New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 3, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 3, 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 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 2 2 0
Backman 2b 3 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Christensen ph 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 5 0 5 2
Carter c 5 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 2 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 2 1
Santana ss 3 0 0 0
  Heep ph 0 0 0 0
  Knight ph 1 0 0 0
  Bowa ss 0 0 0 0
Aguilera p 2 0 1 0
  Dykstra ph 0 0 0 0
  Gardenhire 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 13 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 3 2
McGee cf 4 0 1 1
Herr 2b 3 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 2 0
Van Slyke rf 4 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 1 1 0
Porter c 2 1 0 0
Smith ss 4 2 2 1
Cox p 2 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 1 0 0 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
New York 100 010 010–3131
St. Louis 010 201 00x–490
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Aguilera  L (10-7) 6.0 9 4 4 3 3
  McDowell   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  W (18-9) 6.0 9 2 2 1 3
  Dayley   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Worrell   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Horton   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Lahti  SV (19) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
3
3
1
7
  E–Foster (5).  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Porter (5).  2B–New York Hernandez 2 (34,off Cox,off Dayley); Johnson (18,off Cox); Strawberry (15,off Worrell).  SH–Cox (8,off Aguilera).  WP–Aguilera (5).  BK–Aguilera (2).  T–3:11.  A–47,720.
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