GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: SAN FRANCISCO (24-25) at NY METS (32-17)

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - PITCHING CHANGE
SFO: ARMANDO BENITEZ (0-2, 3.78) STARTING THE 12TH
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 4, NY METS 3

DUE UP FOR NYMETS: J REYES (.311, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Benitez relieved R Ortiz.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 4
NY METS 3 BOTTOM, 12TH

DUE UP FOR NY METS: J Reyes (.311, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
BALK BY ARMANDO BENITEZ ALLOWED JOSE REYES TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 4
NY METS 4 BOTTOM, 12TH

DUE UP FOR NY METS: C DELGADO (.235, 1-FOR-3, BB, HBP, HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL AT NY METS - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY CARLOS DELGADO (7) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 12TH OFF ARMANDO BENITEZ.

FINAL SCORE: NY METS 5, SAN FRANCISCO 4</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
SAN FRANCISCO 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NY METS 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0

10 11 12 R H E
-- -- -- - - -
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 1 4 6 0
NY METS 0 0 2 5 6 0 (FINAL 12)

BATTERIES: SFO - TIM LINCECUM, BRAD HENNESSEY (8TH), KEVIN CORREIA (9TH), RUSS
ORTIZ (10TH), ARMANDO BENITEZ (12TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA

NYM - OLIVER PEREZ, PEDRO FELICIANO (8TH), BILLY WAGNER
(9TH), SCOTT SCHOENEWEIS (10TH), AARON HEILMAN (10TH), JOE
SMITH (12TH) AND PAUL LO DUCA

HOME RUNS: SFO - RANDY WINN (4) OFF OLIVER PEREZ IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
BENGIE MOLINA (5) OFF OLIVER PEREZ IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
DANIEL ORTMEIER (1) OFF OLIVER PEREZ IN THE 7TH, 0 ON

NYM - CARLOS DELGADO (6) OFF TIM LINCECUM IN THE 4TH, 1 ON
CARLOS DELGADO (7) OFF ARMANDO BENITEZ IN THE 12TH, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
SAN FRANCISCO 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
NY METS 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0

10 11 12 R H E
-- -- -- - - -
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 1 4 6 0
NY METS 0 0 2 5 6 0 (FINAL 12)

BATTERIES: SFO - TIM LINCECUM, BRAD HENNESSEY (8TH), KEVIN CORREIA (9TH), RUSS
ORTIZ (10TH), ARMANDO BENITEZ (12TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA

NYM - OLIVER PEREZ, PEDRO FELICIANO (8TH), BILLY WAGNER
(9TH), SCOTT SCHOENEWEIS (10TH), AARON HEILMAN (10TH), JOE
SMITH (12TH) AND PAUL LO DUCA


WP - JOE SMITH (2-0)
LP - ARMANDO BENITEZ (0-3)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: SFO - RANDY WINN (4) OFF OLIVER PEREZ IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
BENGIE MOLINA (5) OFF OLIVER PEREZ IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
DANIEL ORTMEIER (1) OFF OLIVER PEREZ IN THE 7TH, 0 ON

NYM - CARLOS DELGADO (6) OFF TIM LINCECUM IN THE 4TH, 1 ON
CARLOS DELGADO (7) OFF ARMANDO BENITEZ IN THE 12TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:51 ATT: 47,940

PROBABLES: SFO - BARRY ZITO (4-5, 4.70)
NYM - TOM GLAVINE (5-2, 3.39)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at NY METS

<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO (4) VS NY METS (5) - FINAL IN 12 INNINGS

SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Winn cf 6 1 2 2 0 0 1 .313
K Frandsen 2b 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 .277
R Aurilia 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .224
B Molina c 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 .311
P Feliz 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 .250
D Ortmeier lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .333
O Vizquel ss 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 .233
F Lewis rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .254
T Lincecum p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
a-E Alfonzo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263
B Hennessey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K Correia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
b-B Bonds ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .275
R Ortiz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
c-M Sweeney ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171
A Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 41 4 6 4 4 13 9

a-struck out looking for T Lincecum in the 8th; b-walked for K Correia in the
10th; c-hit by pitch for R Ortiz in the 12th.

BATTING: 2B - K Frandsen (2, S Schoeneweis). HR - R Winn (4, 1st inning off O
Perez 0 on, 0 Out), B Molina (5, 1st inning off O Perez 0 on, 2 Out), D
Ortmeier (1, 7th inning off O Perez 0 on, 2 Out). S - F Lewis. RBI - R Winn 2
(19), B Molina (31), D Ortmeier (4). 2-out RBI - B Molina, D Ortmeier. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - R Aurilia 3, K Frandsen 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - R Winn (3, 2nd base off O Perez/P Lo Duca).


NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 .311
E Chavez lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .318
C Beltran cf 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 .295
C Delgado 1b 4 2 2 3 1 0 0 .239
D Wright 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 5 .267
P Lo Duca c 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 .322
D Easley 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .265
C Gomez rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .217
b-J Franco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .188
S Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-R Gotay ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .242
J Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
O Perez p 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .304
a-D Newhan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189
P Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Johnson rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Totals 40 5 6 4 7 9 18

a-grounded to shortstop for O Perez in the 7th; b-grounded into fielder's
choice to shortstop for C Gomez in the 9th; c-singled to left for A Heilman in
the 11th.

BATTING: 2B - C Beltran (13, T Lincecum); D Wright (12, K Correia). HR - C
Delgado 2 (7, 4th inning off T Lincecum 1 on, 2 Out, 12th inning off A Benitez
0 on, 2 Out). S - E Chavez. RBI - C Delgado 3 (32), C Beltran (34). 2-out RBI -
C Delgado 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Lo Duca 1, J Franco 1,
D Wright 2. Team LOB - 9.


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SAN FRANCISCO - 200 000 100 001 -- 4
NY METS - 000 201 000 002 -- 5

Two outs when winning run scored.
----------------------------------------------------

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lincecum 6 3 3 3 3 8 1 3.34
B Hennessey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.95
K Correia 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.37
R Ortiz 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 5.50
A Benitez (L, 0-3; B, 2) 2/3 1 2 2 1 0 1 4.67

NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez 7 5 3 3 0 8 3 2.69
P Feliciano 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.96
B Wagner 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.57
S Schoeneweis 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.95
A Heilman 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.47
J Smith (W, 2-0) 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1.59

WP - J Smith. IBB - C Delgado (by T Lincecum), P Lo Duca (by K Correia). BALK
- A Benitez 2. HBP - C Delgado (by R Ortiz); M Sweeney (by J Smith).
Pitches-strikes: T Lincecum 112-71; B Hennessey 14-8; K Correia 20-12; R Ortiz
51-29; A Benitez 16-9; O Perez 98-64; P Feliciano 14-6; B Wagner 18-8; S
Schoeneweis 13-6; A Heilman 16-12; J Smith 20-8. Ground balls-fly balls: T
Lincecum 6-7; B Hennessey 1-2; K Correia 2-1; R Ortiz 2-3; A Benitez 2-0; O
Perez 5-8; P Feliciano 2-0; B Wagner 0-1; S Schoeneweis 1-1; A Heilman 0-3; J
Smith 2-0. Batters faced: T Lincecum 27; B Hennessey 3; K Correia 5; R Ortiz
10; A Benitez 4; O Perez 26; P Feliciano 4; B Wagner 4; S Schoeneweis 4; A
Heilman 4; J Smith 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Randy Marsh. 1B--Bob Davidson. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Hunter
Wendelstedt.

T--3:51. Att--47,940.
Weather: 78 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, in from
right.</div>

 

Delgado's second blast gives Mets win

<h3>NY METS 5, SAN FRANCISCO 4 (12 INNINGS)</h3>FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- Carlos Delgado's second home runof the night gave the New York Mets an improbable 4-3 victoryover the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-gameseries on Tuesday.

Delgado drilled a 2-2 offering from Armando Benitez (0-3) afterthe closer balked in the tying run when Jose Reyes made a quickmove home, forcing Benitez to flinch.

Delgado has hit safely in six straight games and has hit four ofhis seven homers in the last three contests. The first basemanhit a pair of homers Saturday in Florida.

Reyes led off the 12th against Benitez with a walk, advanced tosecond on a balk, third on a sacrifice and scored on a two-outbalk.

Randy Winn brought home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning offJoe Smith (1-0) on a groundout as the Giants took a 4-3 edge.

The Mets were robbed of a game-winning hit in the ninth, whenGiants shortstop Vizquel made a diving stop of a ground ball upthe middle, forcing Paul Lo Duca at second and stranding DavidWright, who led off the frame with a double off the top of thewall in right field.

The Giants stranded runners on second and third in the 10thinning, before Wright lined out to center field with the basesjuiced in the bottom half.

Oliver Perez of the Mets failed to win four straight starts forthe first time in his career, but had another solid outing,allowing three runs and five hits in seven innings. Thelefthander did not walk a batter and struck out eight.

Rookie Tim Lincecum, the Giants' top pitching prospect makinghis fifth major league start, was impressive again. The22-year-old righthander lasted seven innings, allowing threeruns and three hits with eight strikeouts. He has allowed justseven earned runs in his last four starts.

The Giants led off a game with a home run for the first timethis season, when Randy Winn did it for the 12th time in hiscareer. After Perez recorded two outs on deep fly balls, BengieMolina homered to left field to extend his hitting streak to 10games.

The hard-throwing Lincecum cruised through the early part of thegame, retiring the first 11 batters. One of the outs was astrikeout of Carlos Beltran on a fastball clocked at 99 milesper hour.

Beltran was the first Met to reach base when he walked with twoouts in the fourth. Delgado then continued his emergence from aseason-long slump by belting a two-run homer to right field.

Reyes singled to lead off the sixth and came around to scorewhen Beltran lined a double to right field to give the New YorkMets a 3-2.

Perez had settled down after the shaky first inning, but gavethe lead right back in the seventh when Daniel Ortmeier hit hisfirst major league home run the opposite way to right field.

Barry Bonds, who hit his 746th career home run on Sunday and isnine shy of the all-time record held by Hank Aaron, did notstart but walked as a pinch hitter in the ninth.

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at NY METS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
SAN FRANCISCO 4
NY METS 5 FINAL</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at NY METS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SAN FRANCISCO (4) AT NY METS (5) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: R Winn homered to left. K Frandsen lined out to left.
R Aurilia flied out to right. B Molina homered to left. P Feliz flied out to
center. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 0.

NY METS 4TH: J Reyes grounded out to second. E Chavez grounded out to
shortstop. C Beltran walked. C Delgado homered to right, C Beltran scored.
D Wright struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 2.

NY METS 6TH: J Reyes singled to right. E Chavez flied out to left.
C Beltran doubled to deep right, J Reyes scored. C Delgado intentionally walked.
D Wright flied out to left. P Lo Duca flied out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 7TH: B Molina grounded out to shortstop. P Feliz struck out
swinging. D Ortmeier homered to right. O Vizquel singled to center. F Lewis
struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, NY METS 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 12TH: J Smith relieved A Heilman. O Vizquel walked.
O Vizquel to second on wild pitch by J Smith. F Lewis sacrificed to catcher,
O Vizquel to third. M Sweeney hit for R Ortiz. M Sweeney hit by pitch. R Winn
grounded out to first, O Vizquel scored, M Sweeney to second. K Frandsen
struck out swinging. (1 Run, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 4, NY METS 3.

NY METS 12TH: A Benitez relieved R Ortiz. J Reyes walked. J Reyes to
second on balk by A Benitez. E Chavez sacrificed to third, J Reyes to third.
C Beltran grounded out to second. J Reyes scored on A Benitez' balk. C Delgado
homered to right. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 4, NY METS 5.</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at NY METS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SAN FRANCISCO (4) AT NY METS (5) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

San Francisco Starting Lineups -- R Winn CF, K Frandsen 2B, R Aurilia 1B,
B Molina C, P Feliz 3B, D Ortmeier LF, O Vizquel SS, F Lewis RF, T Lincecum RHP.

Ny Mets Starting Lineups -- J Reyes SS, E Chavez LF, C Beltran CF, C Delgado 1B,
D Wright 3B, P Lo Duca C, D Easley 2B, C Gomez RF, O Perez LHP.

Umpires -- Randy Marsh (HP), Bob Davidson (1B), Sam Holbrook (2B),
Hunter Wendelstedt (3B).

Gametime Weather: 78 degrees, Clear, wind in from right at 7 mph.


SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: R Winn homered to left. K Frandsen lined out to left.
R Aurilia flied out to right. B Molina homered to left. P Feliz flied out to
center. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 0.

NY METS 1ST: J Reyes flied out to left. E Chavez grounded out to third.
C Beltran struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2,
NY METS 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 2ND: D Ortmeier grounded out to third. O Vizquel struck out
swinging. F Lewis struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 0.

NY METS 2ND: C Delgado popped out to shortstop. D Wright struck out
swinging. P Lo Duca grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 3RD: T Lincecum struck out swinging. R Winn flied out to
center. K Frandsen flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 0.

NY METS 3RD: D Easley flied out to left. C Gomez grounded out to
shortstop. O Perez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 0.

SAN FRANCISCO 4TH: R Aurilia flied out to center. B Molina struck out
swinging. P Feliz grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 0.

NY METS 4TH: J Reyes grounded out to second. E Chavez grounded out to
shortstop. C Beltran walked. C Delgado homered to right, C Beltran scored.
D Wright struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 5TH: D Ortmeier grounded out to third. O Vizquel struck out
swinging. F Lewis flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 2.

NY METS 5TH: P Lo Duca walked. D Easley struck out swinging. C Gomez
struck out swinging. O Perez struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH: T Lincecum struck out looking. R Winn singled to
center. R Winn stole second. K Frandsen grounded out to second, R Winn to
third. R Aurilia flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2,
NY METS 2.

NY METS 6TH: J Reyes singled to right. E Chavez flied out to left.
C Beltran doubled to deep right, J Reyes scored. C Delgado intentionally walked.
D Wright flied out to left. P Lo Duca flied out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 2, NY METS 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 7TH: B Molina grounded out to shortstop. P Feliz struck out
swinging. D Ortmeier homered to right. O Vizquel singled to center. F Lewis
struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, NY METS 3.

NY METS 7TH: D Easley flied out to left. C Gomez struck out swinging.
D Newhan hit for O Perez. D Newhan grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, NY METS 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 8TH: P Feliciano relieved O Perez. E Alfonzo hit for
T Lincecum. E Alfonzo struck out looking. R Winn grounded out to second.
K Frandsen walked. R Aurilia grounded into fielder's choice to third, K Frandsen
out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, NY METS 3.

NY METS 8TH: B Hennessey relieved T Lincecum. J Reyes flied out to left.
E Chavez grounded out to shortstop. C Beltran flied out to left. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, NY METS 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 9TH: B Wagner relieved P Feliciano. B Molina struck out
swinging. P Feliz walked. D Ortmeier struck out looking. O Vizquel popped
out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, NY METS 3.

NY METS 9TH: K Correia relieved B Hennessey. C Delgado grounded out to
third. D Wright doubled to deep right. P Lo Duca intentionally walked.
D Easley popped out to first. J Franco hit for C Gomez. J Franco grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, P Lo Duca out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, NY METS 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 10TH: S Schoeneweis relieved B Wagner. B Johnson in right
field. F Lewis grounded out to second. B Bonds hit for K Correia. B Bonds
walked. R Winn flied out to right. K Frandsen hit a ground rule double to
right, B Bonds to third. A Heilman relieved S Schoeneweis. R Aurilia lined out
to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, NY METS 3.

NY METS 10TH: R Ortiz relieved K Correia. B Johnson flied out to right.
J Reyes walked. E Chavez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Reyes
out at second. C Beltran walked, E Chavez to second. C Delgado hit by pitch,
E Chavez to third, C Beltran to second. D Wright lined out to center. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, NY METS 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 11TH: B Molina lined out to third. P Feliz struck out
swinging. D Ortmeier fouled out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 3, NY METS 3.

NY METS 11TH: P Lo Duca struck out swinging. D Easley grounded out to
third. R Gotay hit for A Heilman. R Gotay singled to left. B Johnson flied
out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 3, NY METS 3.

SAN FRANCISCO 12TH: J Smith relieved A Heilman. O Vizquel walked.
O Vizquel to second on wild pitch by J Smith. F Lewis sacrificed to catcher,
O Vizquel to third. M Sweeney hit for R Ortiz. M Sweeney hit by pitch. R Winn
grounded out to first, O Vizquel scored, M Sweeney to second. K Frandsen
struck out swinging. (1 Run, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 4, NY METS 3.

NY METS 12TH: A Benitez relieved R Ortiz. J Reyes walked. J Reyes to
second on balk by A Benitez. E Chavez sacrificed to third, J Reyes to third.
C Beltran grounded out to second. J Reyes scored on A Benitez' balk. C Delgado
homered to right. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 4, NY METS 5.</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at NY METS

<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO (4) VS NY METS (5) - FINAL IN 12 INNINGS

SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Winn cf 6 1 2 2 0 0 1 .313
K Frandsen 2b 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 .277
R Aurilia 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .224
B Molina c 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 .311
P Feliz 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 .250
D Ortmeier lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .333
O Vizquel ss 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 .233
F Lewis rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .254
T Lincecum p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
a-E Alfonzo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263
B Hennessey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K Correia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
b-B Bonds ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .275
R Ortiz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
c-M Sweeney ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171
A Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 41 4 6 4 4 13 9

a-struck out looking for T Lincecum in the 8th; b-walked for K Correia in the
10th; c-hit by pitch for R Ortiz in the 12th.

BATTING: 2B - K Frandsen (2, S Schoeneweis). HR - R Winn (4, 1st inning off O
Perez 0 on, 0 Out), B Molina (5, 1st inning off O Perez 0 on, 2 Out), D
Ortmeier (1, 7th inning off O Perez 0 on, 2 Out). S - F Lewis. RBI - R Winn 2
(19), B Molina (31), D Ortmeier (4). 2-out RBI - B Molina, D Ortmeier. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - R Aurilia 3, K Frandsen 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - R Winn (3, 2nd base off O Perez/P Lo Duca).


NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 .311
E Chavez lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .318
C Beltran cf 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 .295
C Delgado 1b 4 2 2 3 1 0 0 .239
D Wright 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 5 .267
P Lo Duca c 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 .322
D Easley 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .265
C Gomez rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .217
b-J Franco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .188
S Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-R Gotay ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .242
J Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
O Perez p 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .304
a-D Newhan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189
P Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Johnson rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Totals 40 5 6 4 7 9 18

a-grounded to shortstop for O Perez in the 7th; b-grounded into fielder's
choice to shortstop for C Gomez in the 9th; c-singled to left for A Heilman in
the 11th.

BATTING: 2B - C Beltran (13, T Lincecum); D Wright (12, K Correia). HR - C
Delgado 2 (7, 4th inning off T Lincecum 1 on, 2 Out, 12th inning off A Benitez
0 on, 2 Out). S - E Chavez. RBI - C Delgado 3 (32), C Beltran (34). 2-out RBI -
C Delgado 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Lo Duca 1, J Franco 1,
D Wright 2. Team LOB - 9.


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SAN FRANCISCO - 200 000 100 001 -- 4
NY METS - 000 201 000 002 -- 5

Two outs when winning run scored.
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SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Lincecum 7 3 3 3 3 8 1 3.24
B Hennessey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.95
K Correia 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.37
R Ortiz 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 5.50
A Benitez (L, 0-3; B, 2) 2/3 1 2 2 1 0 1 4.67

NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez 7 5 3 3 0 8 3 2.69
P Feliciano 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.96
B Wagner 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.57
S Schoeneweis 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.95
A Heilman 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.47
J Smith (W, 2-0) 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1.59

WP - J Smith. IBB - C Delgado (by T Lincecum), P Lo Duca (by K Correia). BALK
- A Benitez 2. HBP - C Delgado (by R Ortiz); M Sweeney (by J Smith).
Pitches-strikes: T Lincecum 113-72; B Hennessey 14-8; K Correia 20-12; R Ortiz
51-29; A Benitez 16-9; O Perez 98-64; P Feliciano 14-6; B Wagner 18-8; S
Schoeneweis 13-6; A Heilman 16-11; J Smith 20-9. Ground balls-fly balls: T
Lincecum 6-7; B Hennessey 1-2; K Correia 2-1; R Ortiz 2-3; A Benitez 2-0; O
Perez 5-8; P Feliciano 2-0; B Wagner 0-1; S Schoeneweis 1-1; A Heilman 0-3; J
Smith 2-0. Batters faced: T Lincecum 27; B Hennessey 3; K Correia 5; R Ortiz
10; A Benitez 4; O Perez 26; P Feliciano 4; B Wagner 4; S Schoeneweis 4; A
Heilman 4; J Smith 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Randy Marsh. 1B--Bob Davidson. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Hunter
Wendelstedt.

T--3:51. Att--47,940.
Weather: 78 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, in from
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Delgado's second blast gives Mets win

<h3>NY METS 5, SAN FRANCISCO 4 (12 INNINGS)</h3>FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- First Jose Reyes made ArmandoBenitez flinch. Then Carlos Delgado made him pay.

Delgado's second home run of the night in the 12th inning gavethe New York Mets an improbable 4-3 victory over the SanFrancisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series onTuesday.

Delgado drilled a 2-2 offering from Benitez (0-3) after thecloser balked in the tying run when Jose Reyes made a quick movehome, forcing Benitez to flinch.

"I don't try to steal home," Reyes said. "I just tried to putpressure on him and he balked."

Reyes kept the pressure on Benitez when he led off the 12thagainst Benitez with a walk and advanced to second on a balk.Reyes went to third on a sacrifice by Endy Chavez and danced offthird, causing Benitez to lose his concentration and prompt abalk call.

"The first balk was called when he started his motion andstopped," said crew chief Randy Marsh. "The second one was whenhe got startled by Reyes and his knees buckled. They were bothvery cut and dry in my opinion."

Benitez disputed Marsh's interpretation, but the damage had beendone. He tried to step off the mound to gain his composure,but the former Met never recovered.

"There's nothing you can do about, I lost the game," Benitezsaid. "I'll come back tomorrow and see what I can do."

That set the stage for Delgado, who lined a pitch over theright-center field fence for his fifth career walk-off homer,giving the Mets their fourth straight win. Delgado, however,insisted that Benitez was not rattled.

"That's not my problem," Delgado said. "He's been around a fewyears. It's not like (after the balks) his world is coming toan end."

Delgado has hit safely in six straight games and has hit four ofhis seven homers in the last three contests. The first basemanhit a pair of homers Saturday in Florida.

Randy Winn brought home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning offJoe Smith (1-0) on a groundout as the Giants took a 4-3 edge.Delgado had stepped on first on Winn's grounder to get the out,and that may have allowed Omar Vizquel to beat the throw home.

The Mets were robbed of a game-winning hit in the ninth, whenVizquel made a diving stop of a ground ball up the middle,forcing Paul Lo Duca at second and stranding David Wright, wholed off the frame with a double off the top of the wall in rightfield.

"Omar is one of the best in the game," Mets manager WillieRandolph said. "I've seen him make plays like that for manyyears."

The Giants stranded runners on second and third in the 10thinning, before Wright lined out to center field with the basesjuiced in the bottom half.

Oliver Perez of the Mets failed to win four straight starts forthe first time in his career, but had another solid outing,allowing three runs and five hits in seven innings. Thelefthander did not walk a batter and struck out eight.

Rookie Tim Lincecum, the Giants' top pitching prospect makinghis fifth major league start, was impressive again. The22-year-old righthander lasted seven innings, allowing threeruns and three hits with eight strikeouts. He has allowed justseven earned runs in his last four starts.

"There's a lot of history here," said Lincecum, a native ofBellevue, Washington making his first trip to New York. "Ienjoyed coming here."

San Francisco has dropped four straight games.

The Giants led off a game with a home run for the first timethis season, when Winn did it for the 12th time in his career.After Perez recorded two outs on deep fly balls, Bengie Molinahomered to left field to extend his hitting streak to 10 games.

The hard-throwing Lincecum cruised through the early part of thegame, retiring the first 11 batters. One of the outs was astrikeout of Carlos Beltran on a fastball clocked at 99 milesper hour.

Beltran was the first Met to reach base when he walked with twoouts in the fourth. Delgado then continued his emergence from aseason-long slump by belting a two-run homer to right field.

Reyes singled to lead off the sixth and came around to scorewhen Beltran lined a double to right field to give the New YorkMets a 3-2.

Perez had settled down after the shaky first inning, but gavethe lead right back in the seventh when Daniel Ortmeier hit hisfirst major league home run the opposite way to right field.

Barry Bonds, who hit his 746th career home run on Sunday and isnine shy of the all-time record held by Hank Aaron, did notstart but walked as a pinch hitter in the 10th.