New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 23, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1985 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 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 2 2 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 2 0 1 0
  Knight ph 0 0 0 1
Santana ss 3 0 2 2
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Christensen ph 1 0 0 0
Berenyi p 0 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Lynch p 0 0 0 0
  Gardenhire ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 5 1 1 1
Smith L. lf 3 2 2 1
  Jorgensen ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Herr 2b 3 2 2 1
Clark 1b,rf 5 0 0 1
Van Slyke rf,lf 3 2 2 1
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 0
LaValliere c 4 0 1 2
Smith O. ss 2 1 0 0
Kepshire p 3 0 0 0
  Horton p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 8 7
New York 020 000 001393
St. Louis 201 120 20x880
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Berenyi   2.0 3 2 1 1 3
  Gorman  L (1-1) 2.0 2 2 2 2 3
  Lynch   2.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Sisk   2.0 2 2 2 3 2
Totals
8.0
8
8
7
7
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kepshire  W (1-2) 7.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Horton   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
4

  E–Backman (1), Santana (1), Gardenhire (2).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 3.  2B–New York Strawberry (2,off Kepshire); Foster (3,off Horton), St. Louis Van Slyke (4,off Berenyi).  3B–St. Louis Van Slyke (1,off Lynch).  SH–Berenyi (2,off Kepshire).  SF–Knight (1,off Horton).  SB–L Smith 3 (6,2nd base off Berenyi/Carter,2nd base off Gorman/Carter,2nd base off Sisk/Carter); O Smith (2,2nd base off Berenyi/Carter); Herr (2,2nd base off Lynch/Carter).  WP–Kepshire (1).  BK–Gorman 2 (2).  T–2:49.  A–13,028.
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