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CLE  4
@BAL  0

CHW  4
@CAL  3

TOR 10
@DET  9

MIL  9
MIN  5

OAK  4
KCR  3

(13)
TEX 13
@SEA  1

SDP  2
@CIN  1

ATL  3
@HOU  1

PHI 11
CHC  3

PIT  4
MON  2

STL 15
NYM  7

Standings at end of play this day

Busch Stadium, Attendance: 23,632

Wednesday, April 8, 1992, (null)
Time of Game: 3:30
Mets
7
1-2
Lost 2
5th, 1½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Mets            0  0  2   0  0  1   0  0  4    7  7  0
Cardinals       1  1  2   0  2  5   0  4  X   15 15  2
W: M Perez (1-0), L: S Fernandez (0-1)
Cardinals
15
2-1
Won 2
2nd, ½ GB

BATTING

New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
V Coleman LF                  4   2   2   2    1   0  .333  .929   19    0   0   2·2B,2·SB
W Randolph 2B                 4   1   1   2    1   1  .100  .508   24    0   0   2B
B Bonilla RF                  3   0   1   2    2   0  .417 1.417   26    2   0   
H Johnson CF                  5   0   0   0    0   0  .214  .428   16    4   0   SB
E Murray 1B                   4   1   1   0    0   0  .364  .781   24   11   1   GDP
B Pecota 3B-SS                4   1   1   0    0   0  .364  .819   10    0   2   
K Elster SS                   2   0   1   0    0   0  .200  .400    3    1   3   
  D Magadan PH-3B             1   1   0   0    1   0  .000  .143    9    0   3   GDP
T Hundley C                   3   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .347   16    4   1   
  M Dewey P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Gallagher PH              1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    1    0   0   
S Fernandez P                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    4    0   1   
  P Gibson P                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    1    1   1   
  M Sasser C                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .600    6    1   0   
  J Noboa PH                  0   1   0   0    0   0  .000  .333    2    0   0   HBP
Totals                       34   7   7   6    5   1              161   24  12
BATTING
2B: W Randolph (1, off B McClure); V Coleman 2 (2, off B McClure, off B Smith).
HBP: J Noboa (1, by B McClure).
TB: V Coleman 4; W Randolph 2; K Elster; B Bonilla; B Pecota; E Murray.
GIDP: E Murray (1); D Magadan (2).
RBI: B Bonilla 2 (5); W Randolph 2 (2); V Coleman 2 (2).
Team LOB: 6.
With RISP: 3 for 13.
FIELDING
PB: M Sasser (1).
BASERUNNING
SB: V Coleman 2 (3, 3rd base off B Smith/T Pagnozzi, 2nd base off B Smith/T Pagnozzi); H Johnson (3, 2nd base off B Smith/T Pagnozzi).
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Lankford CF                 3   3   1   0    2   1  .364  .864   25    2   0   SB
O Smith SS                    3   2   2   2    0   0  .273  .606   12    2   2   SH
  T Jones SS                  1   1   1   0    0   0  .125  .250    1    0   1   
T Zeile 3B                    3   3   2   2    2   1  .455 1.662   26    1   2   HR,CS
P Guerrero 1B                 4   1   3   3    1   0  .500 1.383   23   11   0   HR
  R Hudler PR-1B              0   1   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         1   0   
B Jordan RF                   5   0   2   4    0   2  .400 1.000   22    0   0   2B,SB
B Gilkey LF                   5   3   3   0    0   0  .500 1.333   24    7   0   2·2B
T Pagnozzi C                  4   0   1   2    0   0  .250  .583   16    1   0   2B,SH
L Alicea 2B                   4   0   0   1    0   1  .000  .000   19    2   5   SF
B Smith P                     1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    4    0   0   
  M Perez P                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    5    0   2   
  C Wilson PH                 0   1   0   0    1   0                4    0   0   SB
  C Carpenter P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  G Perry PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .667 1.667    6    0   0   
  J Agosto P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B McClure P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       35  15  15  14    6   5              187   27  13
BATTING
2B: T Pagnozzi (1, off M Dewey); B Jordan (1, off M Dewey); B Gilkey 2 (2, off S Fernandez, off P Gibson).
HR: P Guerrero (1, off P Gibson; 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF); T Zeile (2, off P Gibson; 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF).
SF: L Alicea (1, off S Fernandez).
SH: T Pagnozzi (1, off P Gibson); O Smith (1, off S Fernandez).
TB: P Guerrero 6; B Gilkey 5; T Zeile 5; B Jordan 3; T Pagnozzi 2; O Smith 2; T Jones; R Lankford.
RBI: B Jordan 4 (4); P Guerrero 3 (5); T Pagnozzi 2 (2); T Zeile 2 (5); O Smith 2 (2); L Alicea (1).
2-out RBI: B Jordan 3; P Guerrero 2; T Pagnozzi 2; O Smith 2; T Zeile.
Team LOB: 5.
With RISP: 8 for 16.
FIELDING
DP: 2. M Perez-O Smith-P Guerrero; T Jones-L Alicea-P Guerrero.
E: L Alicea 2 (2).
BASERUNNING
SB: C Wilson (1, 2nd base off P Gibson/T Hundley); B Jordan (1, 2nd base off P Gibson/T Hundley); R Lankford (1, 3rd base off S Fernandez/T Hundley).
CS: T Zeile (1, 2nd base by S Fernandez/T Hundley).

PITCHING

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
S Fernandez, L (0-1)           2.1   3   4   4    3   1   0  15.43   12   43-21   13· 2· 6    3· 3· 2· 0     33    -     0.94  -0.19
P Gibson                       3.1   5   6   6    2   3   2  16.20   17   76-45   26· 6·13    6· 5· 1· 0          2-2    0.69  -0.29
M Dewey                        2.1   7   5   5    1   1   0  10.38   15   54-32   21· 2· 9    9· 2· 2· 0          2-2    0.03  -0.02
Totals                         8    15  15  15    6   5   2          44  173-98   60·10·28   18·10· 5· 0          4-4 
St. Louis Cardinals           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Smith                        2.2   3   2   2    2   1   0   6.75   14   57-30   15· 5·10    6· 4· 1· 0     43    -     1.19  -0.16
M Perez, W (1-0)               3.1   2   1   1    1   0   0   2.70   12   44-31   23· 0· 8    6· 4· 1· 0          2-0    0.99   0.16
C Carpenter                    1     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3   14-8     5· 0· 3    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.04   0.00
J Agosto                       1     0   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    3   14-6     3· 2· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.05   0.00
B McClure                      1     2   4   3    1   0   0  16.20    8   19-10    7· 1· 2    2· 3· 1· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     7   7   6    5   1   0          40  148-85   53· 8·24   16·13· 4· 0          2-0 
Balks: None.
WP: B Smith (1).
IBB: None.
HBP: B McClure (1; J Noboa).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Bob Davidson, 1B - Bill Hohn, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Frank Pulli.
Time of Game: 3:30.
Attendance: 23,632.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: 72° F, Wind 12mph out to Leftfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   New York Mets                 St. Louis Cardinals                  
1. V Coleman            LF    1. R Lankford           CF 
2. W Randolph           2B    2. O Smith              SS 
3. B Bonilla            RF    3. T Zeile              3B 
4. H Johnson            CF    4. P Guerrero           1B 
5. E Murray             1B    5. B Jordan             RF 
6. B Pecota             3B    6. B Gilkey             LF 
7. K Elster             SS    7. T Pagnozzi           C  
8. T Hundley            C     8. L Alicea             2B 
9. S Fernandez          P     9. B Smith              P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 3   2  2-2  -23  3   21%  77% B Jordan        P Gibson        Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Smith Scores; Zeile Scores
   t 3   1  2-0  -23  4  -16%  48% B Bonilla       B Smith         Single to RF (Line Drive); Coleman Scores; Randolph Scores; Bonilla to 2B/Adv on throw
   t 3   1  2-2  -23  7    9%  48% E Murray        B Smith         Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
   t 6   0  6-2  1-3  4    8%  92% D Magadan       M Perez         Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B; Murray Scores/No RBI
   b 5   2  2-4  ---  4    8%  89% T Zeile         P Gibson        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Zeile Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Mets Batting, Tied 0-0, Bryn Smith facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5   46%  V Coleman       Walk
          1--      44%  W Randolph      Coleman Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   48%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  4   51%  B Bonilla       Popfly: LF (Deep SS)
   O      -2-  3   54%  H Johnson       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Sid Fernandez facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   58%  R Lankford      Walk
   O      1--  1   57%  O Smith         Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice (Short 1B Line); Lankford to 2B
          -2-      60%  T Zeile         Lankford Steals 3B
   R      --3  3   66%  " "             Single to SS (Line Drive to SS-2B); Lankford Scores
   O      1--      63%  P Guerrero      Zeile Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
          ---  4   64%  " "             Walk
   O      1--  5   62%  B Jordan        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

Top of the 2nd, Mets Batting, Behind 0-1, Bryn Smith facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   64%  E Murray        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  4   66%  B Pecota        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2   64%  K Elster        Single (Ground Ball to Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  3   67%  T Hundley       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 1-0, Sid Fernandez facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   72%  B Gilkey        Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
   O      -2-  6   72%  T Pagnozzi      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B); Gilkey to 3B
   RO     --3  1   74%  L Alicea        Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Gilkey Scores
   O      ---  4   74%  B Smith         Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 2.

Top of the 3rd, Mets Batting, Behind 0-2, Bryn Smith facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   76%  S Fernandez     Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   72%  V Coleman       Double to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 1B)
          -2-      69%  W Randolph      Coleman Steals 3B
          --3  6   66%  " "             Walk
          1-3      63%  B Bonilla       Wild Pitch; Randolph to 2B
   RR     -23  4   48%  " "             Single to RF (Line Drive); Coleman Scores; Randolph Scores; Bonilla to 2B/Adv on throw
          -2-  3   42%  H Johnson       Reached on E4 (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); Bonilla to 3B; Johnson to 1B
          1-3      39%  E Murray        Johnson Steals 2B
   O      -23  7   48%  " "             Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
                  Mike Perez replaces Bryn Smith pitching and batting 9th
   O      -23  3   55%  B Pecota        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 2-2, Sid Fernandez facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   53%  R Lankford      Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B)
          ---  3   56%  O Smith         Single to 3B (Line Drive to Deep 3B)
          1--  5   60%  T Zeile         Walk; Smith to 2B
                  Paul Gibson replaces Sid Fernandez pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-  5   57%  P Guerrero      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS); Smith to 3B; Zeile to 2B
   RR     -23  3   77%  B Jordan        Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Smith Scores; Zeile Scores
          1--      78%  B Gilkey        Jordan Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   76%  " "             Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 4.

Top of the 4th, Mets Batting, Behind 2-4, Mike Perez facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   78%  K Elster        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      --- 11   80%  T Hundley       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   81%  P Gibson        Popfly: 2B (Deep 1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-2, Paul Gibson facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   80%  T Pagnozzi      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   79%  L Alicea        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   78%  M Perez         Groundout: 1B-P (Weak 2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 4.

Top of the 5th, Mets Batting, Behind 2-4, Mike Perez facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   81%  V Coleman       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      ---  3   82%  W Randolph      Groundout: P-2B-1B
          ---  6   81%  B Bonilla       Walk
   O      1--  4   83%  H Johnson       Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-2, Paul Gibson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   82%  R Lankford      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   81%  O Smith         Groundout: SS-1B
   R      ---  4   89%  T Zeile         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Zeile Scores
   R      ---  3   94%  P Guerrero      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Guerrero Scores
   O      ---  5   94%  B Jordan        Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 6.

Top of the 6th, Mets Batting, Behind 2-6, Mike Perez facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   91%  E Murray        Single to 1B (Line Drive to Deep 1B)
          1--  1   84%  B Pecota        Single to RF (Fly Ball); Murray to 3B
                  Dave Magadan pinch hits for Kevin Elster batting 7th
   ROO    1-3  4   92%  D Magadan       Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B; Murray Scores/No RBI
   O      ---  2   93%  T Hundley       Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 6-3, Paul Gibson facing 6-7-8
                  Dave Magadan moves to 3B; Bill Pecota moves to SS
          ---  2   95%  B Gilkey        Double to RF (Fly Ball)
   O      -2-  4   94%  T Pagnozzi      Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Gilkey to 3B
   O      --3  7   93%  L Alicea        Strikeout Looking
                  Craig Wilson pinch hits for Mike Perez batting 9th
          --3  4   93%  C Wilson        Walk
          1-3      93%  R Lankford      Wilson Steals 2B
          -23  8   93%  " "             Walk
   RR     123  7   98%  O Smith         Single (Line Drive); Gilkey Scores; Wilson Scores; Lankford to 3B
                  Mark Dewey replaces Todd Hundley pitching and batting 8th; Mackey Sasser replaces Paul Gibson playing C batting 9th
   R      1-3      99%  T Zeile         Passed Ball; Lankford Scores; Smith to 2B
          -2-  6   99%  " "             Walk
   R      12-  3  100%  P Guerrero      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-3B Hole); Smith Scores; Zeile to 2B
   R      12-  6  100%  B Jordan        Double to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Zeile Scores; Guerrero to 3B
   O      -23  5  100%  B Gilkey        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 11.

Top of the 7th, Mets Batting, Behind 3-11, Cris Carpenter facing 9-1-2
                  Cris Carpenter replaces Craig Wilson pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  6  100%  M Sasser        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  4  100%  V Coleman       Lineout: LF
   O      ---  4  100%  W Randolph      Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 11.

Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 11-3, Mark Dewey facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3  100%  T Pagnozzi      Lineout: RF
   O      ---  4  100%  L Alicea        Flyball: CF
                  Gerald Perry pinch hits for Cris Carpenter batting 9th
   O      ---  6  100%  G Perry         Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 11.

Top of the 8th, Mets Batting, Behind 3-11, Juan Agosto facing 3-4-5
                  Juan Agosto replaces Gerald Perry pitching and batting 9th; Tim Jones replaces Ozzie Smith playing SS batting 2nd
          ---  6  100%  B Bonilla       Walk
   O      1--  3  100%  H Johnson       Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   OO     1--  5  100%  E Murray        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 11.

Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 11-3, Mark Dewey facing 1-2-3
          ---  1  100%  R Lankford      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B)
          1--  1  100%  T Jones         Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Lankford to 2B
   O      12-  3  100%  T Zeile         Strikeout Looking
   R      12-  6  100%  P Guerrero      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B); Lankford Scores; Jones to 3B
                  Rex Hudler pinch runs for Pedro Guerrero batting 4th
   RO     1-3  3  100%  B Jordan        Groundout: 3B-1B; Jones Scores; Hudler to 2B
          -2-  4  100%  B Gilkey        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-3B Hole); Hudler to 3B
   RR     1-3  1  100%  T Pagnozzi      Double to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep 3B); Hudler Scores; Gilkey Scores
   O      -2-  2  100%  L Alicea        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 15.

Top of the 9th, Mets Batting, Behind 3-15, Bob McClure facing 6-7-8
                  Bob McClure replaces Juan Agosto pitching and batting 9th; Rex Hudler moves to 1B
          ---  2  100%  B Pecota        Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Pecota to 1B
          1--  5  100%  D Magadan       Walk; Pecota to 2B
                  Dave Gallagher pinch hits for Mark Dewey batting 8th
   O      12-  1  100%  D Gallagher     Flyball: CF
                  Junior Noboa pinch hits for Mackey Sasser batting 9th
          12-  2  100%  J Noboa         Hit By Pitch; Pecota to 3B; Magadan to 2B
   RR     123  1  100%  V Coleman       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Pecota Scores; Magadan Scores; Noboa to 3B
   RR     -23  2  100%  W Randolph      Double (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Noboa Scores; Coleman Scores/unER
   O      -2-  3  100%  B Bonilla       Flyball: CF
   O      -2-  3  100%  H Johnson       Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
        4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Mets 7, Cardinals 15.

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