Cardinals @ Mets
August 3, 1996

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Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 4 6 0
Mets 5 6 0
Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 4 6 0
Mets 5 6 0

Ray Lankford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .275
OBP .500 .357
At Bats 4 382
Hits 2 105
• Singles 2 58
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 0 51
RBI’s 0 62

John Franco Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 2 22
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Shea Stadium - August 3, 1996
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Strikeout
John Franco
Todd Hundley
Butch Huskey
Edgardo Alfonzo
Alvaro Espinoza
Rey Ordonez
Bernard Gilkey
Lance Johnson
Alex Ochoa
Ray Lankford
Mike Gallego

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 4 6 0 7
New York Mets 5 6 0 5
Winning Pitcher Pete Harnisch
Losing Pitcher Alan Benes
Save John Franco
Game Winning RBI Todd Hundley
Attendance 28,594
Time of Game 2 hours 59 minutes
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Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Lankford strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Smith hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Alfonzo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Luis Alicea pinch hits for T.J. Mathews. Alicea bunts towards third. Espinoza fields it and throws to first for the out. Gallego moves to second.
Top 9 Gallego hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Alfonzo strikes out.
Bottom 8 Ochoa hits a popup towards third. Gaetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Huskey hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 John Franco now pitching. Sheaffer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alfonzo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gaetti takes first base on ball four. Smith scores. Gant moves to third. McGee moves to second.
Top 8 McGee takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to third. Gant moves to second.
Top 8 Jerry DiPoto now pitching. Jordan strikes out.
Top 8 Gant takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second.
Top 8 Lankford hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Smith hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Hundley hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gilkey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Espinoza hits a line drive into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 T.J. Mathews now pitching. Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 John Mabry pinch hits for Mark Petkovsek. Mabry strikes out.
Top 7 Gallego takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Sheaffer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gaetti hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Harnisch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Alfonzo hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McGee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Huskey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGee for the out.
Top 6 Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Espinoza fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gant hits a popup, foul, towards first. Huskey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Huskey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. Gilkey moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hundley strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mark Petkovsek now pitching. Gilkey takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Lankford hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Smith strikes out.
Top 5 Mark Sweeney pinch hits for Alan Benes. Sweeney takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Gallego strikes out.
Bottom 4 Espinoza hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Johnson. The throw from Sheaffer and he is safe. Johnson steals second.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Harnisch hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ordonez hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sheaffer strikes out.
Top 4 Gaetti hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 McGee hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jordan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lankford scores.
Top 4 Gant hits a popup, foul, towards first. Huskey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Lankford. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Lankford steals second.
Top 4 Lankford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Alfonzo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jordan throws the ball in to Smith who tags Alfonzo trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Huskey scores.
Bottom 3 Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hundley scores. Huskey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Huskey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Gilkey scores. Hundley moves to third.
Bottom 3 Hundley takes first base on ball four. Gilkey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gilkey hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGee fields it and throws to second for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Espinoza takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jordan. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Benes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Harnisch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sheaffer fields it and throws to first for the out. Huskey moves to third. Alfonzo moves to second.
Bottom 2 Alfonzo takes first base on ball four. Huskey moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ochoa hits a popup, foul, towards short. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Huskey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hundley hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Sheaffer strikes out.
Top 2 Gaetti strikes out.
Top 2 McGee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Huskey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGee for the out.
Bottom 1 Gilkey strikes out. There goes Espinoza. The throw from Sheaffer to second, and Espinoza is out.
Bottom 1 Espinoza hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Johnson strikes out.
Top 1 Jordan strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Lankford. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Lankford steals second.
Top 1 Gant hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lankford hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.