NY Mets 10, Florida 4
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(55-63)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0
NY Mets 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 X 10 10 2
WP: J. Sosa (8-6)
LP: L. Gardner (3-3)
(65-52)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Florida
- H. Ramirez homered to deep left
Bot 2nd: NY Mets
- M. Alou homered to deep left, C. Delgado and D. Wright scored
Top 3rd: Florida
- C. Ross singled to right center, A. De Aza scored, M. Cabrera to second
- J. Wood singled to right center, M. Cabrera scored, C. Ross scored on catcher R. Castro's fielding error
Bot 3rd: NY Mets
- J. Reyes homered to deep right
Bot 6th: NY Mets
- M. Alou homered to deep left
Bot 8th: NY Mets
- C. Delgado homered to deep center, D. Wright scored
- L. Castillo singled to center, M. Alou scored, M. DiFelice to second
- L. Milledge singled to second, M. DiFelice and J. Reyes scored
 Florida
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
H. Ramirez ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .341
A. De Aza cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333
    T. Linden ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235
M. Cabrera 3b 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 .335
J. Willingham lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .271
C. Ross rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .301
J. Wood 1b 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 .277
    T. Tankersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    R. Wolf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M. Treanor c 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .292
A. Amezaga 2b-1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .269
R. VandenHurk p 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .071
    M. Jacobs ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .246
    L. Gardner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    D. Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .248
 Totals 35 4 9 4 4 8 18  
 Batting
2B - C Ross (9, O Perez).
HR - H Ramirez (21, 1st inning off O Perez 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - H Ramirez (59), C Ross (20), J Wood 2 (25).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Wood 2, A De Aza 1, R VandenHurk 1.
Team LOB - 8.
 Base Running
Picked Off - C Ross (3rd base, M DiFelice).
 NY Mets
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Reyes ss 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 .306
R. Gotay 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .343
    A. Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    L. Milledge ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .309
    B. Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C. Beltran cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .258
D. Wright 3b 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 .305
C. Delgado 1b 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 .251
M. Alou lf 4 3 3 4 0 1 0 .311
S. Green rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .272
R. Castro c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282
    M. DiFelice c 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 .333
O. Perez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
    D. Newhan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203
    J. Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
    D. Easley ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .269
    L. Castillo 2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .326
 Totals 34 10 10 10 5 10 11  
 Batting
HR - M Alou 2 (7, 2nd inning off R VandenHurk 2 on, 0 Out, 6th inning off L Gardner 0 on, 2 Out), J Reyes (9, 3rd inning off R VandenHurk 0 on, 0 Out), C Delgado (18, 8th inning off T Tankersley 1 on, 0 Out).
RBI - M Alou 4 (23), J Reyes (47), C Delgado 2 (67), L Castillo (5), L Milledge 2 (18).
2-out RBI - M Alou, L Milledge 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Delgado 1, C Beltran 2.
Team LOB - 5.
 Base Running
SB - R Gotay (3, 2nd base off R VandenHurk/M Treanor), J Reyes (56, 2nd base off R VandenHurk/M Treanor).
 
 Fielding
E - O Perez (3, throw); C Delgado (7, throw).
 Florida
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
R. VandenHurk 5.0 3 4 4 3 6 2 7.46
L. Gardner (L, 3-3) 1.1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2.52
T. Tankersley 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 1 5.24
R. Wolf 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 18.00
 NY Mets
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
O. Perez 5.0 6 4 4 4 4 1 3.46
J. Sosa (W, 8-6) 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 4.12
A. Heilman (H, 13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.60
B. Wagner 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.58
WP - O Perez 2.
BALK - R VandenHurk.
Pitches-strikes - R VandenHurk 86-52; L Gardner 24-14; T Tankersley 27-18; R Wolf 17-11; O Perez 97-60; J Sosa 33-22; A Heilman 10-6; B Wagner 17-10.
Ground balls-fly balls - R VandenHurk 2-7; L Gardner 1-0; T Tankersley 0-2; R Wolf 1-1; O Perez 2-8; J Sosa 0-4; A Heilman 1-1; B Wagner 0-2.
Batters faced - R VandenHurk 21; L Gardner 6; T Tankersley 7; R Wolf 5; O Perez 24; J Sosa 9; A Heilman 3; B Wagner 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Chad Fairchild. 1B--Chuck Meriwether. 2B--Rick Reed. 3B--Alfonso Marquez.
Time: 3:08. (Plus ceremonies delay totaling 29 minutes in the 1st).
Attendance: 51,023.
Weather: 84 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 11 mph, right to left.
Game Notes
THE START OF THE GAME IS BEING DELAYED DUE TO CEREMONIES.
THE HOME RUN BY FLORIDA SHORTSTOP HANLEY RAMIREZ LED OFF THE GAME. THE HOME RUN ALSO EXTENDED RAMIREZ'S HITTING STREAK TO 10 GAMES.
NEW YORK CATCHER RAMON CASTRO LEFT THE GAME AFTER THREE INNINGS DUE TO BACK DISCOMFORT.

Updated on Monday, Aug 13, 2007 4:40 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Florida
C. Ross C. Ross
2-4
1 RBI
 NY Mets
M. Alou M. Alou
3-4, 2 HR
4 RBI