Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 16, 2007 - Box Score

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Cubs 10, Mets 1 2007 Regular Season Game 39
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National League Standings, May 16, 2007

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Jose
Reyes 2b
Damion
Easley cf
Carlos
Beltran 1b
Carlos
Delgado 3b
David
Wright c
Paul
Lo Duca rf
Shawn
Green lf
Carlos
Gomez p
Jorge
Sosa

May 16, 2007, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 8, Chicago Cubs 1

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Ryan Theriot 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Cliff Floyd rf 3 0 1 1 1 1

Alfonso Soriano lf 4 0 0 0 0 1

Aramis Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0

Daryle Ward 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0

Michael Barrett c 4 0 0 0 0 0

Jacque Jones cf 3 0 0 0 0 2

Cesar Izturis ss 2 1 1 0 1 0

Rich Hill p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Neal Cotts p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Angel Pagan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Howry p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Jose Reyes ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .337

- Ruben Gotay pr-ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 .158

Damion Easley 2b 4 2 2 2 1 2 .286

Carlos Beltran cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .305

Carlos Delgado 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .217

David Wright 3b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .275

Paul Lo Duca c 2 1 1 1 1 0 .288

Shawn Green rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .322

Carlos Gomez lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .444

Jorge Sosa p 3 0 0 0 1 1 .143

- Joe Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Billy Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Schaefer Mets Player of the Game

Jorge
Jorge Sosa
Points awarded for this game:
Jorge Sosa 4.57, Damion Easley 1.94, David Wright 1.19, Carlos Gomez 1.17, Paul Lo Duca 0.66, Carlos Delgado 0.18, Jose Reyes 0.14, Carlos Beltran 0.05, Billy Wagner 0.04, Joe Smith 0.04, Ruben Gotay 0.03.
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0

New York Mets 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 x 8 12 1

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Rich Hill (L) 6.0 7 4 4 4 6

Neal Cotts 1.0 3 3 3 1 0

Bob Howry 1.0 2 1 1 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jorge Sosa (W,3-0) 7.0 1 1 1 3 5 2.25

Joe Smith 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.47

Billy Wagner 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.53

Left on base: Cubs 5, Mets 9
Errors: Damion Easley (3).
2B: David Wright (10), Carlos Gomez (2).
HR: Damion Easley (6).
Intentional Walks: Paul Lo Duca.
SH: Rich Hill.
SF: David Wright, Paul Lo Duca.
SB: David Wright (8), Carlos Beltran (6), Carlos Delgado (1).

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New York Post
May 17, 2007

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