New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 21, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 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 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 0 0
Brooks 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 2 0 0 0
  Heep 1b 1 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 3 0 1 0
Hurdle 3b 3 1 1 0
Bailor ss 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
Ortiz c 2 1 1 1
Torrez p 2 0 0 0
  Rajsich ph 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Gaff p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 1 2
Totals 31 3 5 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith L. lf 5 0 1 1
  McGee pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Smith O. ss 4 1 1 0
Van Slyke cf,lf 5 1 2 0
Hendrick 1b 5 2 2 1
Porter c 3 2 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 1 0
  Lyons 3b 1 1 1 1
Green rf 4 2 3 3
Doyle 2b 3 0 1 1
Stuper p 4 0 2 2
Totals 37 9 15 9
New York 010 000 002350
St. Louis 010 012 50x9150
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  L (9-17) 6.0 10 4 4 2 4
  Gorman   0.0 3 5 5 2 0
  Gaff   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
9
9
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stuper  W (11-10) 9.0 5 3 3 6 5
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
6
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 1.  PB–Ortiz (5).  2B–New York Ortiz (4,off Stuper); Hodges (12,off Stuper), St. Louis Van Slyke (15,off Torrez); O Smith (28,off Torrez).  IBB–Doyle (1,by Torrez).  SB–Green 2 (29,2nd base off Torrez/Ortiz 2).  IBB–Torrez (11,Doyle).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:14.  A–11,741.
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