New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 28, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1980 at Busch Stadium II. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli 1b 3 1 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Taveras ss 2 1 0 0
Jorgensen rf,1b 5 0 0 0
Youngblood cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Stearns c 4 1 2 2
Henderson lf 3 1 1 0
Maddox 3b 3 1 1 3
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0
  Kobel p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 0 0 0 0
  Morales cf 0 0 0 0
Burris p 1 0 0 0
  Pacella p 0 0 0 0
  Moreno 2b 2 0 1 1
Totals 29 6 6 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 2 2 1
Scott cf 4 0 3 1
Durham rf 3 0 0 1
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 0
Simmons lf,c 4 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 2 2 0
  Bonds pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
  Phillips 3b 1 0 0 0
Ramsey 2b 3 1 1 1
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 0
  Herr pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Fulgham p 3 0 0 0
  Otten p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Hendrick ph 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 4
New York 000 000 060663
St. Louis 030 011 0005100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Burris   5.1 7 5 2 2 3
  Pacella   0.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Kobel  W (1-4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Allen  SV (9) 2.0 3 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
2
5
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Fulgham   7.0 2 0 0 6 2
  Otten   0.2 0 3 3 3 1
  Littell   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Frazier  L (0-1) 0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Kaat   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Thomas   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
6
6
11
3

  E–Mazzilli (6), Maddox (5), Flynn (3).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Maddox (3,off Frazier).  3B–St. Louis Ramsey (1,off Burris).  SH–Burris (1,off Fulgham); Durham (1,off Allen).  IBB–Hodges (1,by Frazier); Simmons (5,by Allen).  SB–Youngblood (6,2nd base off Thomas/Simmons); Scott (6,2nd base off Burris/Stearns).  CS–Mazzilli (6,2nd base by Fulgham/Kennedy); Scott (2,2nd base by Burris/Stearns).  IBB–Allen (3,Simmons); Frazier (1,Hodges).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–3:00.  A–12,161.
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