A Wrigley Field crowd of 39,222 filled the Friendly Confines to watch Kyle Farnsworth take on the Mets Al Leiter.
The 13 inning affair would last four hours & twenty five minutes, seeing pitchers strike out 28 batters with both teams collecting ten hits each.
Starting Lineups
1 | Rickey Henderson | LF |
2 | Edgardo Alfonzo | 2B |
3 | John Olerud | 1B |
4 | Robin Ventura | 3B |
5 | Darryl Hamilton | CF |
6 | Roger Cedeno | RF |
7 | Todd Pratt | C |
8 | Rey Ordonez | SS |
9 | Al Leiter | P |
1 | Mickey Morandini | 2B |
2 | Manny Alexander | SS |
3 | Mark Grace | 1B |
4 | Sammy Sosa | CF |
5 | Glenallen Hill | RF |
6 | Henry Rodriguez | LF |
7 | Gary Gaetti | 3B |
8 | Benito Santiago | C |
9 | Kyle Farnsworth | P |
In the 6th the Mets came back, Rey Ordonez bunted to reach base to start out the inning. Al Leiter sacrificed him over to second. Rickey Henderson & Edgardo Alfonzo then both walked to load them up. The Mets leading hitter, John Olerud doubled to right field tying the game. Daryl Hamilton then singled to make it 3-2 Mets.
Leiter got another strike out in the 6th inning. In the 7th he notched two more K's, reaching a personal career high 15 strike outs in a game.
As for the Cubs, strike out victims, Mickey Morandini & Glenallen Hill, both went down three times each on the day. Manny Alexander was second in Ks, going down twice on strikes.

The Cubs tied it in the 9th, when Henry Rodriguez homered off Armando Benitez.
In the 10th, Rickey Henderson walked, stole second & advanced to third on an error. An Edgardo Alfonzo sac fly put New York ahead. But the Cubs came back, as Benitez walked the first two men in the home 10th.

In a wacky 13th, Roger Cedeno doubled, but Todd Pratt lined out & Rey Ordonez popped out. Benny Agbayani was intentionally walked to face the pitcher Pat Mahomes.
With a depleted bench Mahomes batted. He came through with a single up the middle to bring in what was the winning run. Mahomes closed out the game in the bottom frame, Mets won it 6-4.
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