St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
April 1, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 1, 1996 at Shea Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee rf 5 2 2 3
Clayton ss 4 0 2 1
Lankford cf 4 0 3 0
Gant lf 2 1 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 0
Mabry 1b 3 1 1 2
Borders c 4 1 2 0
Alicea 2b 4 1 1 0
Benes p 1 0 0 0
  Bradshaw ph 1 0 1 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 13 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 1 1
Gilkey lf 4 1 2 2
Brogna 1b 3 1 1 1
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Huskey rf,1b 4 0 1 0
  Bogar pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Kent 3b 3 0 1 0
Hundley c 4 1 1 2
Vizcaino 2b 4 1 1 0
Ordonez ss 2 1 1 0
Jones B. p 1 0 0 0
  Minor p 0 0 0 0
  Alfonzo ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Jones C. ph,rf 1 1 1 1
Totals 31 7 10 7
St. Louis 011 400 0006130
New York 000 201 40x7100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes   6.0 4 3 3 1 5
  Honeycutt   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Bailey   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Fossas  L (0-1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Mathews   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
1
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   3.2 8 6 6 1 3
  Minor   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  DiPoto  W (1-0) 2.0 4 0 0 0 1
  Henry   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Franco  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
2
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1, New York 3.  2B–St. Louis Clayton (1,off B Jones); Lankford (1,off DiPoto).  HR–St. Louis Mabry (1,4th inning off B Jones 0 on, 1 out); McGee (1,4th inning off B Jones 2 on, 2 out), New York Hundley (1,4th inning off Andy Benes 1 on, 2 out); Gilkey (1,6th inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Andy Benes (1,off B Jones); Kent (1,off Mathews).  SF–Mabry (1,off B Jones); Brogna (1,off Fossas).  CS–Bradshaw (1,2nd base by DiPoto/Hundley).  WP–Henry (1).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:52.  A–42,060.
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