St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
April 26, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1987 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 7, New York Mets 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 2 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 5 1 1 1
Clark 1b 5 1 3 1
McGee cf 5 0 0 1
Ford rf 4 2 2 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 5 1 3 0
Lake c 4 1 2 2
Forsch p 2 0 2 1
  Perry p 1 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 15 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 0 1 0
Backman 2b 4 1 1 0
  Teufel ph 1 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 1
Carter c 5 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 1 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 3 1
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 1
Santana ss 4 0 1 0
Darling p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 0 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Lyons ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 37 4 12 4
St. Louis 111 040 0007151
New York 000 003 0014121
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (2-1) 5.1 8 3 3 1 2
  Perry   3.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Horton   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Worrell  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  L (2-1) 4.0 9 4 4 1 3
  Myers   1.0 3 3 2 1 1
  Walter   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Leach   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
7
6
2
8

  E–Pendleton (2), Strawberry (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Ford (2,off Darling); Oquendo (3,off Leach), New York Hernandez (4,off Forsch); Backman (2,off Forsch).  HR–St. Louis Clark (5,5th inning off Darling 0 on, 0 out), New York Lyons (1,9th inning off Perry 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Smith (1,off Darling); Forsch (1,off Myers); Darling (3,off Forsch).  SB–Coleman (16,2nd base off Myers/Carter); Dykstra (3,2nd base off Perry/Lake).  CS–Oquendo (2,2nd base by Leach/Carter).  WP–Darling 3 (3).  BK–Darling (2).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:00.  A–45,360.
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