HUNDLEY SMACKS 2 BOMBS-WENDELL SPLENDID IN RELIEF, METS DOWN REDBIRDS TO TAKE SERIES

Todd Hundley smacked 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the New York (NL) Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals by the score of 7 to 1 at Shea Stadium.New York (NL) had 8 hits for the afternoon while St. Louis had 4. The winning pitcher was Brian Bohanon(1-1) who allowed 1 run in 6 innings. Turk Wendell gained credit for his 1st save. Fernando Valenzuela(1-2) was tagged with the loss. He surrendered 4 hits and 2 walks in 4 innings.

Wendell stepped up huge out of the bullpen going 3 innings allowing only one hit and walking one. "That's the performance we need out of our bullpen, he hasnt been the most effective relief pitcher this year but he certaintly got the job done tonight" closer John Franco said.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1997 St. Louis Cardinals At 1997 New York (NL) Mets        5/4/1997
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Deshields 2B      4  0  0  1 .190     B.McRae CF          3  1  1  1 .224  
  M.Gallego SS        4  0  0  0 .000     E.Alfonzo 3B        4  2  1  0 .370  
  R.Lankford CF       4  0  0  0 .227     J.Olerud 1B         2  1  0  0 .363  
  G.Gaetti 3B         4  0  0  0 .203     T.Hundley C         3  2  3  3 .314  
  M.Difelice C        2  0  1  0 .208     B.Gilkey LF         4  0  1  0 .219  
  D.Young LF          4  1  1  0 .263     J.Hardtke 2B        4  0  1  2 .286  
  J.Mabry RF          2  0  2  0 .275     C.Everett RF        4  0  0  0 .219  
  S.Livingstone 1B    3  0  0  0 .111     R.Ordonez SS        4  0  0  0 .164  
  F.Valenzuela P      1  0  0  0 .200     B.Bohanon P         3  0  1  0 .444  
A-D.Bell PH           1  0  0  0 .100   B-A.Ochoa PR          0  1  0  0 .500  
  T.Mathews P         0  0  0  0 ----     T.Wendell P         1  0  0  0 .000  
C-W.McGee PH          1  0  0  0 .200                                          
  M.Petkovsek P       0  0  0  0 .000                                          
D-P.Plantier PH       1  0  0  0 .172                                          
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         Totals      31  1  4  1                 Totals      32  7  8  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Valenzuela In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Bohanon In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Mathews In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Petkovsek In 9th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  0
Mets............ 2 0 1  0 2 1  1 0    -  7  8  0
 
Cardinals (9-21)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
F.Valenzuela LOSS(1-2)    4       4   3   3   2   3   2  57   6.53  A1 B9
T.Mathews                 2       3   3   3   2   2   0  48   4.43  C1 D2
M.Petkovsek               2       1   1   1   0   1   1  22   4.07  D3
Totals                    8       8   7   7   4   6   3
 
Mets (20-10)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Bohanon WIN(1-1)        6       3   1   1   4   4   0  94   2.84  A1 C8
T.Wendell SAVE(1st)       3       1   0   0   1   0   0  41   6.43  C9
Totals                    9       4   1   1   5   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,825 DATE- Sunday, May 4th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 9  Mets: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0  Mets: 0
TRIPLES- B.Bohanon
HOME RUNS- B.McRae(6th), T.Hundley-2(10th)
WALKS- D.Deshields, M.Difelice, J.Mabry-2, S.Livingstone, B.McRae, J.Olerud-2,
       T.Hundley
HIT BY PITCH- M.Difelice
STRIKE OUTS- R.Lankford, G.Gaetti, S.Livingstone, D.Bell, B.McRae, B.Gilkey-2,
             J.Hardtke, C.Everett-2
WILD PITCHES- T.Mathews
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Ray Lankford robbed Brian Bohanon of an extra base hit.