New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 10, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood cf 4 1 2 0
Almon ss 5 1 2 1
Washington rf 4 0 1 1
Jorgensen 1b 5 1 1 0
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Maddox 3b 3 0 1 0
Benton c 3 0 1 0
  Trevino c 0 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 1 2
Bomback p 4 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 4 0 1 0
Scott cf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 4 1 1 0
Durham lf 4 0 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 3 1
Kennedy c 4 0 1 0
Phillips ss 2 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Ramsey ss 1 0 0 0
Martinez p 2 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Otten p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
New York 000 020 0204100
St. Louis 000 100 000170
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Bomback  W (9-3) 8.2 6 1 1 1 3
  Allen  SV (20) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (4-5) 7.0 6 2 2 3 4
  Kaat   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Littlefield   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Otten   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Youngblood (20,off Martinez); Washington (10,off Martinez), St. Louis Hendrick (25,off Bomback).  3B–New York Almon (3,off Martinez).  SB–Herr (5,2nd base off Bomback/Benton).  BK–Martinez (1).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:24.  A–18,711.
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