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Mets win fourth straight, take 1-0 series lead By Ben Walker The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Mike Hampton and Mike Piazza quickly put their play off problems in the past. Pitching every bit like an October ace, Hampton won for the first time in the postseason, leading the Mets past the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 Wednesday night in Game 1 of the NL championship series. “I wanted to be a contributor in stead of a liability,” Hampton said. “I just wanted to do my part and help this team win. I didn’t do that in the first series.” Piazza, who had zero RBIs in the opening round against San Francis co, hit an RBI double in a two-run first inning that sent New York on the way to its fourth straight post season victory. “He came out swinging tonight,” ' Mets manager Bobby Valentine said. Behind Hampton, the Mets ex tended their postseason scoreless streak to a team-record 26 innings before allowing two unearned runs with two outs in the ninth. Hampton kept the big guy — pinch-hitter deluxe Mark McGwire — on the St. Louis bench and left af ter the seventh with a 3-0 lead. Re lievers John Franco and Armando Benitez finished up. “There had been some doubts cast over Mike because of a small sample of postseason play, and I think he erased those doubts,” Valentine said. Todd Zeile and Jay Payton home red in the ninth and Edgardo Alfonzo scored a run and drove in another for New York. And it was a good-luck victory for the wild card Mets — the last seven teams to win the NLCS opener went on to reach the World Series. “I liked the way we played, I just didn’t like the final score,” Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. “Hamp ton and the Mets were a little better.” Game 2 will be Thursday night at Busch Stadium with Al Leiter starting for the Mets against rookie Rick Ankiel. Acquired from Houston last win ter to win at crunch time, Hampton delivered. He outpitched former As tros teammate Darryl Kile, blanking St. Louis on six hits and silencing the sellout crowd of 52,255. Hampton began the evening with a career postseason record of 0-2 and a 5.87 ERA in four starts. A loser last week in the opening round at San Francisco, prompting some to suggest Leiter should start the opener, Hampton tamed a Cardinals team that averaged eight runs a game in its first-round sweep of the Braves. Not that St. Louis didn’t have its chances. It went 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position, stranding 11. The Cardinals left the bases loaded in the first when Carlos Her nandez grounded out. “Everyone wants to score as soon as possible,” Hernandez said. “They had a big hit when they had men in scoring position, and that was the ballgame.” Still, St. Louis threatened to tie it in the seventh. Trailing 3-0 with two on and one out, Edgar Renteria sliced a long fly that right fielder Timo Perez ran down on the warning track. Jim Edmonds followed with a high fly that left fielder Benny Ag bayani caught just short of the wall, and Edmonds gave an “aw-shucks” skip as he rounded first base. “I thought it had a chance of go ing out,” Agbayani said. “The ball kind of died down and tailed back.” Hampton struck out four and walked three. He also got the benefit of a defense that paid extra attention to its positioning, making subtle shifts that paid major dividends. Meanwhile, not even the presence of a few St. Louis Rams — the NFL team scoring 43 points per game — helped boost the Cardinals hitters. Several of the Mets recently ex pressed relief that their No. 1 nemesis, Atlanta, were out of the playoffs. Se cretly, maybe they also knew how well they matched up against St. Louis. The Mets went 6-3 against the Car dinals this season, mainly because New York’s left-handed pitchers could cancel out the Cardinals’ lefty hitters. St. Louis was just 17-2 3 in games start ed by opposing left-handers. With nearly every Mets player in the dugout leaning on the top rail ing, Perez got them off to a fast start. Keeping up his role as late-season sparkplug, he led off the game with a double and took third when Kile bounced a curveball for a wild pitch. After Alfonzo walked, Piazza grounded a double down the third base line. It was a good sign for the Mets—the All-Star catcher began the night as a career .211 postseason hit ter. Robin Ventura’s sacrifice fly made it 2-0. “I swung the bat a lot better tonight, only because of my team mates getting on ahead of me, giv ing me the opportunity to drive in the runs,” Piazza said. “A good start for us, we know it’s far from over,” he said. “Got to keep the pedal down.” Hampton beat out an infield sin gle in the fifth and later scored on Alfonzo’s single. The Mets tacked on three runs in the ninth off Mike James. Zeile led off with a home run, Agbayani sin gled and Payton homered over the left-field wall. Mike Bordick was up next, and James hit him with a pitch. There was no trouble between the teams, though, and Bordick left for X-rays on his right thumb, which were negative. Those extra runs turned out to be meaningful, too. In the bottom of the ninth, Kurt Abbott, who replaced Bordick, threw away Renteria’s two-out grounder as a run scored. Edmonds then hit a single that skipped past Perez for a two-base error, allowing another run to score. Call (541) 346 4343 or stop by Room 300 Erb Memorial Union to place your ad today. P.O. 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You're per suasive this year. Win a prize by choosing your words carefully. You've got everybody's atten tion in October. Rake in the coins in November. You'll be surprised at what you find in Decem ber. A fantasy comes true, but not as expected, in February. Your partner's hot in April. Gain from distant elders in June. Be graceful and suc ceed in July. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — A long-distance connection you make soon could be the start of something big. Excitement, new experiences — maybe even a new language to leant. Why not? You hate limits, so break through a few by taking on a whole new world. TAURUS (April 20-May 20)—Today is a 5 — Offer to take over chores for a person who's too busy. For relatively little effort, you could be come even more indispensable. Listen at key holes, too. 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