New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 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 11, St. Louis Cardinals 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 1 1 2
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 4 1 1 2
Hernandez 1b 5 1 1 1
Strawberry rf 2 2 1 1
McReynolds lf 5 1 2 3
Carter c 4 1 2 2
  Miller pr 0 1 0 0
  Lyons c 0 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 2 0
Santana ss 3 0 0 0
Fernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Dykstra ph,cf 1 1 0 0
Totals 34 11 11 11
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 0 1 1
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
  Johnson cf 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Lake ph 1 0 1 0
Herr 2b 1 1 0 0
  Lawless 2b 3 0 1 0
Green rf 3 1 1 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Booker ss 1 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 1 1 1
  DeCinces 3b 2 1 1 0
Pagnozzi 1b,c 3 1 1 1
Oquendo cf,ss,cf 2 1 1 1
Pena c 3 0 2 2
  Laga 1b 1 0 0 0
Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Magrane p 1 0 0 0
  Morris rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
New York 200 310 00511110
St. Louis 001 400 0106100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   3.1 5 5 5 2 2
  Leach   2.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Myers  W (3-6) 2.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Orosco   1.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mathews   2.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Magrane   3.0 3 4 4 1 3
  Dayley   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Worrell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Peters   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Dawley  L (5-8) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Horton   0.2 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
11
11
5
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Johnson (22,off Dawley); Teufel (29,off Horton); Strawberry (32,off Horton), St. Louis DeCinces (2,off Myers); Lawless (1,off Orosco).  3B–New York McReynolds (5,off Mathews).  HR–New York Carter (20,4th inning off Magrane 1 on, 0 out); Hernandez (18,5th inning off Magrane 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Fernandez (10,off Magrane); Magrane (6,off Leach).  HBP–Santana (1,by Magrane).  IBB–Dykstra (3,by Horton).  SF–Oquendo (4,off Fernandez).  SB–Strawberry 2 (36,2nd base off Mathews/Pena,2nd base off Magrane/Pena); Coleman (109,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter); Pendleton (19,3rd base off Fernandez/Carter); Pagnozzi (1,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter).  CS–Strawberry (12,2nd base by Peters/Pagnozzi).  WP–Magrane (9).  BK–Mathews (2).  HBP–Magrane (10,Santana).  IBB–Horton (10,Dykstra).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–3:06.  A–41,890.
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