New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 14, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1989 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 9, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 2 3 2
Jefferies 3b 5 1 1 3
Strawberry rf 5 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 3 1 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 1
Carter c 4 0 1 2
Teufel 2b 4 1 2 0
Elster ss 3 2 1 0
Cone p 3 1 1 0
Totals 36 9 11 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 3 1 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 0
Guerrero 1b 3 0 0 1
Brunansky rf 3 0 1 0
  Pagnozzi c 1 0 0 0
Thompson cf 4 1 3 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
Oquendo ss 4 0 0 1
Jones 2b 3 1 1 0
Magrane p 1 0 0 0
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Booker ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Morris rf 2 1 1 2
Totals 33 4 7 4
New York 001 071 0009111
St. Louis 100 000 021470
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (1-1) 9.0 7 4 4 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Magrane  L (1-2) 4.2 8 8 8 3 2
  Carpenter   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  DiPino   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Quisenberry   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
3
2

  E–Teufel (1).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 1.  PB–Pena (1).  2B–New York Elster (5,off Magrane); Jefferies (3,off Magrane); Carter (1,off Carpenter), St. Louis Thompson (3,off Cone).  3B–New York Teufel (1,off Quisenberry), St. Louis Thompson (1,off Cone).  HR–New York Wilson (1,6th inning off DiPino 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Morris (1,8th inning off Cone 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–McReynolds (1,by Magrane).  SF–Guerrero (1,off Cone).  SB–Coleman (3,2nd base off Cone/Carter).  WP–Magrane (3).  IBB–Magrane (1,McReynolds).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:25.  A–51,257.
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