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 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 5, New York Mets 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 4 0 1 0
Morris lf 4 1 3 0
Herr 2b 4 1 1 1
Van Slyke rf 4 2 2 2
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 1
Hurdle 1b 3 0 0 0
Oquendo ss 4 1 1 0
Lake c 4 0 1 0
Horton p 3 0 0 0
  Perry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 0 0
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
  Mazzilli 1b 1 0 0 0
Mitchell rf 3 1 1 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 3 0 1 1
Hearn c 3 0 0 0
Santana ss 3 0 0 0
Anderson p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Backman ph 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
St. Louis 300 100 100590
New York 000 000 100131
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Horton  W (2-3) 7.0 3 1 1 1 6
  Perry   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  L (1-1) 6.0 6 4 4 0 3
  Sisk   2.0 3 1 0 0 2
  Myers   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
1
6

  E–Dykstra (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Oquendo (3,off Sisk), New York K Mitchell (20,off Horton).  3B–St. Louis Herr (2,off Anderson); Van Slyke (6,off Anderson).  HR–St. Louis Van Slyke (7,1st inning off Anderson 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Morris (2,2nd base by Anderson/Hearn).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:11.  A–48,949.
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