New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 3, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 1
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 1
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Brooks ss 4 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Fitzgerald c 2 0 1 1
Darling p 2 0 0 0
  Winningham ph 1 0 1 0
  Lynch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 5 2 1 0
Herr 2b 5 0 2 2
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 1
Hendrick rf 4 1 2 2
Smith L. lf 3 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Porter c 4 1 2 0
Green 1b 4 1 2 1
Smith O. ss 4 1 1 1
Andujar p 0 1 0 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
  Van Slyke lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
New York 101 100 000371
St. Louis 003 101 02x7110
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  L (11-6) 6.0 7 5 2 2 5
  Lynch   2.0 4 2 2 1 3
Totals
8.0
11
7
4
3
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (18-11) 5.1 5 3 3 1 2
  Lahti   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Sutter  SV (38) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
4

  E–Strawberry (5).  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Fitzgerald (5).  2B–New York Hernandez (26,off Andujar); Strawberry (24,off Andujar); Fitzgerald (11,off Andujar), St. Louis Porter (13,off Darling); Green (13,off Lynch); Herr (17,off Lynch).  3B–New York Wilson (7,off Andujar).  HR–St. Louis Hendrick (9,3rd inning off Darling 1 on, 2 out); Green (13,4th inning off Darling 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Hernandez (9,off Andujar); Pendleton (3,off Darling).  SH–Lahti (1,off Darling).  SB–Andujar (1,2nd base off Darling/Fitzgerald).  WP–Andujar (4).  T–2:21.  A–18,347.
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