St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
April 5, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 1989 at Shea Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Mets 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 2 2 2
Pendleton 3b 3 0 1 0
Guerrero 1b 4 0 0 1
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Oquendo ss 4 0 0 0
Pena c 4 1 2 0
Jones 2b 3 0 1 0
DeLeon p 3 0 0 0
  Lindeman ph 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 0 0 0
Jefferies 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Johnson 3b,ss 3 1 0 0
Elster ss 3 0 1 1
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Ojeda p 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Magadan ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
St. Louis 000 101 100360
New York 010 000 000153
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon  W (1-0) 8.0 4 1 1 2 3
  Dayley   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Worrell  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  L (0-1) 6.2 6 3 2 2 4
  McDowell   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Myers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
2
6

  E–K Hernandez (1), Johnson 2 (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–St. Louis Jones (1,off Ojeda), New York Elster (1,off DeLeon); Strawberry (3,off Dayley).  HR–St. Louis McGee (1,4th inning off Ojeda 0 on, 0 out).  CS–McGee (1,3rd base by Ojeda/Carter).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:29.  A–17,873.
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