New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 21, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 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 6, St. Louis Cardinals 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 2b 4 1 0 0
Miller ss 5 0 2 0
Johnson 3b 5 1 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 2 2 1
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 2
Samuel cf 3 0 1 2
Teufel 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Lyons c 4 0 0 0
Fernandez p 4 2 3 1
Totals 36 6 10 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 0 0
McGee cf 3 0 0 0
  Thompson cf 1 0 0 0
Guerrero 1b 3 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 3 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 1 1 0
Oquendo 2b 3 0 0 0
Zeile c 3 0 1 1
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Power p 1 0 0 0
  Pena ph 1 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Lindeman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 2 1
New York 004 000 0116100
St. Louis 000 010 000120
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (12-5) 9.0 2 1 1 0 13
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
0
13
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Horton  L (0-3) 2.2 5 4 4 2 4
  Power   3.1 1 0 0 0 3
  Quisenberry   3.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
2
8

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Zeile (3).  3B–New York McReynolds (3,off Quisenberry), St. Louis Pendleton (5,off Fernandez).  HR–New York Fernandez (1,9th inning off Quisenberry 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Samuel (2,off Horton).  SB–Samuel (39,2nd base off Quisenberry/Zeile); Miller (4,2nd base off Quisenberry/Zeile).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:30.  A–36,600.
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