St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
September 30, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 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 2, New York Mets 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 5 0 2 0
Booker 3b 5 0 0 0
Guerrero 1b 4 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 1 1 0
Morris lf 4 1 3 0
Oquendo ss 4 0 1 1
Pena c 2 0 0 1
Alicea 2b 3 0 1 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
Terry p 2 0 0 0
  Jones 2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Jefferies 3b 4 1 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0
  Miller pr 0 0 0 0
  Elster ss 0 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 2 1 1 1
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 1
Johnson ss 3 1 1 0
  Magadan 1b 1 0 0 0
Carter c 3 0 1 0
  Lyons c 1 0 0 0
Backman 2b 3 0 1 1
Cone p 3 0 1 1
Totals 32 4 10 4
St. Louis 000 002 000291
New York 021 001 00x4100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Terry  L (9-6) 5.1 9 4 4 3 4
  Dayley   2.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
3
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (20-3) 9.0 9 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
7

  E–Booker (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Morris (2,off Cone), New York McReynolds (30,off Terry); Backman (11,off Terry); Johnson (21,off Terry).  3B–St. Louis Morris (1,off Cone).  IBB–Strawberry (21,by Terry).  CS–Strawberry (14,2nd base by Terry/Pena); Miller (5,2nd base by Dayley/Pena).  IBB–Terry (6,Strawberry).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:24.  A–38,270.
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