New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 24, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 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 1, St. Louis Cardinals 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
Heep lf 4 0 2 1
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Hurdle c 3 0 1 0
Santana ss 2 0 0 0
Gooden p 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 4 1 1 0
Smith L. lf 3 0 1 0
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Herr 2b 3 2 1 1
Clark 1b,rf 4 2 2 1
Van Slyke rf,lf 4 0 2 1
Pendleton 3b 3 0 1 1
LaValliere c 2 0 0 1
Smith O. ss 3 0 0 0
Andujar p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 5
New York 000 000 001150
St. Louis 000 000 23x580
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  L (2-1) 7.0 4 2 2 3 3
  McDowell   1.0 4 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
4
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (3-0) 9.0 5 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
3

  E–None.  2B–New York Hurdle (1,off Andujar); Hernandez (3,off Andujar); Heep (2,off Andujar), St. Louis Clark (5,off McDowell).  SH–Pendleton (1,off Gooden).  SF–LaValliere (2,off Gooden).  IBB–O Smith (1,by Gooden).  SB–Van Slyke (4,2nd base off Gooden/Hurdle); L Smith (7,2nd base off Gooden/Hurdle); Coleman (6,3rd base off McDowell/Hurdle).  BK–McDowell (1).  IBB–Gooden (1,O Smith).  T–2:16.  A–29,282.
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