St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
September 12, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1985 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 5 0 0 0
McGee lf 5 2 3 2
Herr 2b 4 0 1 2
Van Slyke rf 4 0 1 0
  Dayley p 1 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 5 0 0 0
Cedeno 1b 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph,1b 3 1 1 0
  Lawless pr 0 0 0 0
  Hunt c 0 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 1 3 0
Nieto c 3 1 2 2
  Porter ph 0 0 0 0
  Landrum ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 1 1 0
  Perry p 1 0 0 0
  Braun ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Harper ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf,lf 4 3 3 0
Backman 2b 4 1 2 1
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 1
Carter c 3 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 2 1 1 1
Heep lf 2 1 1 2
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Knight ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 1
Santana ss 4 0 0 0
Lynch p 2 0 0 0
  Paciorek lf 2 0 1 0
  Dykstra cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 6
St. Louis 003 200 0016130
New York 420 000 0017110
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   1.1 7 6 6 1 0
  Horton   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Perry   4.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Dayley  L (3-2) 2.1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.1
11
7
7
4
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch   5.0 7 5 5 1 3
  Sisk   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  McDowell   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Orosco  W (6-5) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
3
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2, New York 2.  2B–St. Louis Herr (33,off Lynch); Nieto (8,off Lynch); Jorgensen (5,off McDowell), New York Strawberry (11,off Andujar); Heep (17,off Andujar); Johnson (14,off Andujar); Backman (19,off Andujar).  HR–St. Louis McGee (9,9th inning off Orosco 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Backman (10,off Dayley).  HBP–Heep (1,by Horton).  IBB–Carter (14,by Horton).  SB–O Smith (22,2nd base off Orosco/Carter).  HBP–Horton (3,Heep).  IBB–Horton (12,Carter).  T–3:16.  A–46,295.
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