April 3, 2007 New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals Box Score and Play by Play

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LAA 8
TEX 3 MIN 3
BAL 2 SEA 8
OAK 4 COL 4
ARI 3
(11) PIT 3
@HOU 2 MIL 4
LAD 3 SDP 7
@SFG 0 NYM 4
@STL 1 FLA 9
@WSN 3

Standings at end of play this day

Busch Stadium II, Attendance: 45,440

Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 7:10PM
Time of Game: 3:02

Mets

2-0

Won 2

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Mets            1  0  0   0  1  2   0  0  0    4  7  0
Cardinals       0  0  0   0  0  0   1  0  0    1  6  2

W: O Hernandez (1-0), L: K Wells (0-1), S: B Wagner (1)

Cardinals

0-2

Lost 2

5th, 2 GB

BATTING

New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Reyes SS                    4   2   1   0    1   0  .250  .650   22    3   4   SB
P Lo Duca C                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .222  .444   17    0   0   SH
C Beltran CF                  3   0   1   1    0   1  .286  .619   19    5   0   SB,SF
C Delgado 1B                  3   1   1   0    1   0  .250  .708   28   13   0   
D Wright 3B                   2   1   1   0    2   1  .333  .833   20    0   0   
M Alou LF                     4   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .250   14    2   0   
S Green RF                    4   0   0   0    0   2  .250  .500   17    2   0   
  S Schoeneweis P             0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  A Heilman P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Wagner P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
J Valentin 2B                 3   0   0   0    1   2  .143  .393   14    1   4   IW
O Hernandez P                 3   0   2   2    0   1  .667 1.667    5    0   4   2B
  E Chavez RF                 1   0   1   0    0   0 1.000 2.000    4    1   0   
Totals                       31   4   7   3    5   8              160   27  12

BATTING

2B: O Hernandez (1, off K Wells).

SF: C Beltran (1, off K Wells).

SH: P Lo Duca (1, off K Wells).

IBB: J Valentin (1, by K Wells).

TB: O Hernandez 3; C Beltran; E Chavez; J Reyes; C Delgado; D Wright.

RBI: O Hernandez 2 (2); C Beltran (2).

2-out RBI: O Hernandez 2.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 1 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 3. O Hernandez-J Reyes-C Delgado 2; J Valentin-J Reyes-C Delgado.

BASERUNNING

SB: C Beltran (1, 2nd base off K Wells/Y Molina); J Reyes (1, 2nd base off K Wells/Y Molina).

PO: J Reyes (1st base by K Wells).

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Eckstein SS                 1   0   0   0    2   0  .600 1.550   16    4   3   SB,HBP,GDP
C Duncan LF                   4   0   2   0    0   0  .500 1.000   23    1   1   GDP
A Pujols 1B                   4   0   1   0    0   0  .167  .708   23    7   0   2B
S Rolen 3B                    3   1   1   1    1   0  .167 1.042   12    1   0   HR,CS
J Edmonds CF                  3   0   1   0    0   0  .333  .666   13    3   1   
  P Wilson PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .400    2    0   0   
A Kennedy 2B                  3   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .667   13    0   2   GDP
  T Johnson P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Thompson P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  R Flores P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  R Springer P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  G Bennett PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    2    0   0   
Y Molina C                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .572   11    9   0   
S Schumaker RF                2   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .666    7    0   0   
  S Taguchi PH-RF             1   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .400    3    1   0   
K Wells P                     1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    2    0   1   
  S Spiezio PH                1   0   1   0    0   0  .500 1.000    6    0   0   
  R Franklin P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  A Miles 2B                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333    2    1   2   
Totals                       29   1   6   1    3   0              135   27  10

BATTING

2B: A Pujols (1, off O Hernandez).

HR: S Rolen (1, off O Hernandez; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF).

HBP: D Eckstein (1, by O Hernandez).

TB: S Rolen 4; A Pujols 2; C Duncan 2; S Spiezio; J Edmonds.

GIDP: A Kennedy (2); C Duncan (1); D Eckstein (1).

RBI: S Rolen (1).

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 0 for 3.

FIELDING

DP: 1. J Edmonds-A Miles.

E: K Wells (1); S Schumaker (1).

BASERUNNING

SB: D Eckstein (1, 2nd base off O Hernandez/P Lo Duca).

CS: S Rolen (1, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by O Hernandez).

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
O Hernandez, W (1-0)           7     5   1   1    2   0   1   1.29   25  103-61   36· 4·21    9· 9· 4· 0     61    -     0.94   0.34
S Schoeneweis, H (1)           0.2   1   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    4   16-8     5· 1· 2    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.76  -0.00
A Heilman, H (2)               0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1    6-3     1· 1· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          2-0    2.03   0.05
B Wagner, S (1)                1     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3    8-6     3· 1· 2    0· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.60   0.04
Totals                         9     6   1   1    3   0   1          33  133-78   45· 7·26   10·14· 5· 0          2-0

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
K Wells, L (0-1)               6     5   4   2    4   7   0   3.00   27  108-64   30· 7·27    8· 5· 3· 0     53    -     1.08  -0.10
R Franklin                     1     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3   11-9     7· 1· 1    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.18   0.01
T Johnson                      0     1   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    1    5-4     4· 0· 0    0· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.30  -0.01
B Thompson                     1     0   0   0    1   0   0   4.50    3   10-5     3· 0· 2    1· 0· 1· 0          1-0    0.42   0.03
R Flores                       0.2   1   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3   11-7     4· 2· 1    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.17   0.00
R Springer                     0.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    1    5-4     2· 2· 0    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.16   0.00
Totals                         9     7   4   2    5   8   0          38  150-93   50·12·31   12· 7· 6· 0          2-0

T Johnson faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: K Wells (1).

IBB: K Wells (1; J Valentin).

PO: K Wells (0; J Reyes, 1st base); O Hernandez (1; S Rolen, 2nd base (CS)).

HBP: O Hernandez (1; D Eckstein).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Adam Dowdy, 3B - Gary Cederstrom.

Time of Game: 3:02.

Attendance: 45,440.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 61° F, Wind 23mph out to Rightfield, Overcast.

LINEUPS

   New York Mets                 St. Louis Cardinals                  
1. J Reyes              SS    1. D Eckstein           SS 
2. P Lo Duca            C     2. C Duncan             LF 
3. C Beltran            CF    3. A Pujols             1B 
4. C Delgado            1B    4. S Rolen              3B 
5. D Wright             3B    5. J Edmonds            CF 
6. M Alou               LF    6. A Kennedy            2B 
7. S Green              RF    7. Y Molina             C  
8. J Valentin           2B    8. S Schumaker          RF 
9. O Hernandez          P     9. K Wells              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 5   2  0-1  -2-  3   12%  74% P Lo Duca       K Wells         Reached on E9 (Line Drive to CF-RF); Reyes Scores/No RBI/unER; Lo Duca to 2B
   t 6   2  0-2  123  1   11%  90% O Hernandez     K Wells         Double to LF (Ground Ball); Delgado Scores; Wright Scores; Valentin out at Hm/LF-SS-C
   b 2   0  1-0  1--  2    8%  60% A Kennedy       O Hernandez     Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
   b 1   0  1-0  1--  4    8%  59% C Duncan        O Hernandez     Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (Weak 2B)
   b 6   0  4-0  1--  3    7%  93% D Eckstein      O Hernandez     Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Mets Batting, Tied 0-0, Kip Wells facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   53%  J Reyes         Walk
          1--      56%  P Lo Duca       Reyes Picked off 1B, safe on E1; Reyes to 2B
   O      -2-  2   54%  " "             Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice (P's Left); Reyes to 3B
   RO     --3  6   56%  C Beltran       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Reyes Scores/unER
   O      ---  5   55%  C Delgado       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Orlando Hernandez facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   51%  D Eckstein      Hit By Pitch
   OO     1--  4   59%  C Duncan        Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (Weak 2B)
          ---  9   57%  A Pujols        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  1   60%  S Rolen         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 2nd, Mets Batting, Ahead 1-0, Kip Wells facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   58%  D Wright        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   57%  M Alou          Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  5   56%  S Green         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Orlando Hernandez facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   52%  J Edmonds       Single to RF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  2   60%  A Kennedy       Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
   O      ---  2   61%  Y Molina        Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 3rd, Mets Batting, Ahead 1-0, Kip Wells facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   59%  J Valentin      Strikeout Looking
          ---  1   61%  O Hernandez     Single to RF (Fly Ball to Deep 2B)
   O      1--  2   59%  J Reyes         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  3   56%  P Lo Duca       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Orlando Hernandez facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   59%  S Schumaker     Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
   O      ---  2   61%  K Wells         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   59%  D Eckstein      Walk
          1--      58%  C Duncan        Eckstein Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   62%  " "             Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 4th, Mets Batting, Ahead 1-0, Kip Wells facing 3-4-5
          ---  3   66%  C Beltran       Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--      68%  C Delgado       Beltran Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   64%  " "             Popfly: 1B
          -2-  5   66%  D Wright        Walk
   O      12-  3   62%  M Alou          Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B (Weak SS); Wright to 2B
   O      12-  3   57%  S Green         Popfly: SS (Short LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Orlando Hernandez facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   60%  A Pujols        Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
          ---  4   57%  S Rolen         Walk
   O      1--  5   61%  J Edmonds       Flyball: CF (Short CF)
   O      1--  1   64%  A Kennedy       Rolen Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 5th, Mets Batting, Ahead 1-0, Kip Wells facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   61%  J Valentin      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   60%  O Hernandez     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   61%  J Reyes         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
          1--      62%  P Lo Duca       Reyes Steals 2B
   R      -2-  3   74%  " "             Reached on E9 (Line Drive to CF-RF); Reyes Scores/No RBI/unER; Lo Duca to 2B
   O      -2-  5   71%  C Beltran       Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-2, Orlando Hernandez facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   74%  A Kennedy       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  5   76%  Y Molina        Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  5   78%  S Schumaker     Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 6th, Mets Batting, Ahead 2-0, Kip Wells facing 4-5-6
          ---  7   80%  C Delgado       Walk
          1--  5   84%  D Wright        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Delgado to 2B
   O      12-  4   80%  M Alou          Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
          12-      84%  S Green         Wild Pitch; Delgado to 3B; Wright to 2B
   O      -23  6   78%  " "             Strikeout Looking
          -23  4   79%  J Valentin      Intentional Walk
   RRO    123  1   90%  O Hernandez     Double to LF (Ground Ball); Delgado Scores; Wright Scores; Valentin out at Hm/LF-SS-C
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Orlando Hernandez facing 9-1-2
                  Scott Spiezio pinch hits for Kip Wells batting 9th
          ---  6   87%  S Spiezio       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
   OO     1--  3   93%  D Eckstein      Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
          ---  6   92%  C Duncan        Single to 1B (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  6   94%  A Pujols        Popfly: 1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 0.

Top of the 7th, Mets Batting, Ahead 4-0, Ryan Franklin facing 1-2-3
                  Ryan Franklin replaces Scott Spiezio pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   93%  J Reyes         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  1   93%  P Lo Duca       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  5   93%  C Beltran       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Orlando Hernandez facing 4-5-6
   R      ---  3   87%  S Rolen         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      ---  2   90%  J Edmonds       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  8   92%  A Kennedy       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  4   93%  Y Molina        Lineout: CF (Short CF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

Top of the 8th, Mets Batting, Ahead 4-1, Tyler Johnson facing 4-5-6
                  Tyler Johnson replaces Adam Kennedy pitching and batting 6th; Aaron Miles replaces Ryan Franklin playing 2B batting 9th
          ---  5   94%  C Delgado       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
                  Brad Thompson replaces Tyler Johnson pitching and batting 6th
          1--  5   95%  D Wright        Walk; Delgado to 2B
   OO     12-  4   92%  M Alou          Line Drive Double Play: CF; Delgado out at 2B/CF-2B
   O      1--  1   91%  S Green         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-4, Scott Schoeneweis facing 8-9-1
                  Scott Schoeneweis replaces Shawn Green pitching and batting 7th; Endy Chavez replaces Orlando Hernandez playing RF batting 9th; So Taguchi pinch hits for Skip Schumaker batting 8th
   O      ---  3   94%  S Taguchi       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   96%  A Miles         Popfly: 1B
          ---  4   94%  D Eckstein      Walk
          1--  7   91%  C Duncan        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Eckstein to 3B
                  Aaron Heilman replaces Scott Schoeneweis pitching and batting 7th
   O      1-3  6   97%  A Pujols        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

Top of the 9th, Mets Batting, Ahead 4-1, Randy Flores facing 8-9-1
                  Randy Flores replaces Brad Thompson pitching and batting 6th; So Taguchi moves to RF
   O      ---  2   96%  J Valentin      Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  4   97%  E Chavez        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
   O      1--  5   96%  J Reyes         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  Russ Springer replaces Randy Flores pitching and batting 6th
   O      1--  5   96%  P Lo Duca       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

Bottom of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-4, Billy Wagner facing 4-5-6
                  Billy Wagner replaces Aaron Heilman pitching and batting 7th
   O      ---  4   98%  S Rolen         Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
                  Preston Wilson pinch hits for Jim Edmonds batting 5th
   O      ---  2   99%  P Wilson        Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
                  Gary Bennett pinch hits for Russ Springer batting 6th
   O      ---  2  100%  G Bennett       Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation