St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
September 18, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1981 at Shea Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 1, New York Mets 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 5 0 1 0
Templeton ss 4 0 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Hendrick cf 4 1 2 0
Iorg lf 4 0 1 1
Oberkfell 3b 4 0 0 0
Porter c 4 0 1 0
Lezcano rf 4 0 1 0
Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  DeLeon p 1 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 1 0 0 0
  Otten p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 1 10 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 2 0
Stearns c 4 2 1 0
Brooks 3b 4 2 3 3
Valentine rf 4 0 0 0
Kingman 1b 2 2 1 1
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Mazzilli lf 3 0 0 1
Flynn 2b 4 0 2 3
Gardenhire ss 4 0 1 0
Lynch p 2 0 0 0
  Orosco p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 8
St. Louis 000 001 0001101
New York 400 000 04x8101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  L (5-4) 0.1 3 4 3 0 1
  DeLeon   3.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Sykes   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Otten   1.1 4 4 4 1 1
  Kaat   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
7
3
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  W (4-3) 6.0 6 1 1 0 1
  Orosco  SV (1) 3.0 4 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
0
5

  E–Oberkfell (15), Flynn (7).  DP–St. Louis 1, New York 1.  2B–St. Louis Templeton (13,off Lynch); Hernandez (22,off Lynch); Hendrick (15,off Lynch), New York Kingman (9,off Shirley).  3B–New York Brooks (2,off Shirley).  IBB–Mazzilli (3,by DeLeon); Kingman 2 (5,by Sykes,by Otten).  SB–Wilson (21,2nd base off Otten/Porter).  CS–Gardenhire (1,2nd base by Otten/Porter).  WP–Lynch (3).  IBB–DeLeon (1,Mazzilli); Sykes (1,Kingman); Otten (5,Kingman).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:32.  A–12,317.
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