New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 2, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1987 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 0 0
Miller 2b 4 1 2 0
Magadan 1b 4 0 1 1
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 0 0 0
Lyons c 4 1 2 0
Carreon lf 3 0 1 0
Elster ss 3 0 2 1
Mitchell p 2 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Milligan ph 0 0 0 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 1 0
Oquendo ss 3 1 1 0
Lindeman rf 4 2 1 1
Laga 1b 3 0 0 1
DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 1
Ford lf 4 0 0 0
Pagnozzi c 3 0 1 0
Lawless 2b 3 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
Tudor p 2 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Booker ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
New York 011 000 000283
St. Louis 102 000 00x360
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell  L (3-6) 5.0 5 3 1 1 1
  Sisk   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Walter   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
1
1
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  W (10-2) 5.0 6 2 2 0 3
  Horton   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Peters  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
4

  E–Magadan (4), Lyons (4), Elster (1).  2B–New York Elster (2,off Tudor), St. Louis DeCinces (1,off Mitchell).  HR–St. Louis Lindeman (8,1st inning off Mitchell 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Laga (2,off Mitchell).  SB–Miller (7,2nd base off Tudor/Pagnozzi); Lindeman (3,2nd base off Mitchell/Lyons); Johnson (5,2nd base off Sisk/Lyons).  CS–Carreon (1,2nd base by Tudor/Pagnozzi).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:14.  A–45,517.
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