Mets @ Cardinals
May 11, 1997

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 6 9 0
Cardinals 4 9 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 6 9 0
Cardinals 4 9 1

Delino DeShields Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .257
OBP .750 .303
At Bats 3 113
Hits 2 29
• Singles 2 21
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 8
RBI’s 0 8

John Franco Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 9
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Busch Stadium - May 11, 1997
John Franco
Alberto Castillo
John Olerud
Carlos Baerga
Butch Huskey
Edgardo Alfonzo
Bernard Gilkey
Carl Everett
Alex Ochoa
Delino DeShields
Danny Sheaffer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 6 9 0 5
St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 1 7
Winning Pitcher Cory Lidle
Losing Pitcher Dennis Eckersley
Save John Franco
Game Winning RBI Carl Everett
Attendance 30,852
Time of Game 3 hours 2 minutes
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

DeShields strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alfonzo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sheaffer moves to second.
Bottom 9 Gallego strikes out.
Bottom 9 John Franco now pitching. Edgardo Alfonzo now playing shortstop. Carl Everett now playing center field. Butch Huskey now playing third base. Sheaffer bunts towards third. Huskey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Alfonzo hits a fly ball into right field. Mabry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bieser strikes out.
Top 9 Butch Huskey pinch hits for Cory Lidle. Huskey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Carl Everett pinch hits for Manny Alexander. Everett hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Baerga hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Difelice strikes out.
Bottom 8 Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Alberto Castillo now catching. Cory Lidle now pitching. Gaetti strikes out.
Top 8 Rey Ordonez pinch runs for Todd Hundley. Dennis Eckersley now pitching. Danny Sheaffer now playing left field. Gilkey hits a fly ball into left field. Sheaffer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hundley takes first base on ball four. Bieser moves to second.
Top 8 Tony Fossas now pitching. Olerud hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Alfonzo hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bieser is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Takashi Kashiwada now pitching. Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gant hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. DeShields moves to second.
Bottom 7 DeShields hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rick Reed now pitching. Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mark Petkovsek now pitching. Mike Gallego now playing third base. Gary Gaetti now playing first base. John Mabry now playing right field. Gary ThThere goes Thurman. The throw from Difelice and he is out, DeShields applying the tag.
Top 7 Matt Franco pinch hits for Dave Mlicki. Franco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ochoa scores.
Top 7 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. Ochoa moves to second.
Top 7 Ochoa takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baerga for the out.
Bottom 6 Sweeney hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Difelice strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mabry hits a line drive towards short. Alexander reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gilkey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Hundley takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Olerud for the out.
Bottom 5 Gaetti hits a line drive into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lankford hits a fly ball into center field. Bieser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gant strikes out.
Bottom 5 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Clayton hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Morris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Alfonzo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Bieser hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mlicki hits a line drive into center field. Lankford picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lankford. Ochoa scores.
Top 5 Alexander strikes out.
Top 5 The umpire calls a balk on Morris Ochoa moves to second.
Top 5 Ochoa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Difelice takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gilkey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hundley strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gaetti strikes out.
Bottom 3 Lankford hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ochoa. Lankford reaches second base with a double. Clayton scores. DeShields goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Gant strikes out.
Bottom 3 DeShields takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes Clayton. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Clayton steals second.
Bottom 3 Clayton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Morris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alexander scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Alfonzo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alexander scores.
Top 3 Bieser strikes out.
Top 3 Mlicki bunts towards first. Mabry scoops it up and throws to first, with DeShields covering, for the out. Alexander moves to second.
Top 3 Alexander hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Sweeney strikes out.
Bottom 2 Difelice hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mabry strikes out.
Top 2 Ochoa strikes out.
Top 2 Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gilkey hits a fly ball into right field. Sweeney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gaetti hits a popup, foul, towards third. Alfonzo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lankford takes first base on ball four. Gant moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gant hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 DeShields hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hundley strikes out.
Top 1 Olerud takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Alfonzo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Bieser. The throw from Difelice and he is out, DeShields applying the tag.
Top 1 Bieser hits a line drive beyond third. Gaetti can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.