New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 14, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1996 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 13

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 2 2 0
Vizcaino 2b 2 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Everett ph,rf 1 1 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 1 1 3
Kent 3b 3 0 1 0
Brogna 1b 4 0 1 0
  Byrd p 0 0 0 0
Huskey rf,1b 3 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 1 0
  Bogar ss 0 0 0 0
Isringhausen p 1 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Petagine ph 1 0 0 0
  Alfonzo 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Gant lf 4 2 2 1
  Mejia lf 1 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 1 1 1
Lankford cf 3 1 0 1
Gaetti 3b 4 3 3 5
Mabry 1b 5 3 4 1
Jordan rf 5 1 2 2
Sheaffer c 5 0 2 2
Alicea 2b 4 0 1 0
Stottlemyre p 3 1 1 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 0 1 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 13 16 13
New York 001 000 300461
St. Louis 420 010 15x13161
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Isringhausen  L (3-8) 1.0 8 6 6 0 1
  Martinez   3.0 1 0 0 1 2
  DiPoto   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Byrd   2.0 5 6 6 3 2
Totals
8.0
16
13
13
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (6-4) 6.2 6 4 4 4 8
  Petkovsek   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Mathews   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
9

  E–Hundley (4), Alicea (15).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Kent (10,off Stottlemyre), St. Louis Gaetti (7,off Isringhausen); Gant (5,off Isringhausen); Sheaffer (5,off DiPoto); Mabry (14,off Byrd); Jordan (10,off Byrd).  HR–New York Hundley (18,7th inning off Stottlemyre 2 on, 2 out), St. Louis Gant (7,1st inning off Isringhausen 0 on, 0 out); Gaetti 2 (7,7th inning off Byrd 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Byrd 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Kent (1,by Stottlemyre).  SF–Lankford (5,off Martinez).  IBB–Gaetti (2,by Martinez).  SB–Johnson 3 (19,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Sheaffer 2,3rd base off Stottlemyre/Sheaffer); Mabry (1,2nd base off Isringhausen/Hundley).  WP–Stottlemyre (4), Petkovsek (1).  HBP–Stottlemyre (3,Kent).  IBB–Martinez (1,Gaetti).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:47.  A–38,556.
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