New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 29, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1987 at Busch Stadium II. 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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New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 1 0
Teufel 2b 3 1 1 0
Hernandez 1b 5 0 2 1
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1
McReynolds lf 5 1 1 0
Carter c 5 1 2 0
Johnson 3b 5 1 4 2
Santana ss 4 1 0 0
  Almon ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Fernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Backman ph 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Dykstra ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 12 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 2 1 0
Herr 2b 4 2 4 2
Pendleton 3b 5 0 2 1
Clark 1b 0 0 0 0
  Lake c 1 0 1 0
  Morris ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph,ss 2 0 0 1
McGee cf 5 0 0 0
Lindeman rf,1b 5 0 1 0
Pena c,1b,c 5 0 1 0
Oquendo ss,rf 4 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Booker ph 1 0 0 0
Horton p 1 0 1 0
  Lawless ph 1 0 0 0
  Dawley p 1 0 0 0
  Ford rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 11 4
New York 011 200 000 26122
St. Louis 000 020 101 04111
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   5.0 6 2 1 3 3
  Leach   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Orosco   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  McDowell  W (5-3) 3.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
4
3
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Horton   5.0 8 4 3 2 1
  Dawley   3.1 2 0 0 0 3
  Perry  L (3-2) 1.2 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
10.0
12
6
5
2
4

  E–Teufel (9), Johnson (18), Horton (2).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Teufel (18,off Horton); Hernandez (16,off Horton), St. Louis Herr 2 (19,off Fernandez 2); Pendleton (19,off Leach).  HR–New York Strawberry (23,2nd inning off Horton 0 on, 0 out); Johnson (24,10th inning off Perry 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Fernandez (6,off Horton); Teufel (2,off Dawley).  HBP–Coleman (3,by Fernandez).  IBB–Clark 2 (10,by Fernandez 2).  SB–Coleman 3 (64,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter,3rd base off Fernandez/Carter,2nd base off McDowell/Carter); Herr (14,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter); Pena (4,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter).  WP–Horton 2 (3).  BK–Horton (3).  HBP–Fernandez (7,Coleman).  IBB–Fernandez 2 (7,Clark 2).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–3:28.  A–45,781.
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