The New York Mets schooled the St. Louis Cardinals, 9 to 2, on May 8, 1998.

1998 New York Mets

Final

NYM

Mets

18-14

9

1

0

1

2

0

0

3

2

0

4

0

4

5

0

0

6

0

4

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

2

9

H

5

12

E

1

0

Bottom 1st

STL

NYM

Mets

Single by Carlos Baerga; Preston Wilson scored.

0

1

Top 3rd

STL

NYM

Cardinals

Home run by Mark McGwire; Delino DeShields scored.

2

1

Bottom 4th

STL

NYM

Mets

Home run by Brian McRae; Rich Becker and Luis Lopez scored.

2

4

Mets

Double by Matt Franco; Preston Wilson scored.

2

5

Bottom 6th

STL

NYM

Mets

Preston Wilson walked; Alberto Castillo scored.

2

6

Mets

Single by Rey Ordonez; Rick Reed scored.

2

7

Mets

John Olerud grounded out; Brian McRae scored.

2

8

Mets

Double by Carlos Baerga; Preston Wilson scored.

2

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Royce Clayton SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delino DeShields 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mark McGwire 1B 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4
Brian R. Hunter 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Lankford CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Brian Jordan RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
John Mabry PH,RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Gant LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Gaetti 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mike Busby P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie McGee PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Lampkin C 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Cliff Politte P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
David Howard 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2 1 3 6 0 0 8

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Cliff Politte (L) 5.0 9 7 7 2 3 1
Mike Busby 3.0 3 2 2 2 3 0
Totals 8.0 12 9 9 4 6 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brian McRae CF 4 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 4
Preston Wilson RF 4 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
Matt Franco 3B 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rey Ordonez PR,SS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Olerud 1B 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Tatum 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Carlos Baerga 2B 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
Rich Becker LF 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Luis Lopez SS,3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Alberto Castillo C 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rick Reed P 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Shawn Gilbert PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turk Wendell P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Hudek P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 12 9 1 4 6 0 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Reed (W) 7.0 5 2 2 3 4 1
Turk Wendell 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
John Hudek 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 5 2 2 3 6 1

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More Mets Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

8

Alonso

Pete Alonso

RBI

20

Nimmo

Brandon Nimmo

AVG

.288

Taylor

Tyrone Taylor

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

5

Garrett

Reed Garrett

K

31

Buttó

José Buttó

ERA

0.54

Garrett

Reed Garrett

Team Rankings

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HR

34

12th

R

143

17th

SO

299

6th

ERA

3.64

11th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Braves Braves
20 10 .667 0.5
Phillies Phillies
22 11 .667
Mets Mets
16 16 .500 5.5
Nationals Nationals
16 16 .500 5.5
Marlins Marlins
9 25 .265 13.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
5/4
NYM NYM
@
TBR TBR
7:15 PM
Sun
5/5
NYM NYM
@
TBR TBR
1:40 PM
Mon
5/6
NYM NYM
@
STL STL
7:45 PM
Tue
5/7
NYM NYM
@
STL STL
7:45 PM
Wed
5/8
NYM NYM
@
STL STL
1:15 PM

Last Game

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TBR Rays

15-18

10

Final

8

NYM Mets

16-16

Fri 3 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
5/3
DET DET
@
NYY NYY
3-5
Thu
5/2
MIA MIA
@
OAK OAK
1-3
Thu
5/2
SDP SDP
@
ARI ARI
7-1
Thu
5/2
CWS CWS
@
STL STL
0-3
Thu
5/2
ATL ATL
@
LAD LAD
3-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
5/4
BOS BOS
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM
Sat
5/4
CWS CWS
@
STL STL
2:15 PM
Sat
5/4
MIL MIL
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Sat
5/4
COL COL
@
PIT PIT
4:05 PM
Sat
5/4
TOR TOR
@
WSH WSH
4:05 PM