New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 4, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1990 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson ss 5 1 2 1
Magadan 1b 4 1 2 0
Jefferies 2b 4 0 1 2
Strawberry rf 5 1 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0
Sasser c 3 0 3 1
  Trevino ph,c 1 0 0 0
Boston cf 3 0 1 0
  Carreon ph,cf 1 0 0 0
O'Malley 3b 3 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
Gooden p 2 0 0 0
  Miller ph 0 1 0 0
  Whitehurst p 0 0 0 0
  Teufel ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 37 5 12 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Thompson rf 4 0 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 2 2 0
Guerrero 1b 4 2 2 2
  Collins 1b 0 0 0 0
Zeile c 4 2 2 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 3
Hudler lf 4 1 1 2
Oquendo 2b 4 0 0 0
Hill p 2 0 1 0
  Dayley p 1 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 7
New York 001 001 1025120
St. Louis 000 203 02x7100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  L (11-6) 6.0 7 5 5 0 7
  Whitehurst   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
0
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  W (2-1) 6.1 9 3 3 0 5
  Dayley   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Niedenfuer   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  DiPino  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
1
6

  E–None.  2B–New York Magadan (16,off Hill); Johnson (25,off Hill); Strawberry (10,off Hill), St. Louis Pendleton (16,off Gooden).  HR–New York Teufel (4,9th inning off Niedenfuer 0 on, 1 out); Johnson (16,9th inning off Niedenfuer 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis Guerrero (12,4th inning off Gooden 1 on, 0 out); Hudler (3,8th inning off Whitehurst 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Jefferies (2,off Dayley).  HBP–Miller (2,by Hill).  SB–Thompson (18,2nd base off Whitehurst/Sasser).  HBP–Hill (1,Miller).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:49.  A–41,874.
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