New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 31, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1989 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Samuel cf 3 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 4 0 1 2
Johnson 3b,ss 2 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 4 0 1 0
Carter c 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 0 0 0 0
  Ojeda pr 0 1 0 0
  Jefferies 3b 1 0 0 0
Elster ss 2 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Darling p 2 0 0 0
  Sasser ph 1 1 1 0
  Lyons c 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 1 0
Smith ss 4 1 2 1
Oquendo 2b 2 0 1 1
Guerrero 1b 2 0 0 1
Thompson cf 4 0 1 0
Brunansky rf 3 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 2 0
Pena c 2 0 1 0
DeLeon p 3 1 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Pagnozzi ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 9 3
New York 000 000 020231
St. Louis 002 000 10x390
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  L (8-9) 7.0 8 3 3 5 5
  Myers   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
5
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon  W (11-9) 7.2 3 2 2 3 8
  Dayley   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Worrell  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
4
10

  E–Teufel (7).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Magadan (14,off DeLeon), St. Louis Smith (21,off Darling); Pendleton (17,off Darling).  3B–St. Louis Pendleton (3,off Myers).  HBP–Samuel (3,by DeLeon).  IBB–Johnson (4,by Dayley); Pena 2 (15,by Darling 2).  SF–Oquendo (5,off Darling); Guerrero (8,off Darling).  SB–Johnson (26,2nd base off DeLeon/Pena); Brunansky (3,2nd base off Darling/Carter); Oquendo (1,2nd base off Darling/Carter); Thompson (18,2nd base off Darling/Carter).  CS–Strawberry (3,2nd base by DeLeon/Pena); Pendleton (2,Home by Myers/Lyons).  HBP–DeLeon (4,Samuel).  IBB–Darling 2 (6,Pena 2); Dayley (5,Johnson).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–2:41.  A–39,657.
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