St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
September 13, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1987 at Shea Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Mets 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 3 0
Smith ss 5 0 0 0
Herr 2b 3 0 1 1
Driessen 1b 3 0 0 0
  Green ph,1b 1 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 1 1 0
Pendleton 3b 3 0 0 0
Morris rf 3 0 2 0
  Oquendo ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
Cox p 2 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Tunnell p 0 0 0 0
  Lindeman ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 0
Backman 2b 4 1 1 1
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 4 1 2 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 1
Carter c 3 0 1 1
Johnson 3b 4 0 2 0
Santana ss 3 1 0 0
Cone p 2 0 1 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 10 4
St. Louis 000 100 100270
New York 000 220 00x4102
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  L (9-7) 4.2 7 4 4 1 1
  Horton   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Terry   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Peters   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Tunnell   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
3
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (5-3) 6.1 7 2 1 3 2
  Myers  SV (5) 2.2 0 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
4
7

  E–Hernandez (9), Santana (14).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis McGee (33,off Cone), New York Strawberry (24,off Cox); Dykstra (27,off Peters).  3B–New York McReynolds (4,off Cox).  SH–Cone (3,off Cox).  IBB–Hernandez (8,by Peters).  BK–Horton (4).  IBB–Peters (1,Hernandez).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:46.  A–21,285.
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