New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 3, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 3, 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 7, St. Louis Cardinals 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 1 1 0
Miller 2b 4 2 1 0
Magadan 1b 5 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 1 1
Wilson rf 4 2 2 0
Lyons c 4 0 2 4
Carreon lf 4 0 1 1
Elster ss 5 0 0 0
Aguilera p 2 0 0 0
  Jefferies ph 1 0 0 0
  Cone p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 9 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 1 0
Pena c 2 0 0 0
  DeCinces 3b 2 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 2 0 0 0
  Lake c 2 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 2 0 0 0
  Morris ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Lindeman rf,1b 3 0 0 0
Green lf 3 0 1 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
Oquendo ss 3 0 0 0
Lawless 2b 3 0 0 0
O'Neal p 1 0 1 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Tunnell p 0 0 0 0
  Ford lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 3 0
New York 100 001 203791
St. Louis 100 000 000133
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Aguilera  W (11-3) 6.0 2 1 0 0 4
  Cone  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
3
1
0
0
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
O'Neal   5.0 2 1 1 2 4
  Tunnell  L (4-4) 2.0 5 3 3 3 1
  Dawley   2.0 2 3 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
6
6

  E–Carreon (1), DeCinces 2 (2), Pendleton (26).  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Pena (14).  IBB–Wilson (8,by Tunnell); Johnson (18,by Dawley).  SB–Johnson (6,2nd base off Aguilera/Lyons).  IBB–Tunnell (7,Wilson); Dawley (11,Johnson).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:33.  A–46,845.
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