St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
June 15, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1988 at Shea Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 0 3 1
Alicea 2b 4 0 0 0
Ford lf 3 2 2 1
  Pena ph 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 0 1 1
McGee cf 4 0 2 0
Oquendo 3b 4 0 0 0
Pagnozzi 1b 4 1 1 0
Lake c 3 1 1 1
Carpenter p 1 0 0 0
  Peters p 1 0 0 0
  Coleman lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 1 3 1
Backman 2b 4 1 2 0
Mazzilli 1b 4 1 1 1
Strawberry rf 3 2 2 3
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 1
Wilson lf 3 0 0 0
Sasser c 3 0 0 0
  Lyons ph,c 1 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 1 1 0
Darling p 2 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
St. Louis 100 021 0004100
New York 300 110 01x6100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter  L (2-2) 4.1 7 5 5 1 2
  Peters   2.2 1 0 0 1 4
  Dayley   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
2
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (7-4) 7.0 9 4 4 0 5
  Myers  SV (10) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
0
7

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1, New York 2.  2B–St. Louis Pagnozzi (4,off Darling), New York Backman (2,off Carpenter); Mazzilli (2,off Dayley).  HR–St. Louis Ford (1,6th inning off Darling 0 on, 0 out), New York Strawberry 2 (15,1st inning off Carpenter 1 on, 1 out,4th inning off Carpenter 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Carpenter (3,off Darling); Darling (4,off Carpenter).  SB–Brunansky (7,2nd base off Darling/Sasser); Johnson (11,2nd base off Dayley/Lake).  CS–Wilson (2,2nd base by Carpenter/Lake).  WP–Darling (2), Myers (1).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:32.  A–42,068.
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