New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 23, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 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 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 0
Miller 2b 3 1 1 0
Wilson rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 1
Teufel 1b 4 0 2 0
Mazzilli lf 4 0 0 0
Lyons c 4 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 0 0 0
Gooden p 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 3 1 0 0
Smith ss 4 1 1 1
Guerrero 1b 3 0 0 1
Walling 3b 3 0 0 0
McGee cf 3 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 3 0 0 0
Morris rf 3 0 1 0
Pagnozzi c 3 0 2 0
  Jones pr 0 0 0 0
  Pena c 0 0 0 0
Magrane p 1 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 0 0 0
  Costello p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 4 2
New York 000 001 000160
St. Louis 000 000 002241
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  L (18-8) 8.1 4 2 2 1 3
Totals
8.1
4
2
2
1
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Magrane   8.0 6 1 1 1 3
  Costello  W (5-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
3

  E–Smith (22).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Teufel (16,off Magrane); Gooden (1,off Magrane).  SH–Magrane (8,off Gooden).  SF–Guerrero (7,off Gooden).  SB–Coleman (80,2nd base off Gooden/Lyons); Smith (55,3rd base off Gooden/Lyons).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:03.  A–33,290.
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