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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1986 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 3, New York Mets 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 5 0 2 1
Smith ss 5 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 0 1 0
Ford lf 4 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 1 1 1
Morris rf 3 0 0 0
  Oquendo ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Hurdle 1b 2 0 1 0
  Landrum ph,rf 1 1 1 0
LaValliere c 2 1 0 0
  Knicely ph 0 0 0 0
  Van Slyke pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Conroy p 3 0 0 0
  Soff p 0 0 0 0
  Lawless ph 1 0 1 0
  Lake c 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 2 0
Mitchell lf 5 1 2 3
Hernandez 1b 2 0 1 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 1 1 0
Teufel 2b 4 0 2 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 0 1 1
Darling p 2 0 1 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Backman 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
St. Louis 010 010 001380
New York 010 000 2014111
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Conroy   6.2 8 3 3 4 7
  Soff   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Worrell  L (7-9) 0.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.2
11
4
4
4
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   7.0 5 2 2 2 8
  Orosco   1.1 3 1 0 1 0
  McDowell  W (12-6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
3
8

  E–Santana (13).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Herr (18,off Darling), New York Teufel (13,off Conroy); Darling (1,off Conroy); Wilson (11,off Conroy); Santana (7,off Worrell).  HR–St. Louis Pendleton (1,2nd inning off Darling 0 on, 1 out), New York K Mitchell (10,7th inning off Conroy 1 on, 2 out).  CS–Van Slyke (5,Home by McDowell/Carter).  SB–Wilson (20,2nd base off Conroy/LaValliere).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:56.
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