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New York Mets 5–2 St. Louis Cardinals: MLB regular season, 26 May 2000
New York Mets defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–2 at Busch Stadium I on 26 May 2000 in the mlb regular season.
26 May 2000 · Busch Stadium I
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The game
New York Mets defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–2 at Busch Stadium I on 26 May 2000 in the mlb regular season.
The visiting New York Mets scored 5 runs, while the home St. Louis Cardinals finished with 2. The winning margin was 3 runs.
How the scoring developed
In inning 1, New York Mets scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was New York Mets 1–0 St. Louis Cardinals. In inning 4, New York Mets scored 1 run in the top half and St. Louis Cardinals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was New York Mets 2–1 St. Louis Cardinals.
In inning 5, St. Louis Cardinals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was New York Mets 2–2 St. Louis Cardinals. In inning 7, New York Mets scored 2 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was New York Mets 4–2 St. Louis Cardinals.
In inning 9, New York Mets scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was New York Mets 5–2 St. Louis Cardinals.
Pitching decisions
Mike Hampton was credited with the pitching win. Mark Thompson was charged with the loss.
Armando Benítez recorded the save. The win, loss and save are the pitcher decisions recorded for this game.
Hits, errors and innings
New York Mets finished with 9 hits and 1 errors, alongside 5 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
St. Louis Cardinals finished with 9 hits and 2 errors, alongside 2 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
The season and series
The season record shown with this result was New York Mets 26 wins and 22 losses.
The season record shown with this result was St. Louis Cardinals 28 wins and 19 losses.
Inning by inning
| Inning | New York Mets | St. Louis Cardinals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 2 |
Sources
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