New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 20, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 2b 5 1 1 0
Magadan 3b 3 0 0 0
  Teufel ph 1 0 1 0
  Miller pr 0 0 0 0
Johnson ss 3 0 1 2
Strawberry rf 5 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 3 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Samuel cf 4 1 2 0
Carter c 3 1 0 0
Cone p 0 0 0 0
  O'Malley ph 1 0 1 1
  Whitehurst p 1 0 0 0
  Sasser ph 1 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Machado p 0 0 0 0
  Carreon ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 4 1 1 0
Smith ss 4 1 2 0
Thompson lf 4 0 2 2
Guerrero 1b 4 1 2 1
Morris rf 3 0 1 2
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  Costello p 0 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 4 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 0
Pena c 3 1 1 0
Hill p 0 1 0 0
  DiPino p 1 0 0 0
  Brunansky rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
New York 003 000 000370
St. Louis 320 000 00x5100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  L (13-8) 2.0 6 5 5 0 0
  Whitehurst   3.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Musselman   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Machado   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
0
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hill   2.1 3 3 3 2 0
  DiPino  W (8-0) 3.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Terry   2.2 2 0 0 0 5
  Costello   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Dayley  SV (12) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
6
7

  E–None.  2B–New York Samuel 2 (16,off Hill,off Terry), St. Louis Guerrero (39,off Cone); Morris (4,off Cone).  IBB–McReynolds (10,by DiPino).  SH–Hill (8,off Cone).  CS–Pendleton (5,2nd base by Machado/Carter).  IBB–DiPino (6,McReynolds).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:09.  A–35,884.
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