New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 1, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1984 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 11

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 1 0 0
Heep rf 3 0 0 0
Strawberry cf 4 0 1 1
Staub 1b 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Brooks 3b 3 0 1 1
  Chapman 3b 1 0 0 0
Hodges c 0 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 0 1 0
  Gaff p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 1 0
Santana ss 4 0 0 0
Gooden p 1 0 0 0
  Ortiz c 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 6 1 2 0
Van Slyke rf 5 2 4 1
Pendleton 3b 4 2 3 1
  Howe 3b 0 0 0 0
Porter c 2 2 0 1
  Nieto ph,c 1 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 2 0 2 1
  Green ph,1b 2 1 1 2
Herr 2b 3 1 1 3
  Lyons pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Landrum lf 5 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 1
Andujar p 5 1 2 0
Totals 39 11 17 10
New York 010 010 000270
St. Louis 500 411 00x11170
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  L (9-7) 3.0 10 7 7 1 3
  Gorman   2.0 4 3 3 2 0
  Gaff   3.0 3 1 1 3 0
Totals
8.0
17
11
11
6
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (15-9) 9.0 7 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 2, St. Louis 1.  PB–Ortiz (2).  2B–New York Brooks (16,off Andujar); Strawberry (19,off Andujar), St. Louis Pendleton (3,off Gooden); Green (9,off Gorman); Van Slyke (12,off Gorman).  HBP–Porter (4,by Gooden).  IBB–Pendleton (1,by Gorman).  SB–Backman (24,2nd base off Andujar/Porter); Van Slyke 2 (18,2nd base off Gooden/Hodges 2); Herr (7,2nd base off Gooden/Hodges); Landrum (3,2nd base off Gooden/Hodges); Pendleton (3,2nd base off Gorman/Ortiz).  WP–Gooden (2).  HBP–Gooden (2,Porter).  IBB–Gorman (2,Pendleton).  T–2:50.  A–38,357.
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