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National League Standings, May 8, 1997

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Mets Starting Lineup
2b
Alexander Manny
Alexander
3b
Alfonzo Edgardo
Alfonzo
1b
Olerud John
Olerud
lf
Huskey Butch
Huskey
cf
Everett Carl
Everett
rf
Ochoa Alex
Ochoa
c
Castillo Alberto
Castillo
ss
Ordonez Rey
Ordonez
p
Reed Rick
Reed
May 8, 1997, Astrodome, Houston, TX

Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 2

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Manny Alexander 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .286
Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .291
John Olerud 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .359
Butch Huskey lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .241
Carl Everett cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .188
Alex Ochoa rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .188
Alberto Castillo c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .375
- Bernard Gilkey ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .183
Rey Ordonez ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .227
Rick Reed p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .200
- Gary Thurman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
- Cory Lidle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Astros ab r hbibbso
Craig Biggio 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0
Derek Bell cf 4 1 2 2 0 0
Jeff Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0
Luis Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 0 0 0
Sean Berry 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2
- Tim Bogar 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Abreu rf 4 1 2 1 0 0
Ricky Gutierrez ss 4 0 2 1 0 0
Brad Ausmus c 4 0 2 0 0 1
Mike Hampton p 3 0 0 0 0 2
- Russ Springer p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Thomas Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Billy Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 2
Houston Astros 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 x 4 11 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Rick Reed (L,3-2) 6.0 7 4 3 0 4 1.50
Cory Lidle 2.0 4 0 0 0 2 0.00
Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Mike Hampton (W) 7.0 7 2 2 1 5
Russ Springer 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Billy Wagner (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3

Errors: Manny Alexander (3), Mike Hampton.
2B: Derek Bell, Ricky Gutierrez, Luis Gonzalez.
3B: Edgardo Alfonzo (1).
HR: Derek Bell.
HBP: Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell.


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