METS RALLY FALLS SHORT- DODGERS AVOID SWEEP

Ramon Martinez pitched 7 strong innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York (NL) Mets by a score of 7 to 4 at Dodger Stadium.Martinez(2-0) got help from Todd Worrell who pitched a perfect ninth and was credited with his 3rd save. Mark Clark(1-1) took the loss. Los Angeles scored big getting 6 runs off him in 5 and 1/3 innings. The Mets rally came to late in the game, in the top of the 8th inning Ordonez grounded out, hardtke hit a fly ball for an out, but in stepped McRae who launched a deep shot to left pulling the Mets back. Alfonzo ripped a sharp single to get on and Olerud jacked a 2 run shot for a 3 run rally. Unfortunatly the Dodgers pitching cracked down and preserved the win and avoided being swept at home. Graham was a little heated in the clubhouse. "9 INNINGS.....WE PLAY 9 FUCKING INNINGS HARD....we didnt show up until the 8th, aint' gonna cut, this aint no bush league or AAA bullshit, this is the bigs, gotta play hard for 9 innings. I've preached it over and over in spring training. Looks like we're comin into work on our off day"

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BOXSCORE: 1997 New York (NL) Mets At 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers        4/9/1997
 
  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.McRae CF          4  1  1  1 .156     E.Young 2B          3  1  1  0 .324  
  E.Alfonzo 3B        4  1  2  1 .314     D.Lewis LF          2  0  1  1 .500  
  J.Olerud 1B         4  1  1  2 .250   A-R.Cedeno LF         2  0  0  0 .214  
  B.Huskey RF         4  0  0  0 .147     M.Piazza C          4  2  2  2 .500  
  C.Baerga 2B         4  0  1  0 .171     E.Karros 1B         3  0  1  0 .171  
  C.Everett LF        3  0  0  0 .000     R.Mondesi RF        4  1  1  0 .235  
  T.Pratt C           4  1  1  0 .182     T.Zeile 3B          4  1  1  0 .258  
  R.Ordonez SS        3  0  0  0 .286     T.Hollandsworth CF  4  0  0  0 .091  
  M.Clark P           1  0  0  0 .000     G.Gagne SS          4  1  2  2 .156  
  M.Rojas P           0  0  0  0 ----     T.Worrell P         0  0  0  0 ----  
B-J.Hardtke PH        1  0  0  0 .000     R.Martinez P        3  1  1  1 .500  
  G.McMichael P       0  0  0  0 .000     M.Guthrie P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-T.Cromer SS         0  0  0  0 .000  
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         Totals      32  4  6  4                 Totals      33  7 10  6
 
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lewis In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rojas In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Guthrie In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Darren Lewis INJURED (for 2 more games) in 3rd inning
 
Mets............ 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 3 0  -  4  6  1
Dodgers......... 1 0 3  0 0 2  1 0    -  7 10  1
 
Mets (6-3)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Clark LOSS(1-1)         5 1/3   7   6   5   1   0   1  92   4.97  A1 C6
M.Rojas                   1 2/3   3   1   1   0   2   0  30   5.40  C7 D5
G.McMichael               1       0   0   0   0   1   0   9   2.08  D6
Totals                    8      10   7   6   1   3   1
 
Dodgers (5-4)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Martinez WIN(2-0)       7       3   1   0   1   9   0  90   0.69  A1 C7
M.Guthrie                 1       3   3   3   0   0   2  13  14.40  C8 D4
T.Worrell SAVE(3rd)       1       0   0   0   0   1   0  10   3.38  D5
Totals                    9       6   4   3   1  10   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 30,841 DATE- Wednesday, April 9th 1997 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:53
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 3  Dodgers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 1  Dodgers: 0
ERRORS- C.Baerga, E.Karros
DOUBLES- T.Pratt(2nd), D.Lewis(1st)
TRIPLES- G.Gagne(2nd)
HOME RUNS- B.McRae(1st), J.Olerud(3rd), M.Piazza(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- E.Young-2(9th), T.Zeile(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Baerga
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Clark, E.Young
WALKS- C.Everett, E.Karros
STRIKE OUTS- E.Alfonzo, J.Olerud, B.Huskey-2, C.Everett, T.Pratt-2, R.Ordonez-2,
             M.Clark, E.Young, T.Hollandsworth, G.Gagne
WILD PITCHES- M.Rojas