New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 24, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 0 0
Taveras ss 4 0 0 0
Youngblood rf 3 0 0 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 1 0
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Mazzilli lf 4 2 2 1
Stearns c 3 1 1 1
Brooks 3b 4 0 2 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 1 0
Scott p 3 0 0 0
  Allen p 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 3 0 1 0
Scott cf 5 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 1
Hendrick rf 4 0 1 0
Iorg lf 4 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 1 0
Tenace c 3 0 0 0
Ramsey ss 4 0 2 0
Shirley p 2 0 0 0
  Templeton ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph 0 0 0 0
  Landrum pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
New York 000 010 000 2381
St. Louis 000 000 001 0161
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   8.2 5 1 1 4 4
  Allen  W (3-1) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
6
1
1
5
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley   8.0 4 1 1 2 4
  Sutter  L (1-3) 2.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
2
5

  E–Brooks (10), Ramsey (1).  DP–New York 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Brooks (6,off Shirley); Stearns (3,off Sutter), St. Louis Oberkfell (6,off Scott).  3B–New York Mazzilli (2,off Sutter); Allen (1,off Sutter).  HR–New York Mazzilli (3,5th inning off Shirley 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Hernandez (3,9th inning off Scott 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Stearns (3,2nd base off Shirley/Tenace); Herr (6,2nd base off Scott/Stearns); Oberkfell (4,2nd base off Scott/Stearns).  CS–Brooks (4,Home by Sutter/Tenace).  U–Dick Stello, Terry Tata, Jerry Crawford.  T–2:25.  A–33,889.
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