New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 24, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1986 at Busch Stadium II. 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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New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 1 1 0
Backman 2b 4 1 2 0
Hernandez 1b 5 0 0 0
Carter c 5 0 2 1
Strawberry rf 4 1 2 1
Foster lf 5 1 3 1
Knight 3b 5 0 1 0
Santana ss 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,ss 2 1 2 2
Darling p 2 0 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 13 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 1 0
McGee cf 5 1 2 0
Herr 2b 4 2 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke rf 5 0 1 2
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 0
LaValliere c 2 0 1 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Heath c 1 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Dayley p 1 0 0 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
  Conroy p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 7 2
New York 010 000 012 15134
St. Louis 000 003 010 0470
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   5.0 6 3 2 1 3
  Niemann   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Leach   1.0 1 1 0 0 2
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  McDowell  W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
7
4
2
3
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   6.2 8 1 1 0 3
  Dayley   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Lahti   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Conroy   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Worrell  L (0-1) 2.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
10.0
13
5
5
2
5

  E–Backman (1), Foster (1), Santana (1), Johnson (2).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Dykstra (1,off Dayley); Foster (3,off Conroy).  HR–New York Strawberry (1,2nd inning off Forsch 0 on, 1 out); Johnson (1,9th inning off Worrell 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Strawberry (1,by Worrell).  SH–Herr (2,off Darling).  SB–Backman (2,2nd base off Worrell/Heath); Herr (6,2nd base off McDowell/Carter).  CS–Backman (2,2nd base by Forsch/LaValliere); McGee (2,3rd base by Darling/Carter).  IBB–Worrell (4,Strawberry).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–3:35.  A–33,597.
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