St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
August 15, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 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 4, New York Mets 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 5 0 0 0
Smith ss 3 1 1 0
Herr 2b 4 1 1 1
Knicely 1b 3 0 0 0
  Van Slyke ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 1 0 0
Landrum rf,lf 5 1 1 0
Lawless lf 2 0 2 0
  Morris rf 2 0 2 2
Lake c 5 0 1 0
Forsch p 3 0 0 0
  Oquendo ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 8 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 0 0 0
Backman 2b 5 0 3 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
Carter c 5 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0
Heep lf 3 0 1 0
  Mitchell ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 2 3 0
Fernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 1 1
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 38 2 10 2
St. Louis 100 000 000 3480
New York 000 000 100 12103
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   8.0 7 1 1 2 4
  Perry  W (2-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Worrell  SV (26) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
2
2
2
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   7.0 5 1 1 2 8
  Sisk   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Orosco  L (4-5) 3.0 3 3 2 2 1
Totals
10.0
8
4
3
6
9

  E–Carter (7), Strawberry 2 (5).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Herr (19,off Fernandez); Lake (2,off Fernandez), New York Santana 2 (9,off Forsch,off Worrell); Wilson (12,off Worrell).  SB–Lawless 2 (4,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter 2).  CS–Backman (7,2nd base by Forsch/Lake).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:22.  A–46,780.
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