New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 11, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1981 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 5 2 3 0
Stearns c 3 0 1 1
Brooks 3b 2 0 0 1
Kingman lf 4 0 0 0
Staub 1b 4 0 0 0
Jorgensen rf 4 0 1 0
Taveras ss 4 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
Zachry p 2 0 0 0
  Falcone p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 0 1 0
  Gardenhire pr,2b 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 3 1 1 0
Roof lf 3 1 2 1
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 1
Hendrick cf 4 0 1 0
Iorg rf 3 0 1 1
  Landrum pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 1 1
Porter c 3 0 1 0
Ramsey ss 3 1 1 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Braun ph 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 9 4
New York 001 010 000282
St. Louis 300 000 10x491
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  L (7-11) 5.1 8 3 3 0 4
  Falcone   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Marshall   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
1
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (8-5) 7.0 7 2 2 1 2
  Sutter  SV (20) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
3

  E–Taveras (22), Zachry (3), Oberkfell (14).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Mazzilli 2 (12,off Forsch 2).  3B–New York Taveras (3,off Forsch); Cubbage (2,off Forsch).  SH–Stearns (5,off Forsch); Herr (6,off Marshall).  SF–Brooks (5,off Forsch); Oberkfell (4,off Zachry); Roof (1,off Marshall).  SB–Mazzilli (16,3rd base off Forsch/Porter); Roof (1,2nd base off Zachry/Stearns).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:03.  A–14,787.
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