Extended Box
MONTREAL (1) VS NY METS (4) - FINAL
MONTREAL ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Sledge cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .043
J Vidro 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .267
O Cabrera ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .250
T Batista 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .167
B Wilkerson 1b-rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .237
M Cepicky lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .222
J Rivera rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .250
R Biddle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Schneider c 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .176
T Ohka p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
a-R Calloway ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071
S Kim p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-J Carroll ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188
C Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Fox 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Totals 37 1 10 0 3 3 18
a-grounded into fielder's choice to first for T Ohka in the 5th; b-grounded to
third for S Kim in the 7th.
BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Sledge 1, M Cepicky 1,
T Batista 2, O Cabrera 2, B Schneider 1. GIDP - M Cepicky. Team LOB - 12.
BASERUNNING: SB - T Ohka (1, 2nd base off T Yates/M Piazza).
FIELDING: E - T Ohka (1, throw). DP: 1 (J Vidro-O Cabrera-B Wilkerson).
NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .306
K Garcia rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .294
T Zeile 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333
M Piazza c 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .292
V Wilson pr-c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
M Cameron cf 3 1 1 0 1 2 4 .267
E Valent lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .167
T Wigginton 3b 3 1 1 2 0 0 4 .200
R Gutierrez 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .179
T Yates p 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200
J Franco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-J Duncan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
M Stanton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-J Phillips ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175
B Looper p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 4 8 4 3 6 18
a-grounded to pitcher for J Franco in the 6th; b-grounded to shortstop for
M Stanton in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - M Piazza (2, T Ohka); R Gutierrez (2, T Ohka); M Cameron (3,
T Ohka). HR - K Garcia (2, 3rd inning off T Ohka 0 on, 0 Out), T Wigginton (2,
4th inning off T Ohka 0 on, 0 Out). SF - T Wigginton. RBI - T Wigginton 2 (9),
R Gutierrez (4), K Garcia (6). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E
Valent 2, K Matsui 2. GIDP - T Wigginton. Team LOB - 8.
FIELDING: E - T Zeile (1, throw). DP: 1 (R Gutierrez-K Matsui-T Zeile).
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MONTREAL - 000 010 000 -- 1
NY METS - 021 100 00x -- 4
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MONTREAL ip h r er bb so hr era
T Ohka (L, 0-3) 4 6 4 3 1 3 2 5.93
S Kim 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.87
C Cordero 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2.57
R Biddle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.80
NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
T Yates (W, 1-1) 5 2/3 5 1 1 3 1 0 3.86
J Franco (H, 1) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
M Stanton (H, 3) 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 8.10
B Looper (S, 3) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
HBP - T Zeile (by S Kim). Pitches-strikes: T Ohka 65-46; S Kim 25-14;
C Cordero 21-13; R Biddle 8-5; T Yates 95-59; J Franco 4-2; M Stanton 37-27;
B Looper 21-14. Ground balls-fly balls: T Ohka 3-7; S Kim 5-0; C Cordero 0-1;
R Biddle 2-1; T Yates 10-7; J Franco 1-0; M Stanton 2-2; B Looper 2-1. Batters
faced: T Ohka 20; S Kim 8; C Cordero 5; R Biddle 3; T Yates 25; J Franco 1;
M Stanton 8; B Looper 6.
UMPIRES: HP--Jerry Crawford. 1B--Brian Onora. 2B--Phil Cuzzi. 3B--James Hoye.
T--2:56. Att--14,002.
Weather: 61 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, out to left.
How They Scored
NY METS 2ND: M Piazza doubled to deep left. M Cameron walked. E Valent
grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, M Piazza to third, M Cameron safe at
second on throwing error by pitcher T Ohka. T Wigginton hit sacrifice fly to center,
M Piazza scored, M Cameron to third. R Gutierrez doubled to deep center,
M Cameron scored, E Valent to third. T Yates struck out swinging. K Matsui
struck out looking. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) MONTREAL 0, NY METS 2.
NY METS 3RD: K Garcia homered to right. T Zeile flied out to center.
M Piazza flied out to center. M Cameron doubled to left. E Valent grounded out
to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MONTREAL 0, NY METS 3.
NY METS 4TH: T Wigginton homered to left. R Gutierrez grounded out to
third. T Yates singled to left. K Matsui struck out swinging. K Garcia flied
out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MONTREAL 0, NY METS 4.
MONTREAL 5TH: J Rivera walked. B Schneider singled to right center,
J Rivera to second. R Calloway hit for T Ohka. R Calloway grounded into
fielder's choice to first, J Rivera scored on throwing error by first baseman
T Zeile, B Schneider safe at second on throwing error by first baseman T Zeile.
T Sledge lined out to left. J Vidro grounded out to third, B Schneider to
third, R Calloway to second. O Cabrera grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
1 Error) MONTREAL 1, NY METS 4.
Game Story
FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- The New York Mets got right at
the expense of a team that has seen almost everything go wrong.
Tyler Yates allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings and Ty Wigginton
homered and drove in two runs as the Mets ended a three-game
slide with a 4-1 triumph over the Montreal Expos, who have lost
eight straight games.
Yates (1-1) picked up his first major league win with a solid
effort, scattering five hits and three walks. He helped the
Mets bounce back after a disappointing sweep at the hands of the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
"I accomplished what I wanted to do tonight," Yates said. "I'm a
rookie and I want to show the team that they can have
confidence in me. I want to go out there and give them a
quality start."
"I'm happy for him," Mets catcher Mike Piazza said. "It was
nice to help him out back there. He had a few control problems,
but he got the outs when he needed."
Unlike his first start, when the bullpen lost a 2-0 lead, the
26-year-old righthander got great relief help.
John Franco escaped a jam to end the sixth, Mike Stanton tossed
two scoreless innings and Braden Looper worked around three hits
in the ninth for his third save.
"I got a couple of quick outs and then I put some balls where I
didn't want to," Looper said. "It wasn't the way I would write
it up, but I got the big out when I needed it."
Wigginton hit his second homer of the season leading off the
fourth inning against Montreal starter Tomo Ohka (0-3).
New York built an early 4-0 lead, and that was plenty against a
Montreal team that has scored just 20 runs in 13 games. The
Expos had their chances in this one but went 1-for-10 with
runners in scoring position.
Montreal, which is in the midst of its longest losing streak
since dropping nine in a row to close the 2000 season, is
6-for-75 with runners in scoring position this year.
Ohka allowed four runs - three earned - and six hits in four
innings. The Expos have combined for one run in the
righthander's three three appearances this season.
Sun-Woo Kim, Chad Cordero and Rocky Biddle held New York in
check over the final four innings, but the Expos were unable to
rally.
"We're just not scoring runs," Expos manager Frank Robinson
said. "We're not getting the clutch hits. We're not producing.
We're getting some decent opportunities, but we're not driving
the ball or getting the key hits."
"We're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves," Montreal
shortstop Orlando Cabrera added.
The Mets got a sacrifice fly from Wigginton and a run-scoring
double from Ricky Gutierrez in the second inning and added a run
in the third on Karim Garcia's solo homer.
"Anytime you get swept, you want to get right back out there,"
said Wigginton, whose team dropped three in a row to Pittsburgh
over the weekend. "Tonight we were able to get the runs early
and let Tyler settle in."
Montreal put two on in the fourth, fifth and sixth. In the
ninth, the Expos loaded the bases on three two-out singles, but
Looper retired Tony Batista on a bouncer to shortstop.
Montreal's Terrmel Sledge was hitless in his first 22 at-bats of
the season, a drought he ended with a single in the ninth.
