St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
September 11, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 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 6, New York Mets 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 2 0
Smith ss 3 2 1 0
Herr 2b 5 0 1 1
Driessen 1b 3 1 0 1
McGee cf 4 1 1 1
Pendleton 3b 4 1 1 2
Morris rf 2 0 0 1
  Green rf 2 0 1 0
Lake c 2 0 0 0
  Oquendo ph 0 0 0 0
  Pagnozzi c 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Tudor p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Laga ph 1 0 0 0
  Tunnell p 0 0 0 0
  Pena c 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 7 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 1 1 1
Teufel 2b 3 1 1 0
Hernandez 1b 5 1 2 1
Strawberry rf 5 1 2 2
McReynolds lf 5 0 1 0
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 0
Santana ss 3 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Darling p 2 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Dykstra ph 1 0 1 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Almon ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
St. Louis 010 000 003 2670
New York 310 000 000 04101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor   5.0 7 4 4 3 3
  Terry   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Peters   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Tunnell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Dayley  W (9-4) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
10
4
4
4
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   6.0 1 1 1 5 4
  Myers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  McDowell   2.0 3 3 3 2 2
  Orosco  L (3-8) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
6
6
7
8

  E–Hernandez (8).  DP–St. Louis 1, New York 2.  2B–St. Louis Green (1,off McDowell), New York Hernandez (27,off Tudor); Dykstra (26,off Terry).  HR–St. Louis Pendleton (11,9th inning off McDowell 1 on, 2 out), New York Strawberry (35,1st inning off Tudor 1 on, 1 out); Wilson (9,2nd inning off Tudor 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Wilson (2,off Terry).  SB–Coleman (98,2nd base off Darling/Carter); Johnson (30,2nd base off Tudor/Lake).  CS–McGee (4,2nd base by Myers/Carter); Strawberry (11,2nd base by Tudor/Lake).  WP–Dayley (4).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–3:43.  A–51,795.
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