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2000 NL Championship Series (4-1): New York Mets (94-68) over St. Louis Cardinals (95-67)

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WS: NYY-NYM / ALCS: NYY-SEA / NLCS: NYM-STL / Div. Series: NYY-OAK / SEA-CHW / STL-ATL / NYM-SFG
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 2000 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                2  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  3     6  8  3
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     2  9  0

    PITCHERS: NYM - Hampton, Franco (8), Benitez (9)
              STL - Kile, James (8), Christiansen (9)

               WP - Mike Hampton
	       LP - Darryl Kile
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYM - Payton, Zeile
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 52,255

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 2000 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Mets                2  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  1     6  9  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  1  0    0  2  0    0  2  0     5 10  3

    PITCHERS: NYM - Leiter, Franco (8), Wendell (8), Benitez (9)
              STL - Ankiel, Reames (1), Morris (6), Veres (8), Timlin (9)

               WP - Turk Wendell
	       LP - Mike Timlin
             SAVE - Armando Benitez

   HOME RUNS: NYM - Piazza
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 52,250

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 2000 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  2    1  3  0    0  0  0     8 14  0
    New York Mets                1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: STL - Benes, James (9), Veres (9)
              NYM - Reed, Rusch (4), White (5), Cook (8), Wendell (9)

               WP - Andy Benes
	       LP - Rick Reed
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYM - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,693

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 15, 2000 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  0    1  3  0    0  0  0     6 11  2
    New York Mets                4  3  0    1  0  2    0  0  x    10  9  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Kile, James (4), Timlin (5), Morris (7), Christiansen (8)
              NYM - Jones, Rusch (5), Franco (8), Benitez (9)

               WP - Glendon Rusch
	       LP - Darryl Kile
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Clark, Edmonds
              NYM - Piazza

  ATTENDANCE: 55,665

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 16, 2000 at Shea Stad (New York Mets)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  2
    New York Mets                3  0  0    3  0  0    1  0  x     7 10  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Hentgen, Timlin (4), Reames (5), Ankiel (7), James (7), Veres (8)
              NYM - Hampton

               WP - Mike Hampton
	       LP - Pat Hentgen
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYM - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,695

Series MVP - Mike Hampton

Series Batting Stats

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New York Mets

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Kurt Abbott         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 157  34  6  .217  .672   1
 Benny Agbayani      5  17  0  6  2  0  0   3  4  0  .353  .476  .471  0 | 350 101 15  .289  .871   5
 Edgardo Alfonzo     5  18  5  8  1  1  0   4  4  1  .444  .565  .611  0 | 544 176 25  .324  .967   3
 Armando Benitez     3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Mike Bordick        5  13  2  1  0  0  0   0  3  1  .077  .294  .077  0 |+583 166 20  .285  .784   9
*Dennis Cook         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*John Franco         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Matt Franco         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 134  32  2  .239  .653   0
*Darryl Hamilton     3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 105  29  1  .276  .720   2
 Mike Hampton        2   6  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .167  .167  .167  0 |  73  20  0  .274  .587   0
*Lenny Harris        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+223  58  4  .260  .698  13
 Bobby Jones         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  44   2  0  .045  .170   0
*Al Leiter           1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  58   3  0  .052  .165   0
 Joe McEwing         4   0  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 153  34  2  .222  .614   3
 Jay Payton          5  19  1  3  0  0  1   3  2  5  .158  .273  .316  0 | 488 142 17  .291  .778   5
*Timo Perez          5  23  8  7  2  0  0   0  1  3  .304  .333  .391  2 |  49  14  1  .286  .802   1
 Mike Piazza         5  17  7  7  3  0  2   4  5  0  .412  .545  .941  0 | 482 156 38  .324 1.012   4
 Rick Reed           1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  49  10  0  .204  .430   0
*Glendon Rusch       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  50   3  0  .060  .173   0
 Bubba Trammell      3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |+245  65 10  .265  .802   4
*Robin Ventura       5  14  4  3  1  0  0   5  6  0  .214  .409  .286  0 | 469 109 24  .232  .777   3
#Turk Wendell        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   1  0  .250  .500   0
 Rick White          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  5   1  0  .200  .400   0
 Todd Zeile          5  19  1  7  3  0  1   8  2  4  .368  .409  .684  0 | 544 146 22  .268  .823   3
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 164 31 43 12  1  4  27 27 24  .262  .371  .421  2 |        198  .263  .776  66

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

St. Louis Cardinals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Rick Ankiel         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  68  17  2  .250  .674   0
 Andy Benes          1   3  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .333  .333  .333  0 |  50   4  1  .080  .288   0
 Jason Christiansen  2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
*Will Clark          5  17  3  7  2  0  1   1  2  1  .412  .500  .706  0 |+427 136 21  .319  .964   5
 Eric Davis          4  10  1  2  1  0  0   1  0  2  .200  .200  .300  0 | 254  77  6  .303  .818   1
*J.D. Drew           5  12  2  4  1  0  0   1  0  3  .333  .333  .417  0 | 407 120 18  .295  .880  17
 Shawon Dunston      4   6  1  2  1  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .333  .500  0 | 216  54 12  .250  .764   3
*Jim Edmonds         5  22  1  5  1  0  1   6  1  9  .227  .261  .409  0 | 525 155 42  .295  .994  10
 Pat Hentgen         1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  60   8  0  .133  .321   0
 Carlos Hernandez    5  16  3  4  0  0  0   1  1  1  .250  .294  .250  0 |+242  62  3  .256  .677   2
 Mike James          4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Darryl Kile         3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .333  .000  0 |  73   9  0  .123  .366   0
*Ray Lankford        5  12  1  4  1  0  0   1  1  5  .333  .385  .417  0 | 392  99 26  .253  .875   5
 Eli Marrero         4   4  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 102  23  5  .225  .724   5
 Mark McGwire        3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .333  .000  0 | 236  72 32  .305 1.229   1
 Matt Morris         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   1  0  .333  .666   0
 Craig Paquette      4   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .167  .167  .167  0 | 384  94 15  .245  .729   4
 Placido Polanco     4   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  1  .200  .429  .200  0 | 323 102  5  .316  .765   4
 Britt Reames        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  12   2  0  .167  .334   0
 Edgar Renteria      5  20  4  6  1  0  0   4  0  2  .300  .286  .350  3 | 562 156 16  .278  .769  21
 Fernando Tatis      5  13  1  3  2  0  0   2  1  5  .231  .267  .385  0 | 324  82 18  .253  .870   2
 Mike Timlin         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
 Dave Veres          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Fernando Vina       5  23  3  6  1  0  0   1  1  4  .261  .292  .304  0 | 487 146  4  .300  .778  10
*Rick Wilkins        2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  11   3  0  .273  .658   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 177 21 47 11  0  2  19 11 39  .266  .309  .362  3 |        235  .270  .812  87

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Mets

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Mike Hampton        2   0.00 2-0  0  1 16.0  9  0  4 12 | 15-10 218  3.14  1.35 151   
*Al Leiter           1   3.86 0-0  0  0  7.0  8  3  0  9 | 16-8  208  3.20  1.21 200   
 Bobby Jones         1  13.50 0-0  0  0  4.0  6  6  0  2 | 11-6  155  5.06  1.42  85   
*Glendon Rusch       2   0.00 1-0  0  0  3.7  3  0  0  3 | 11-11 191  4.01  1.26 157   
 Rick Reed           1  10.80 0-1  0  0  3.3  8  4  1  4 | 11-5  184  4.11  1.23 121   
 Rick White          1   9.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  5  3  1  1 |+ 5-9  100  3.52  1.21  67  3
 Armando Benitez     3   0.00 0-0  1  0  3.0  3  0  2  2 |  4-4   76  2.61  1.01 106 41
*John Franco         3   6.75 0-0  0  0  2.7  3  2  2  2 |  5-4   56  3.40  1.29  56  4
 Turk Wendell        2   0.00 1-0  0  0  1.3  1  0  1  2 |  8-6   83  3.59  1.22  73  1
*Dennis Cook         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  0  0  2 |  6-3   59  5.34  1.59  53  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.60 4-1  1  1 45.0 47 18 11 39 |            4.16 1.360   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

St. Louis Cardinals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Darryl Kile         2   9.00 0-2  0  0 10.0 13 10  5  3 | 20-9  232  3.91  1.18 192   
 Andy Benes          1   2.25 1-0  0  0  8.0  6  2  3  5 | 12-9  166  4.88  1.46 137   
 Britt Reames        2   1.42 0-0  0  0  6.3  5  1  4  6 |  2-1   41  2.88  1.30  31   
 Pat Hentgen         1  14.73 0-1  0  0  3.7  7  6  5  2 | 15-12 194  4.72  1.50 118   
 Matt Morris         2   4.91 0-0  0  0  3.7  3  2  2  2 |  3-3   53  3.57  1.32  34  4
 Mike Timlin         3   0.00 0-1  0  0  3.3  1  0  2  0 |+ 5-4   65  4.18  1.58  52 12
 Dave Veres          3   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.3  2  0  0  3 |  3-5   76  2.85  1.19  67 29
 Mike James          4  15.43 0-0  0  0  2.3  5  4  1  0 |  2-2   51  3.16  1.25  41  2
*Jason Christiansen  2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  0  0  0  1 |+ 3-8   48  5.06  1.42  53  1
*Rick Ankiel         2  20.25 0-0  0  0  1.3  1  3  5  2 | 11-7  175  3.50  1.30 194   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   5.86 1-4  0  0 43.0 43 28 27 24 |            4.38 1.400   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: NYY-NYM / ALCS: NYY-SEA / NLCS: NYM-STL / Div. Series: NYY-OAK / SEA-CHW / STL-ATL / NYM-SFG

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