St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
September 26, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1980 at Shea Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Mets 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Oberkfell 2b,3b 5 1 1 0
Templeton ss 5 1 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 3 3
Durham lf 5 0 0 0
  Seaman p 0 0 0 0
Landrum rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Kennedy c 3 0 1 0
  Bonds pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Scott cf 3 1 1 0
Waller 3b 1 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 0
  Reitz 3b 0 0 0 0
  Simmons ph,c 0 0 0 0
Rincon p 3 0 1 0
  Herr ph,2b 1 1 1 2
Totals 35 5 12 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Taveras ss 3 0 1 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Mazzilli 1b 4 0 2 0
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Washington rf 3 0 1 0
Trevino c 4 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 3 1 3 0
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0
Burris p 2 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 1 1
  Almon pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 8 1
St. Louis 000 000 0145120
New York 000 000 010181
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rincon  W (3-0) 8.0 8 1 1 0 8
  Seaman   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Burris   8.0 8 1 1 4 3
  Allen  L (7-10) 0.1 4 4 4 2 0
  Miller   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
6
3

  E–Washington (3).  DP–St. Louis 2, New York 4.  2B–St. Louis Hernandez (37,off Burris).  IBB–Simmons (13,by Allen).  SH–Flynn (6,off Rincon).  CS–Taveras (18,2nd base by Rincon/Kennedy).  WP–Rincon (1), Allen (2).  BK–Rincon (1).  IBB–Allen (9,Simmons).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:39.  A–6,081.
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