New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 26, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1990 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 8, St. Louis Cardinals 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Miller 2b 4 2 1 1
Magadan 1b 4 1 3 0
Johnson 3b 5 1 1 3
Strawberry rf 4 0 2 1
McReynolds lf 5 0 1 0
Boston cf 5 2 2 0
Sasser c 5 1 2 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Elster ss 4 1 2 2
Darling p 2 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Carreon ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Mercado c 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 14 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 6 0 2 0
McGee cf 6 0 2 0
Guerrero 1b 5 1 1 0
  Dayley p 1 0 0 0
Zeile c 5 3 1 1
Pendleton 3b 6 2 5 2
Thompson rf 4 0 2 0
Smith O. ss 3 0 0 1
Oquendo 2b 3 0 1 1
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
  Collins 1b 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Smith B. p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 1 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Hudler 2b,1b 3 0 0 0
Totals 44 6 15 5
New York 111 102 000 028141
St. Louis 022 000 101 006150
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   5.0 8 4 3 4 3
  Musselman   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Innis   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Franco   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Pena  W (2-2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
15
6
5
6
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   4.0 6 4 4 2 3
  Horton   1.0 3 2 2 2 0
  Terry   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  DiPino   1.1 1 0 0 1 3
  Niedenfuer   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Dayley  L (1-2) 3.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
11.0
14
8
8
5
7

  E–Elster (10).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–New York McReynolds (11,off DiPino); Johnson (15,off Dayley), St. Louis Pendleton (13,off Darling).  HR–New York Elster (6,4th inning off B Smith 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Zeile (8,9th inning off Franco 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Johnson (5,off B Smith); Miller (2,off Terry); O Smith (5,off Innis).  SH–B Smith (7,off Darling); Thompson (1,off Franco).  IBB–O Smith (3,by Darling).  SB–Johnson (12,2nd base off B Smith/Zeile); Thompson 2 (12,2nd base off Darling/Sasser,2nd base off Innis/Sasser); Coleman 2 (44,2nd base off Innis/Sasser,3rd base off Innis/Sasser).  CS–Coleman (9,2nd base by Darling/Sasser); Jones (1,2nd base by Darling/Sasser); McGee (4,2nd base by Franco/Sasser).  WP–Darling (2), Franco (3).  BK–Innis (1), DiPino (1).  IBB–Darling (4,O Smith).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–4:19.  A–32,220.
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