NY Mets 8, Cincinnati 3

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(15-23)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 7 0 NY Mets 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 X 8 14 0 WP: O. Perez (3-3) LP: J. Cueto (2-4)	(19-16)

Scoring Summary

Bot 1st: NY Mets

- L. Castillo tripled to deep right center, J. Reyes scored

- C. Beltran doubled to left center, L. Castillo scored

- M. Alou ground rule double to deep right, C. Beltran scored

Bot 5th: NY Mets

- C. Beltran homered to deep right, L. Castillo scored

- R. Church homered to deep right center

Top 6th: Cincinnati

- A. Dunn hit sacrifice fly to deep center, K. Griffey Jr. scored, E. Encarnacion to third

- J. Keppinger tripled to deep left center, E. Encarnacion scored

- J. Keppinger scored on wild pitch

Bot 6th: NY Mets

- D. Easley singled to right, J. Reyes scored

- D. Wright singled to left, D. Easley scored

Cincinnati
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
R. Freel cf-lf	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.313
J. Votto 1b	5	0	0	0	0	3	4	.286
K. Griffey Jr. rf	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	.254
B. Phillips 2b	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	.284
E. Encarnacion 3b	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.261
A. Dunn lf	3	0	0	1	0	3	3	.214
D. Weathers p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Keppinger ss	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	.324
P. Bako c	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	.309
J. Burton p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Affeldt p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C. Patterson cf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196
J. Cueto p	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
B. Bray p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Ross c	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222
Totals	31	3	7	2	4	12	14

Batting 2B - E Encarnacion (8, O Perez). 3B - J Keppinger (1, O Perez). S - J Cueto. SF - A Dunn. RBI - A Dunn (17), J Keppinger (18). 2-out RBI - J Keppinger. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Dunn 1, J Keppinger 1, J Votto 2. Team LOB - 8.

Base Running SB - B Phillips (6, 2nd base off O Perez/B Schneider). CS - R Freel (4, 2nd base by S Schoeneweis).    Fielding DP - 1 (P Bako-J Keppinger).

NY Mets
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Reyes ss	5	2	3	0	0	1	3	.259
L. Castillo 2b	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	.245
D. Easley 2b	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	.245
D. Wright 3b	4	0	1	1	1	2	4	.271
C. Beltran cf	5	2	2	3	0	1	4	.240
R. Church rf	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	.321
M. Alou lf	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.292
C. Delgado 1b	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.236
B. Schneider c	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.301
O. Perez p	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.273
A. Pagan ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.278
S. Schoeneweis p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Smith p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Anderson ph	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.219
P. Feliciano p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	37	8	14	8	3	10	18

Batting 2B - C Beltran (12, J Cueto); M Alou (1, J Cueto); J Reyes (8, B Bray); M Anderson (2, D Weathers). 3B - L Castillo (1, J Cueto). HR - C Beltran (3, 5th inning off J Cueto 1 on, 1 Out), R Church (7, 5th inning off J Cueto 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - L Castillo (8), C Beltran 3 (21), M Alou (4), R Church (26), D Easley (5), D Wright (31). 2-out RBI - M Alou, D Easley, D Wright. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Delgado 1, L Castillo 1, C Beltran 2, J Reyes 1. Team LOB - 8.

Base Running SB - J Reyes 2 (12, 2nd base off D Weathers/D Ross, 2nd base off J Cueto/P Bako), O Perez (1, 2nd base off J Cueto/P Bako). CS - D Wright (4, 2nd base by J Cueto/P Bako).

Cincinnati
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Cueto (L, 2-4)	4.2	8	6	6	3	5	2	5.91
B. Bray	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	5.40
J. Burton	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.50
J. Affeldt	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.70
D. Weathers	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3.48
NY Mets
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
O. Perez (W, 3-3)	6.0	3	3	3	4	8	0	4.61
S. Schoeneweis	1.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	1.50
J. Smith	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.00
P. Feliciano	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.13

WP - O Perez, J Burton.

HBP - R Freel (by O Perez).

Pitches-strikes - J Cueto 98-57; B Bray 15-13; J Burton 14-9; J Affeldt 10-7; D Weathers 22-14; O Perez 102-59; S Schoeneweis 28-18; J Smith 7-4; P Feliciano 8-6.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Cueto 1-7; B Bray 1-0; J Burton 1-0; J Affeldt 1-1; D Weathers 1-0; O Perez 3-7; S Schoeneweis 1-0; J Smith 0-0; P Feliciano 2-1.

Batters faced - J Cueto 24; B Bray 4; J Burton 3; J Affeldt 4; D Weathers 5; O Perez 26; S Schoeneweis 7; J Smith 1; P Feliciano 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Dale Scott. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Rob Drake. Time: 3:11. Attendance: 49,264. Weather: 61 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 16 mph, in from right.

Game Notes

THE HOME RUNS BY NEW YORK'S CARLOS BELTRAN AND RYAN CHURCH IN THE FIFTH INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.

Updated on Monday, May 12, 2008 4:48 am ET