REYNOSO TWIRLS GEM- METS TOPPLE DODGERS TO TAKE SERIES

Armando Reynoso had a strong outing as the New York (NL) Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 2 to 0 at Shea Stadium. "Hell of a game, anytime we can get a pitcher to pitch that effectively and give our bullpen a break is a huge plus- that's what we needed him to do and he delivered" Graham said after the game. Reynoso(1-0) pitched one of his finer games as he simply was too much for the Los Angeles batters. He didn't allow much, just 2 hits and no walks in 8 innings improving his ERA from 1.23 to 0.59. Los Angeles threatened in the 9th but New York (NL) was able to put down the rally. Reynoso got relief help from John Franco who gained credit for his 7th save. The loss was charged to Ramon Martinez(2-1). Los Angeles' manager was in a sour mood after the game. 'Even you guys up in the press box know why we lost this game. We made too many mistakes.'

BOXSCORE: 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers At 1997 New York (NL) Mets       4/16/1997
 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Young 2B          4  0  1  0 .315     B.McRae CF          4  0  1  1 .200  
  B.Butler CF         4  0  0  0 .325     E.Alfonzo 3B        4  0  2  0 .319  
C-D.Lewis PR          0  0  0  0 .333     J.Olerud 1B         3  0  1  0 .340  
  M.Piazza C          4  0  2  0 .462     T.Hundley C         3  1  1  0 .308  
  E.Karros 1B         4  0  0  0 .105     B.Huskey RF         4  0  1  1 .156  
  R.Mondesi RF        3  0  0  0 .241     B.Gilkey LF         4  0  0  0 .277  
  T.Zeile 3B          3  0  0  0 .208     C.Baerga 2B         3  0  0  0 .159  
  T.Hollandsworth LF  3  0  0  0 .214     R.Ordonez SS        3  0  0  0 .200  
  G.Gagne SS          3  0  0  0 .224     A.Reynoso P         3  1  0  0 .000  
  R.Martinez P        1  0  0  0 .429     J.Franco P          0  0  0  0 ----  
A-R.Cedeno PH         1  0  0  0 .188                                          
  T.Candiotti P       0  0  0  0 .000                                          
B-T.Cromer PH         1  0  1  0 .143                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  0  4  0                 Totals      31  2  6  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Martinez In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Candiotti In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Butler In 9th Inning
 
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  1
Mets............ 0 0 0  1 1 0  0 0    -  2  6  0
 
Dodgers (6-8)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Martinez LOSS(2-1)      5       5   2   1   2   5   0  69   1.00  A1 C5
T.Candiotti               3       1   0   0   0   1   0  45   3.14  C6
Totals                    8       6   2   1   2   6   0
 
Mets (11-3)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Reynoso WIN(1-0)        8       2   0   0   0   5   0  96   0.59  A1 C8
J.Franco SAVE(7th)        1       2   0   0   0   0   0  24   1.23  C9
Totals                    9       4   0   0   0   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 25,816 DATE- Wednesday, April 16th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:27
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 4  Mets: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0  Mets: 0
ERRORS- R.Mondesi
DOUBLES- B.McRae(2nd), J.Olerud(6th), B.Huskey(3rd)
WALKS- J.Olerud, T.Hundley
STRIKE OUTS- E.Young, E.Karros, T.Hollandsworth, G.Gagne, R.Martinez, B.McRae,
             T.Hundley-2, C.Baerga-2, A.Reynoso
WILD PITCHES- R.Martinez, A.Reynoso, J.Franco