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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1986 at Busch Stadium II. 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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New York Mets 0, St. Louis Cardinals 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf,lf 6 0 0 0
Mitchell lf 5 0 1 0
  Dykstra cf 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
Carter c 5 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 2 0
Knight 3b 5 0 1 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 4 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson 3b 1 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 1 0
  Elster ss 0 0 0 0
Darling p 3 0 1 0
  Backman 2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 43 0 9 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 6 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 1 2 0
Van Slyke rf 3 0 0 0
Laga 1b 4 0 1 0
  Lindeman ph,1b 0 0 0 0
  Morris ph 1 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 5 0 1 0
Herr 2b 5 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Ford ph 0 0 0 1
Smith ss 3 0 1 0
LaValliere c 5 0 1 0
  Lawless pr 0 0 0 0
  Lake c 0 0 0 0
Tudor p 1 0 0 0
  Horton p 2 0 0 0
  Manrique ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Oquendo 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 1 7 1
New York 000 000 000 000 0091
St. Louis 000 000 000 000 1170
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   9.0 4 0 0 4 7
  Orosco   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  McDowell  L (13-9) 1.1 2 1 1 4 0
Totals
12.1
7
1
1
9
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor   3.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Horton   7.0 3 0 0 3 2
  Perry   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Worrell  W (9-10) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
13.0
9
0
0
3
5

  E–Santana (15).  DP–New York 2, St. Louis 3.  2B–New York Knight (22,off Horton), St. Louis Laga (1,off Darling).  SH–Van Slyke (1,off McDowell).  IBB–Pendleton (10,by McDowell).  SB–Backman (13,2nd base off Worrell/Lake); McGee 2 (17,2nd base off Darling/Carter,2nd base off Orosco/Carter); Lawless (8,2nd base off McDowell/Carter).  CS–Mazzilli (4,2nd base by Worrell/Lake); Smith (6,2nd base by McDowell/Carter).  WP–Worrell (1).  IBB–McDowell (5,Pendleton).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Joe West, 3B–John McSherry.  T–3:57.  A–29,566.
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