Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 9, 2000 - Box Score

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Astros 9, Mets 3 2000 Regular Season Game 112
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National League Standings, August 9, 2000

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Mets Starting Lineup

lf
Benny
Agbayani rf
Derek
Bell 2b
Edgardo
Alfonzo c
Mike
Piazza 3b
Robin
Ventura 1b
Todd
Zeile cf
Jay
Payton ss
Mike
Bordick p
Rick
Reed

August 9, 2000, Astros Field, Houston, TX

New York Mets 12, Houston Astros 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Benny Agbayani lf 3 1 2 2 0 0 .317

- Darryl Hamilton ph-lf 1 1 1 2 0 0 .188

- Bubba Trammell ph-lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200

Derek Bell rf 5 1 1 1 0 3 .296

Edgardo Alfonzo 2b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .326

- Kurt Abbott pr-2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .207

Mike Piazza c 5 1 2 3 0 0 .343

- Todd Pratt c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248

Robin Ventura 3b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .236

- Turk Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dennis Cook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Todd Zeile 1b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .292

Jay Payton cf 4 2 2 1 1 0 .293

Mike Bordick ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .318

Rick Reed p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .194

- Joe McEwing ph-3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .246

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Julio Lugo ss 5 2 3 1 0 0

Bill Spiers 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0

Jeff Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2

- Glen Barker cf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lance Berkman rf 3 0 0 1 0 0

Richard Hidalgo cf-lf 4 1 1 0 0 1

Daryle Ward lf-1b 4 1 1 1 0 1

Chris Truby 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0

Tony Eusebio c 4 1 1 1 0 1

Jose Lima p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Slusarski p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tim Bogar ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Jason Green p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Wayne Franklin p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Matt Mieske ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 12 16 2

Houston Astros 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 9 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Rick Reed (W,7-2) 7.0 8 4 3 0 4 4.31

Turk Wendell 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 3.41

Dennis Cook 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5.32

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Jose Lima (L) 3.1 7 7 7 2 1

Joe Slusarski 1.2 4 0 0 0 1

Jason Green 0.1 2 2 2 0 0

Wayne Franklin 3.2 3 3 3 3 3

Errors: Mike Piazza (1).
WP: Jose Lima.
2B: Edgardo Alfonzo (29), Benny Agbayani (14), Chris Truby.
3B: Todd Zeile (3), Derek Bell (1).
HR: Jay Payton (10), Mike Piazza (30), Darryl Hamilton (1), Tony Eusebio, Daryle Ward, Julio Lugo.
HBP: Robin Ventura, Chris Truby.
SH: Rick Reed.
SF: Lance Berkman.
SB: Richard Hidalgo, Julio Lugo.

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