: NYM - Hampton, Franco (8), Benitez (9)
              STL - Kile, James (8), Christiansen (9)

               WP - Mike Hampton
	       LP - Darryl Kile
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYM - Payton, Zeile
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 52,255

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 12, 2000 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                2  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  1     6  9  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  1  0    0  2  0    0  2  0     5 10  3

    PITCHERS: NYM - Leiter, Franco (8), Wendell (8), Benitez (9)
              STL - Ankiel, Reames (1), Morris (6), Veres (8), Timlin (9)

               WP - Turk Wendell
	       LP - Mike Timlin
             SAVE - Armando Benitez

   HOME RUNS: NYM - Piazza
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 52,250

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 14, 2000 at Shea Stadium (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  2    1  3  0    0  0  0     8 14  0
    New York Mets                1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: STL - Benes, James (9), Veres (9)
              NYM - Reed, Rusch (4), White (5), Cook (8), Wendell (9)

               WP - Andy Benes
	       LP - Rick Reed
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYM - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,693

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 15, 2000 at Shea Stadium (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  0    1  3  0    0  0  0     6 11  2
    New York Mets                4  3  0    1  0  2    0  0  x    10  9  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Kile, James (4), Timlin (5), Morris (7), Christiansen (8)
              NYM - Jones, Rusch (5), Franco (8), Benitez (9)

               WP - Glendon Rusch
	       LP - Darryl Kile
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Clark, Edmonds
              NYM - Piazza

  ATTENDANCE: 55,665

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 16, 2000 at Shea Stadium (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  2
    New York Mets                3  0  0    3  0  0    1  0  x     7 10  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Hentgen, Timlin (4), Reames (5), Ankiel (7), James (7), Veres (8)
              NYM - Hampton

               WP - Mike Hampton
	       LP - Pat Hentgen
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYM - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,695

Series MVP - Mike Hampton

Series Batting Stats

New York Mets Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Kurt Abbott	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	79	157	22	34	6	12	1	.217	.672
Benny Agbayani	5	17	0	6	2	0	0	3	4	0	.353	.476	.471	.947	0	0	119	350	59	101	15	60	5	.289	.868
Edgardo Alfonzo	5	18	5	8	1	1	0	4	4	1	.444	.565	.611	1.176	0	0	150	544	109	176	25	94	3	.324	.967
Armando Benitez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Bordick	5	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	.077	.294	.077	.371	0	0	*156	583	88	166	20	80	9	.285	.783
Dennis Cook	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Franco	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	62	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Matt Franco	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	101	134	9	32	2	14	0	.239	.653
Darryl Hamilton	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	43	105	20	29	1	6	2	.276	.720
Mike Hampton	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	35	73	7	20	0	8	0	.274	.586
Lenny Harris	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*112	223	31	58	4	26	13	.260	.698
Bobby Jones	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	27	44	4	2	0	0	0	.045	.170
Al Leiter	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	31	58	1	3	0	0	0	.052	.165
Joe McEwing	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	87	153	20	34	2	19	3	.222	.614
Jay Payton	5	19	1	3	0	0	1	3	2	5	.158	.273	.316	.589	0	0	149	488	63	142	17	62	5	.291	.778
Timo Perez	5	23	8	7	2	0	0	0	1	3	.304	.333	.391	.725	2	1	24	49	11	14	1	3	1	.286	.803
Mike Piazza	5	17	7	7	3	0	2	4	5	0	.412	.545	.941	1.487	0	0	136	482	90	156	38	113	4	.324	1.012
Rick Reed	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	30	49	6	10	0	2	0	.204	.430
Glendon Rusch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	50	2	3	0	1	0	.060	.173
Bubba Trammell	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*102	245	28	65	10	45	4	.265	.802
Robin Ventura	5	14	4	3	1	0	0	5	6	0	.214	.409	.286	.695	0	0	141	469	61	109	24	84	3	.232	.777
Turk Wendell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	77	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Rick White	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*68	5	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.400
Todd Zeile	5	19	1	7	3	0	1	8	2	4	.368	.409	.684	1.093	0	0	153	544	67	146	22	79	3	.268	.823
Totals	73	164	31	43	12	1	4	27	27	24	.262	.371	.421	.791	2	1	162	5486	807	1445	198		66	.263	.776

St. Louis Cardinals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Rick Ankiel	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	68	8	17	2	9	0	.250	.674
Andy Benes	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	30	50	1	4	1	1	0	.080	.288
Jason Christiansen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*65	0	0	0	0	0	0
Will Clark	5	17	3	7	2	0	1	1	2	1	.412	.500	.706	1.206	0	0	*130	427	78	136	21	70	5	.319	.964
Eric Davis	4	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.200	.300	.500	0	0	92	254	38	77	6	40	1	.303	.818
J.D. Drew	5	12	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	.333	.333	.417	.750	0	0	135	407	73	120	18	57	17	.295	.880
Shawon Dunston	4	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	0	0	98	216	28	54	12	43	3	.250	.764
Jim Edmonds	5	22	1	5	1	0	1	5	1	9	.227	.261	.409	.670	0	0	152	525	129	155	42	108	10	.295	.994
Pat Hentgen	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	33	60	4	8	0	0	0	.133	.321
Carlos Hernandez	5	16	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	.250	.294	.250	.544	0	0	*75	242	23	62	3	35	2	.256	.678
Mike James	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	52	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Darryl Kile	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	34	73	5	9	0	3	0	.123	.366
Ray Lankford	5	12	1	4	1	0	0	1	1	5	.333	.385	.417	.801	0	0	128	392	73	99	26	65	5	.253	.874
Eli Marrero	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	53	102	21	23	5	17	5	.225	.723
Mark McGwire	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	89	236	60	72	32	73	1	.305	1.229
Matt Morris	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.667
Craig Paquette	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	134	384	47	94	15	61	4	.245	.728
Placido Polanco	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	0	0	118	323	50	102	5	39	4	.316	.765
Britt Reames	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	10	12	1	2	0	0	0	.167	.333
Edgar Renteria	5	20	4	6	1	0	0	4	0	2	.300	.286	.350	.636	3	0	150	562	94	156	16	76	21	.278	.770
Fernando Tatis	5	13	1	3	2	0	0	2	1	5	.231	.267	.385	.651	0	0	96	324	59	82	18	64	2	.253	.870
Mike Timlin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*62	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Veres	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Fernando Vina	5	23	3	6	1	0	0	1	1	4	.261	.292	.304	.596	0	0	123	487	81	146	4	31	10	.300	.779
Rick Wilkins	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	11	3	3	0	1	0	.273	.657
Totals	88	177	21	47	11	0	2	18	11	39	.266	.309	.362	.670	3	0	162	5478	887	1481	235		87	.270	.812

New York Mets Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Armando Benitez	3	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	3.0	3	0	2	2	1.667	76	0	2.61	4	4	41	76.0	39	38	106	1.013
Dennis Cook	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	2	1.000	68	0	5.34	6	3	2	59.0	63	31	53	1.593
John Franco	3	0	6.75	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	2	2	2	1.875	62	0	3.40	5	4	4	55.2	46	26	56	1.293
Mike Hampton	2	2	0.00	2	0	0	1	16.0	9	0	4	12	0.813	33	33	3.14	15	10	0	217.2	194	99	151	1.346
Bobby Jones	1	1	13.50	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	6	0	2	1.500	27	27	5.06	11	6	0	154.2	171	49	85	1.422
Al Leiter	1	1	3.86	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	3	0	9	1.143	31	31	3.20	16	8	0	208.0	176	76	200	1.212
Rick Reed	1	1	10.80	0	1	0	0	3.1	8	4	1	4	2.700	30	30	4.11	11	5	0	184.0	192	34	121	1.228
Glendon Rusch	2	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	3.2	3	0	0	3	0.818	31	30	4.01	11	11	0	190.2	196	44	157	1.259
Turk Wendell	2	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	1	2	1.500	77	0	3.59	8	6	1	82.2	60	41	73	1.222
Rick White	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	3	1	1	2.000	*66	0	3.52	5	9	3	99.2	83	38	67	1.214
Totals	17	5	3.60	4	1	1	1	45.0	47	18	11	39	1.289	162	162	4.159	94	68		1450.0	1398	574	1164	1.360

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Rick Ankiel	2	1	20.25	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	3	5	2	4.500	31	30	3.50	11	7	0	175.0	137	90	194	1.297
Andy Benes	1	1	2.25	1	0	0	0	8.0	6	2	3	5	1.125	30	27	4.88	12	9	0	166.0	174	68	137	1.458
Jason Christiansen	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0.000	*65	0	5.06	3	8	1	48.0	41	27	53	1.417
Pat Hentgen	1	1	14.73	0	1	0	0	3.2	7	6	5	2	3.273	33	33	4.72	15	12	0	194.1	202	89	118	1.497
Mike James	4	0	15.43	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	4	1	0	2.571	51	0	3.16	2	2	2	51.1	40	24	41	1.247
Darryl Kile	2	2	9.00	0	2	0	0	10.0	13	10	5	3	1.800	34	34	3.91	20	9	0	232.1	215	58	192	1.175
Matt Morris	2	0	4.91	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	2	2	2	1.364	31	0	3.57	3	3	4	53.0	53	17	34	1.321
Britt Reames	2	0	1.42	0	0	0	0	6.1	5	1	4	6	1.421	8	7	2.88	2	1	0	40.2	30	23	31	1.303
Mike Timlin	3	0	0.00	0	1	0	0	3.1	1	0	2	0	0.900	*62	0	4.18	5	4	12	64.2	67	35	52	1.577
Dave Veres	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	3	0.857	71	0	2.85	3	5	29	75.2	65	25	67	1.189
Totals	22	5	5.86	1	4	0	0	43.0	43	28	27	24	1.628	162	162	4.382	95	67		1433.2	1403	606	1100	1.401

WS: NYY-NYM / ALCS: NYY-SEA / NLCS: NYM-STL / Div. Series: NYY-OAK / SEA-CHW / STL-ATL / NYM-SFG
1999 NLCS / 2001 NLCS

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