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

1998 New York Mets

Final

STL

Cardinals

17-17

2

NYM

Mets

18-14

9

STL

NYM

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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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Alonso

Pete Alonso

RBI

15

Nimmo

Brandon Nimmo

AVG

.327

Taylor

Tyrone Taylor

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Garrett

Reed Garrett

K

27

Manaea

Sean Manaea

ERA

0.71

Garrett

Reed Garrett

Team Rankings

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HR

27

13th

R

115

15th

SO

241

5th

ERA

3.55

9th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Braves Braves
18 6 .750
Phillies Phillies
17 10 .630 2.5
Mets Mets
13 12 .520 5.5
Nationals Nationals
11 14 .440 7.5
Marlins Marlins
6 21 .222 13.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Tue
4/30
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Wed
5/1
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM

Last Game

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NYM Mets

13-12

2

Final

4

STL Cardinals

12-14

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.382

Betts

Mookie Betts

.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

Mookie Betts

40

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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28

Betts

Mookie Betts

24

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

Mookie Betts

SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

337

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM