New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 7, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 1988 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 1, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 1 0
Miller 2b 2 0 1 0
Magadan 1b 3 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0
Carter c 4 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 2 0 0 1
Elster ss 3 0 0 0
Cone p 2 0 1 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Dykstra ph 1 0 1 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Lyons ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 8 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 2 1 0
Smith ss 2 1 0 0
McGee cf 3 1 3 3
Brunansky rf 4 0 1 0
Horner 1b 5 0 0 0
  Lawless 3b 0 0 0 0
Oquendo 3b,1b 3 0 2 0
Pena c 3 0 1 1
Alicea 2b 4 0 1 0
Tudor p 3 0 1 0
  Dayley p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
New York 000 001 000180
St. Louis 002 020 00x4100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  L (7-1) 5.0 6 4 4 6 4
  Walter   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Innis   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Leach   2.0 3 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
8
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  W (2-1) 6.1 8 1 1 3 1
  Dayley  SV (3) 2.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
1

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–New York McReynolds (7,off Tudor), St. Louis McGee 2 (13,off Cone 2); Coleman (9,off Cone).  3B–New York Carter (2,off Tudor).  SH–Miller (2,off Tudor); Smith (4,off Cone).  SF–Johnson (1,off Tudor).  HBP–Magadan (1,by Tudor).  IBB–Elster (5,by Tudor); Brunansky (4,by Cone); Oquendo (3,by Cone).  SB–Dykstra (10,2nd base off Tudor/Pena); Coleman 2 (28,2nd base off Cone/Carter,3rd base off Cone/Carter); Smith (19,2nd base off Cone/Carter); McGee 2 (17,2nd base off Cone/Carter,3rd base off Cone/Carter); Brunansky (6,2nd base off Cone/Carter).  CS–Johnson (3,2nd base by Tudor/Pena); Smith (4,2nd base by Cone/Carter).  HBP–Tudor (1,Magadan).  IBB–Cone 2 (4,Brunansky,Oquendo); Tudor (4,Elster).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:50.  A–41,278.
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