LIDLE BLOWS GAME IN 9TH

Third baseman Bill Mueller had 2 base hits at 3Comm Park as the San Francisco
Giants staged a comeback win over the New York (NL) Mets by the count of 4 to
3.San Francisco ended up with 9 hits for the game while New York (NL) had 6.

The victory went to Terry Mulholland(1-0) who went 2/3 of an inning, allowing
no runs. Cory Lidle(0-1) suffered the loss in relief.  'What a game!,'
Mulholland said afterward.  'When we won it I almost couldn't believe it!'

Lidle came in with a 3-1 lead in the 9th.... let across a run, then left a hanging curve up in the zone for a double that promptly sent the Giants home winners in this one, 4-3.

BOXSCORE: 1997 New York (NL) Mets At 1997 San Francisco Giants       4/4/1997
 
  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Alfonzo SS        4  0  0  0 .353     D.Hamilton CF       4  0  2  0 .333  
  B.McRae CF          3  0  0  0 .154     J.Vizcaino SS       4  0  1  0 .400  
  J.Olerud 1B         4  1  2  1 .267     B.Bonds LF          4  1  1  1 .500  
  B.Huskey RF         4  0  1  0 .125     J.Kent 2B           4  0  1  0 .273  
  B.Gilkey LF         4  1  1  1 .214     J.Snow 1B           1  0  0  0 .222  
  M.Franco 3B         4  1  1  0 .250   A-S.Javier 1B         3  1  0  0 .000  
  C.Baerga 2B         3  0  1  0 .200     G.Hill RF           3  0  0  0 .417  
  S.Bieser C          2  0  0  0 .000   D-D.Berryhill PH      1  0  1  0 .667  
  A.Reynoso P         2  0  0  1 .000   E-R.Aurilia PR        0  1  0  0 ----  
  M.Rojas P           0  0  0  0 ----     B.Mueller 3B        2  1  2  0 .600  
C-J.Hardtke PH        1  0  0  0 .000     B.Johnson C         4  0  1  3 .167  
  C.Lidle P           0  0  0  0 ----     M.Gardner P         1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          D.Henry P           1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-M.Benard PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          K.Foulke P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          T.Mulholland P      0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  3  6  3                 Totals      33  4  9  4
 
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Snow In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Henry In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Rojas In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hill In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Berryhill In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: J.T. Snow INJURED (for 3 more games) in 2nd inning
 
Mets............ 0 0 0  0 2 1  0 0 0  -  3  6  0
Giants.......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 3  -  4  9  0
 
Mets (3-1)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Reynoso                 7 1/3   5   1   1   2   2   1  92   1.23  A1 D1
M.Rojas HOLD(1st)         0 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   0   7   0.00  D2 D3
C.Lidle LOSS(0-1) BS(1st) 0 1/3   4   3   3   0   0   0  23  27.00  D4
Totals                    8 1/3   9   4   4   2   4   1
 
Giants (3-0)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Gardner                 4       2   2   2   2   2   1  48   4.50  A1 B7
D.Henry                   4       3   1   1   1   5   1  58   1.42  B8 D5
K.Foulke                  0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   0.00  D6 D8
T.Mulholland WIN(1-0)     0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00  D9
Totals                    9       6   3   3   3   7   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 26,105 DATE- Friday, April 4th 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:24
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 7  Giants: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 0  Giants: 0
DOUBLES- B.Mueller(1st), B.Johnson(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Olerud(2nd), B.Gilkey(1st), B.Bonds(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- B.Huskey(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Vizcaino
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Bieser
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Reynoso
WALKS- E.Alfonzo, B.McRae, C.Baerga, B.Mueller-2
HIT BY PITCH- S.Bieser
STRIKE OUTS- B.McRae, B.Huskey, M.Franco, S.Bieser-2, A.Reynoso-2, J.Vizcaino-2,
             B.Bonds, M.Gardner
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Bernard Gilkey robbed Barry Bonds of an extra base hit.