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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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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New York Mets 0, St. Louis Cardinals 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Teufel 1b 4 0 1 0
Jefferies 3b 4 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 3 0 1 0
Johnson ss 4 0 0 0
Boston cf 2 0 0 0
O'Brien c 2 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 1 0
  Miller pr 0 0 0 0
  Hundley c 0 0 0 0
Fernandez p 2 0 1 0
  Sasser ph 0 0 0 0
  Reed pr 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 5 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Gilkey lf 4 0 0 0
Smith O. ss 4 1 1 0
Pendleton 3b 3 0 1 1
Hudler 1b 3 0 1 0
  Collins 1b 0 0 0 0
Jose rf 2 0 0 0
Wilson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Oquendo 2b 0 0 0 0
Thompson cf 3 0 0 0
Pagnozzi c 2 0 0 0
Magrane p 1 0 0 0
  Zeile ph 1 0 0 0
  Olivares p 0 0 0 0
  Lankford ph 1 0 1 0
  Smith L. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 4 1
New York 000 000 000050
St. Louis 000 100 00x141
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (9-11) 7.0 3 1 1 2 7
  Pena   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
4
1
1
2
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Magrane  W (9-15) 5.0 3 0 0 2 2
  Olivares   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Smith  SV (23) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
4
4

  E–Pagnozzi (2).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Teufel (7,off Magrane), St. Louis Pendleton (19,off Fernandez).  HBP–Pagnozzi (1,by Fernandez).  SB–McReynolds (8,2nd base off L Smith/Pagnozzi).  CS–Boston (6,2nd base by Magrane/Pagnozzi).  HBP–Fernandez (5,Pagnozzi).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:33.  A–19,873.
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