New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 24, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1988 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 14, St. Louis Cardinals 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf,rf 5 3 3 4
Jefferies 3b 6 1 2 3
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
  Magadan 1b 2 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 3 2 2 0
  Dykstra cf 1 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 2 4
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 0 0
  Lyons c 1 1 0 0
Teufel 2b 4 2 1 1
Elster ss 5 1 1 0
West p 2 1 2 0
  Carreon ph,lf 1 2 0 0
Totals 42 14 14 13
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 4 0 2 0
Smith ss 2 0 1 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Booker ph 0 0 0 0
  Costello p 0 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b,ss,c 2 0 0 0
  Laga 1b 1 0 0 0
Guerrero lf 3 0 0 0
  Ford pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 2 0 0 0
  Morris rf 1 0 0 0
Pagnozzi 1b,c 4 1 1 0
Pena c 2 0 2 1
  Jones ss 2 0 0 0
Lawless 3b 3 0 0 0
McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Lake ph 1 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Alicea ph,2b 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
New York 330 013 00414140
St. Louis 010 000 000162
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
West  W (1-0) 5.0 5 1 1 2 3
  Aguilera   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  McClure   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  McDowell   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams  L (6-8) 2.0 5 6 6 1 3
  Quisenberry   3.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Peters   3.0 4 3 3 2 2
  Costello   1.0 2 4 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
14
14
10
6
6

  E–Morris (2), Alicea (13).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York West (1,off Quisenberry); Strawberry (27,off Quisenberry); McReynolds (29,off Quisenberry); Jefferies (8,off Peters); Magadan (14,off Peters), St. Louis Pena 2 (21,off West 2); Coleman (20,off McClure).  HR–New York McReynolds (26,1st inning off McWilliams 2 on, 2 out); Teufel (4,2nd inning off McWilliams 0 on, 0 out); Wilson (8,2nd inning off McWilliams 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Coleman (81,3rd base off McClure/Lyons); Booker (2,2nd base off McClure/Lyons).  BK–Peters (1).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:45.  A–35,670.
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