New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 16, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1983 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."

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New York Mets 2, St. Louis Cardinals 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Bailor ss 4 0 1 0
Kingman 1b 4 1 2 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Bishop c 3 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
Heep rf 3 0 1 1
Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0
Giles 2b 2 0 0 0
Lynch p 3 0 1 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith L. lf 3 1 1 1
Smith O. ss 4 0 1 1
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 4 1 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 0 0
Green cf 2 2 2 1
Ramsey 2b 3 1 1 2
LaPoint p 2 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 1
  Roof pr 0 1 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 8 6
New York 001 001 000271
St. Louis 000 010 50x681
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  L (0-1) 6.1 5 5 4 1 2
  Sisk   1.2 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint  W (1-0) 7.0 7 2 1 2 8
  Sutter   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
2
9

  E–Giles (1), O Smith (1).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 2.  3B–St. Louis Green (2,off Lynch); Ramsey (1,off Lynch); Iorg (1,off Lynch).  SH–Oberkfell (1,off Lynch).  SF–Ramsey (2,off Lynch).  HBP–L Smith (2,by Lynch).  SB–Kingman (1,2nd base off LaPoint/Porter); L Smith (3,2nd base off Sisk/Bishop).  WP–Lynch (1), LaPoint (2).  BK–LaPoint (1).  HBP–Lynch (1,L Smith).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:03.  A–27,137.
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