New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 28, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 2 1
Chapman 2b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 1 3 1
Knight 3b 4 0 2 0
  Johnson pr 0 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 0 1 0
Lynch p 1 0 0 0
  Christensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 1 3 1
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke rf 3 1 2 0
DeJesus 3b 3 1 1 0
Smith ss 3 0 1 0
Nieto c 3 0 1 2
Tudor p 3 0 0 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
New York 000 000 1102100
St. Louis 021 000 00x380
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  L (4-5) 4.0 6 3 3 0 1
  Gorman   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Leach   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Orosco   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
0
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  W (7-7) 7.1 9 2 2 1 4
  Lahti   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Dayley  SV (6) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Van Slyke (15,off Lynch).  HR–New York Foster (11,7th inning off Tudor 0 on, 1 out); Wilson (3,8th inning off Tudor 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Herr (3,3rd inning off Lynch 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Van Slyke (12,2nd base off Gorman/Carter).  T–2:23.  A–45,929.
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