St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
April 14, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1986 at Shea Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 7 1 1 0
McGee cf 5 1 2 2
Herr 2b 5 1 0 0
Clark 1b 5 0 1 0
Van Slyke rf 3 0 1 0
  Landrum ph,rf 2 1 0 0
Pendleton 3b 5 1 1 0
Heath c 5 0 0 0
Smith ss 6 1 3 2
Horton p 2 0 0 0
  Hurdle ph 1 0 1 0
  Lawless pr 0 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 1 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 49 6 10 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 0 1 0
Teufel 2b,1b 4 0 0 1
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
  Backman pr,2b 2 1 0 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 5 0 1 1
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 2 1 0 0
  Johnson ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 0 0 0
Gooden p 1 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera ph 0 0 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Berenyi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 4 2
St. Louis 000 001 010 000 46100
New York 001 000 001 000 0242
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Horton   7.0 2 1 1 4 3
  Dayley   1.1 0 1 1 1 1
  Worrell   2.2 2 0 0 2 2
  Perry  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
13.0
4
2
2
8
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   8.0 5 2 2 1 6
  McDowell   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Orosco   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Niemann  L (0-2) 0.0 1 2 2 0 0
  Berenyi   1.0 2 2 1 1 1
Totals
13.0
10
6
5
4
12

  E–Carter (1), Johnson (1).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Smith 2 (2,off Gooden,off Berenyi); Clark (2,off Orosco).  3B–St. Louis Coleman (1,off Gooden).  SH–Herr (1,off Niemann); Gooden (1,off Horton).  SF–McGee (1,off Gooden); Teufel (1,off Horton).  SB–McGee (2,2nd base off Gooden/Carter); Van Slyke (3,2nd base off McDowell/Carter); Backman (1,2nd base off Worrell/Heath); Dykstra (3,2nd base off Worrell/Heath).  WP–Perry (1).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–4:21.  A–47,752.
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