GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: ST LOUIS (34-40) at NY METS (42-33)

NL: ST LOUIS at NY METS

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ST LOUIS (0) AT NY METS (2) - HOW THEY SCORED
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NY METS 1ST: J Reyes struck out swinging. P Lo Duca singled to left.
C Beltran flied out to right. D Wright homered to right center, P Lo Duca
scored. C Delgado lined out to second. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0,
NY METS 2.</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at NY METS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL 5 1/2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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ST LOUIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
NY METS 2 0 0 0 0 x 2 2 0 (FINAL 5 1/2)

BATTERIES: STL - ANTHONY REYES AND GARY BENNETT

NYM - TOM GLAVINE AND PAUL LO DUCA


WP - TOM GLAVINE (7-5)
LP - ANTHONY REYES (0-10)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: STL - NONE

NYM - DAVID WRIGHT (13) OFF ANTHONY REYES IN THE 1ST, 1 ON


TIME: 1:25 ATT: 40,948

PROBABLES: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT (6-6, 4.58)
NYM - ORLANDO HERNANDEZ (3-3, 2.77)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at NY METS

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ST LOUIS (0) AT NY METS (2) - EVENT LOG
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St Louis Starting Lineups -- S Taguchi CF, R Ludwick LF, A Pujols 1B,
J Encarnacion RF, S Rolen 3B, G Bennett C, A Miles SS, B Ryan 2B, An Reyes RHP.

Ny Mets Starting Lineups -- J Reyes SS, P Lo Duca C, C Beltran CF, D Wright 3B,
C Delgado 1B, S Green RF, D Easley 2B, C Gomez LF, T Glavine LHP.

Umpires -- Mark Carlson (HP), Larry Young (1B), Angel Hernandez (2B), Ted Barrett (3B).

Gametime Weather: 81 degrees, Overcast, wind right to left at 7 mph.


ST LOUIS 1ST: S Taguchi grounded out to second. R Ludwick lined out to
center. A Pujols walked. A Pujols caught stealing second, catcher to
second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, NY METS 0.

NY METS 1ST: J Reyes struck out swinging. P Lo Duca singled to left.
C Beltran flied out to right. D Wright homered to right center, P Lo Duca
scored. C Delgado lined out to second. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0,
NY METS 2.

ST LOUIS 2ND: J Encarnacion grounded out to third. S Rolen reached on
infield single to third. G Bennett flied out to left. A Miles walked, S Rolen
to second. B Ryan grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
ST LOUIS 0, NY METS 2.

NY METS 2ND: S Green grounded out to first. D Easley grounded out to
shortstop. C Gomez grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0,
NY METS 2.

ST LOUIS 3RD: An Reyes struck out swinging. S Taguchi grounded out to
second. R Ludwick popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0,
NY METS 2.

NY METS 3RD: T Glavine struck out swinging. J Reyes flied out to center.
P Lo Duca grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, NY METS 2.

ST LOUIS 4TH: A Pujols flied out to right. J Encarnacion flied out to
left. S Rolen flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0,
NY METS 2.

NY METS 4TH: C Beltran lined out to center. D Wright walked. C Delgado
flied out to left. S Green grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ST LOUIS 0, NY METS 2.

ST LOUIS 5TH: G Bennett flied out to right. A Miles flied out to left.
B Ryan flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, NY METS 2.

NY METS 5TH: D Easley hit by pitch. C Gomez walked, D Easley to second.
T Glavine sacrificed to pitcher, D Easley to third, C Gomez to second. J Reyes
struck out swinging. P Lo Duca grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ST LOUIS 0, NY METS 2.

ST LOUIS 6TH: An Reyes flied out to right. S Taguchi grounded out to
second. R Ludwick flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0,
NY METS 2.</div>

 

Glavine moves within three wins of 300

<h3>NY METS 2, ST. LOUIS 0 (5 1/2 INNINGS, RAIN)</h3>FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- Tom Glavine moved a step closerto a milestone. Anthony Reyes tied a far more dubious one.

Glavine pitched a rain-shortened one-hitter for his 297thvictory and David Wright hit a two-run homer as the New YorkMets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 2-0, in a game calledafter five innings.

The start of the game was delayed 54 minutes by rain and washalted again for good in the middle of the sixth after another90-minute delay. The weather was the only thing that could slowdown Glavine, who has won back-to-back starts for the firsttime since April 7-12 and needs three more to join the coveted300 plateau reached by just 22 pitchers.

"It's one win closer," said Glavine, who recorded his 25thcareer shutout and first since September 29, 2005 againstColorado.

Reyes (0-10) pitched well in defeat, but dropped his 12thstraight decision dating to last season, tying the franchiserecord set by Bill Kissinger in 1896 and 1897.

"He pitched a lot better than we hit," Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa said. "He's pitched better than his record. Today was agood example."

"It's frustrating, but it is what it is," Reyes said. "I justtry to go out there and be aggressive."

As for Glavine (7-5), he had gone five straight starts without avictory before defeating Oakland on Friday with eight stronginnings.

The two-time Cy Young Award winner was just as effective onWednesday improving to 20-6 against the Cardinals by allowingonly a second-inning single to Scott Rolen with two walks andone strikeout.

"Tom pitched well. He was quick, fast, efficient," New Yorkmanager Willie Randolph said. "I hope he's back on track. Ithink he is."

Glavine recorded the second one-hitter of his career and the23rd complete-game one-hitter in Mets history. New York, whichentered the league in 1962 as an expansion team, have never hada no-hitter.

The Cardinals had their only serious threat in the second, whenrookie Brendan Ryan, who hit the game-winning home run onTuesday, grounded out with runners on first and second.

St. Louis had seven straight fly-ball outs between the fourthand sixth.

Wright hit his 13th homer and first since June 9 when heconnected for a two-run blast in the first off Reyes to scorePaul Lo Duca, who had singled.

"It was fastball that he left over the middle of the plate,"Wright said. "You have to hit those mistakes."

Reyes allowed two runs and two hits in six innings. He becamethe first pitcher to lose his first 10 decisions in a seasonsince Anthony Young went 0-13 for the Mets in 1993.

While Reyes has not pitched well this season, he also has littleto work with. The Cardinals have scored just 29 runs in hisfirst 12 starts, the lowest run support of any qualifyingpitcher in the major leagues.

Rookie left fielder Carlos Gomez helped Glavine with a nicerunning catch at the warning track to take a possible hit awayfrom Juan Encarnacion in the fourth.

Cardinals outfielder So Taguchi was 0-for-3, ending his hittingstreak at 18 games.