New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 29, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 2 2 0
Brooks 3b 5 0 2 1
Hernandez 1b 4 1 3 1
Foster lf 5 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 1
Giles 2b 3 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Bailor 2b 0 0 0 0
Hodges c 4 0 3 0
Oquendo ss 4 0 0 0
Swan p 2 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 12 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 3 1 2 0
McGee cf 4 1 2 1
Green rf 3 1 2 1
  Iorg 1b 0 0 0 0
Hendrick 1b,rf 3 0 1 1
Van Slyke lf 3 1 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 2 0 1 1
  Rayford ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Porter c 2 0 0 0
  Brummer ph,c 1 0 0 0
Ramsey ss 3 0 0 0
  Smith ss 0 0 0 0
Hagen p 1 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Lahti p 1 0 0 0
  Forsch ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 9 4
New York 101 010 0003120
St. Louis 011 001 01x492
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan   5.0 7 3 3 2 2
  Orosco  L (4-3) 3.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
4
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hagen   4.1 9 3 2 0 0
  Martin   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lahti   2.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Sutter  W (7-3) 2.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
3
2
1
3

  E–Ramsey (4), O Smith (8).  DP–New York 3, St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Wilson (14,off Hagen); Hernandez (17,off Hagen), St. Louis Van Slyke (2,off Swan); Herr (9,off Swan); McGee (9,off Swan).  SH–Swan (1,off Hagen).  HBP–Strawberry (1,by Martin).  SB–Wilson (27,2nd base off Hagen/Porter); Green (12,2nd base off Swan/Hodges); Van Slyke (4,2nd base off Orosco/Hodges); McGee (9,2nd base off Orosco/Hodges).  CS–Green (8,2nd base by Orosco/Hodges).  BK–Orosco (1).  HBP–Martin (2,Strawberry).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:42.  A–29,456.
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