New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 30, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 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 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 1 2 0
  Chapman ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Heep rf 3 0 1 1
  Wilson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Strawberry cf,rf 5 0 1 0
Foster lf 5 0 3 0
Johnson 3b,ss 5 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 0 2 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Gooden p 3 0 0 0
  Hurdle ph 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 1 11 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 0 2 1
McGee cf 3 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 1 1 1
Van Slyke rf 2 0 1 0
  Landrum ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 0
Nieto c 3 0 1 0
  Lawless pr 0 0 0 0
  Hunt c 1 0 0 0
Cox p 3 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  DeJesus 3b 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
New York 000 000 010 001110
St. Louis 000 000 100 01291
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   8.0 5 1 1 1 3
  Orosco  L (1-4) 2.1 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.1
9
2
2
1
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox   9.0 9 1 0 0 3
  Horton   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Lahti   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Dayley  W (2-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
11
1
0
0
6

  E–Pendleton (10).  DP–New York 2.  PB–Nieto (5).  2B–St. Louis Van Slyke (16,off Gooden); DeJesus (4,off Orosco).  HR–St. Louis Clark (15,7th inning off Gooden 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Heep (5,off Cox).  HBP–Carter (5,by Cox).  SH–McGee (1,off Gooden).  CS–Foster (1,2nd base by Cox/Nieto).  SB–Coleman (52,2nd base off Gooden/Carter); Van Slyke (13,2nd base off Gooden/Carter).  HBP–Cox (1,Carter).  T–3:04.  A–47,425.
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