NYN @ ATL

New York Mets at Atlanta Braves, October 19, 1999

On October 19, 1999, the Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets 10-9 at Turner Field, a League Championship Series game. The margin was one run. Retrosheet records attendance of 52,335, a running time of 265 minutes, and a night start for this game. Conditions were recorded as 64 degrees, cloudy skies, and a 8 mph wind. The New York Mets' runs came in the sixth, seventh, eighth, and tenth innings, 4 of them in the seventh. The line score has the Atlanta Braves crossing the plate in the first, sixth, eighth, tenth, and 11th; the first brought 5 runs. The line score runs past nine, to the 11th inning. Hits were 15 for the New York Mets and 10 for the Atlanta Braves, with 2 and 1 errors. The win went to Russ Springer, allowing 0 earned runs on 0 hits in 1.0 innings. The loss was charged to Kenny Rogers after 0.1 innings and 1 run. Kevin Millwood led all pitchers with 5 strikeouts. The New York Mets' pitching table lists Armando Benitez, Dennis Cook, John Franco, Orel Hershiser, and Al Leiter. The Atlanta Braves' pitching table lists Kevin Millwood, Terry Mulholland, Mike Remlinger, John Rocker, and John Smoltz. Darryl Hamilton led the New York Mets at the plate: 3 for 5 and 2 RBI. Mike Piazza drove in 3 for the New York Mets. Mike Piazza also homered for the New York Mets. For the Atlanta Braves, Eddie Perez went 2 for 3 and 2 RBI. The home-plate umpire was Jerry Crawford.