New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 12, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 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
Wilson cf 6 1 2 0
Mazzilli lf 6 0 1 1
Brooks 3b 6 0 1 1
Kingman 1b 6 0 2 0
Jorgensen rf 3 0 1 0
  Howard rf 2 0 1 0
Stearns c 5 0 3 0
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Bailor 2b 3 0 0 0
Gardenhire ss 3 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 0 0 0 0
  Taveras pr,ss 1 0 1 0
Scott p 3 1 1 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Giles ph 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 2 13 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 5 1 3 1
Roof lf 4 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ss 1 1 1 2
Hernandez 1b 5 0 0 0
Hendrick cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Iorg rf,lf 5 0 2 0
Oberkfell 3b 5 0 0 0
Porter c 5 1 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Ramsey ss 2 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Green pr,cf 2 1 0 0
Sorensen p 2 0 0 0
  Landrum ph 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez c 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 7 3
New York 000 001 010 000 02132
St. Louis 000 000 020 000 2471
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   7.1 4 2 0 0 2
  Allen   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Searage   3.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Marshall  L (2-2) 1.1 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
12.1
7
4
2
2
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sorensen   8.0 9 2 1 0 1
  Littell   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Kaat   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Sutter   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Bair  W (3-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
13.0
13
2
1
1
4

  E–Kingman (14), Bailor (5), Porter (3).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Brooks (17,off Sorensen); Howard (1,off Littell).  HR–St. Louis Gonzalez (1,13th inning off Marshall 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Stearns (6,off Littell); Giles (1,off Sutter); Landrum (4,off Scott); Gonzalez (1,off Searage).  IBB–Hodges (2,by Littell); Hendrick (5,by Searage).  SF–Herr (5,off Allen).  SB–Kingman (3,2nd base off Sorensen/Porter); Stearns (9,2nd base off Sutter/Porter).  WP–Allen (2).  BK–Scott (2).  IBB–Searage (3,Hendrick); Littell (5,Hodges).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–3:22.  A–19,884.
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