New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 8, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 2 3 0
Backman 2b 3 0 1 0
Magadan 1b,3b 4 0 3 2
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Wilson rf 4 0 1 0
Elster ss 4 0 1 0
Ojeda p 2 0 0 0
  Sasser ph 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 3 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 1 2 2
McGee cf 3 1 2 1
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Horner 1b 4 0 1 1
  Lawless 3b 0 0 0 0
Oquendo 3b,1b 3 1 2 0
Pena c 4 0 1 0
Alicea 2b 2 1 0 0
DeLeon p 2 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 1 1 1
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 5
New York 000 010 1002111
St. Louis 000 200 30x590
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda   6.0 5 2 2 1 3
  McDowell  L (3-1) 2.0 4 3 3 3 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon   6.2 9 2 2 1 5
  Peters  W (3-2) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Worrell  SV (16) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
1
5

  E–Mazzilli (2).  DP–New York 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Elster (3,off DeLeon), St. Louis McGee (14,off Ojeda).  3B–St. Louis McGee (3,off Ojeda).  IBB–Coleman (3,by McDowell); McGee (5,by McDowell).  WP–DeLeon 2 (4).  IBB–McDowell 2 (4,Coleman,McGee).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:30.  A–38,451.
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