New York entered the game with a three game win streak and winning four of the last five games. This followed a seven game losing streak from September 21st to September 28th, that almost finished off their season.
On the mound it was all about Mets ace; Al Leiter. Leiter, stepped into the spot light & threw a complete game two hit shutout winning his 13th game of the year. Along the way, Leiter struck out eight batters, while walking four. Incredibly, it wasn’t until the 9th inning that the Reds had more than one base runner on.
Starting Lineups
New York Mets | Cincinnati Reds | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rickey Henderson | LF | 1 | Pokey Reese | 2B | |
2 | Edgardo Alfonzo | 2B | 2 | Barry Larkin | SS | |
3 | John Olerud | 1B | 3 | Sean Casey | 1B | |
4 | Mike Piazza | C | 4 | Greg Vaughn | LF | |
5 | Robin Ventura | 3B | 5 | Dmitri Young | RF | |
6 | Darryl Hamilton | CF | 6 | Jeffrey Hammonds | CF | |
7 | Roger Cedeno | RF | 7 | Ed Taubensee | C | |
8 | Rey Ordonez | SS | 8 | Aaron Boone | 3B | |
9 | Al Leiter | P | 9 | Steve Parris | P |
The Mets struck right out of the box, lead off batter; Rickey Henderson led off with a base hit & then Edgardo Alfonzo hit his 27th HR of the year, a two run blast off Reds starter; Steve Parris.
In the top of the 3rd, Parris with two outs, Alfonzo drew a walk. John Olerud doubled & Mike Piazza was walked intentionally.
Then Parris issued a bases loaded walk to Robin Ventura making it 3-0 Mets. Parris would eventually take the loss, going 11-4 on the season.
In the top of the 6th, Rey Ordonez walked, he was brought in when Edgardo Alfonzo doubled icing the 5-0 Mets win.
The victory secured the New York Mets the 1999 Wild Card spot & their first trip to the playoffs since 1988.
Trivia: For the first time in Mets team history, the 1999 Mets had three players who drove in over 100 runs; Mike Piazza (124) Robin Ventura (120) & Eduardo Alfonzo (108).
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