New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 22, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1981 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 9, St. Louis Cardinals 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Backman 2b 5 1 1 0
Youngblood rf 5 2 2 2
Kingman 1b 2 1 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 1 0 0 0
Mazzilli lf 3 2 0 0
Stearns c 4 1 3 2
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 1
Flynn ss 4 1 2 1
  Bailor ss 0 0 0 0
Zachry p 4 0 1 1
Totals 36 9 10 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 4 0 0 1
Scott cf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 1 1 0 0
Hendrick rf 3 1 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 0 2 2
Lezcano lf 4 0 1 0
Sanchez c 3 1 1 0
Ramsey ss 4 0 1 0
Martinez p 1 0 0 0
  Otten p 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Templeton ph 1 0 0 0
  Edelen p 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
New York 014 300 1009100
St. Louis 210 000 000351
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  W (4-5) 9.0 5 3 3 5 6
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
5
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (1-3) 2.0 6 5 5 3 1
  Otten   2.0 2 3 1 2 1
  Littell   3.0 1 1 1 2 3
  Edelen   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
7
7
6

  E–Otten (1).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Youngblood (8,off Martinez).  3B–New York Youngblood (2,off Otten), St. Louis Oberkfell (1,off Zachry).  SB–Wilson (3,2nd base off Martinez/Sanchez); Hernandez 2 (7,2nd base off Zachry/Stearns 2).  WP–Zachry (1), Martinez 2 (2), Otten (4).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:32.  A–21,442.
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