St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
August 3, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 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 4, New York Mets 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 1 1 0
Lankford cf 5 1 2 0
Gant lf 3 0 0 0
Jordan rf 4 1 1 1
McGee 1b 3 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 1 1 3
Sheaffer c 4 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 1 0
Benes p 1 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Mabry ph 1 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Alicea ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 2 0
Espinoza 3b 3 0 1 0
Gilkey lf 2 1 0 0
Hundley c 3 2 1 1
Huskey 1b 3 1 1 2
Ochoa rf 4 0 0 1
Alfonzo 2b 3 0 1 1
Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0
Harnisch p 3 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 6 5
St. Louis 000 300 010460
New York 014 000 00x560
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  L (10-7) 4.0 6 5 5 4 2
  Petkovsek   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Mathews   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
6
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch  W (7-7) 7.1 5 4 4 3 7
  DiPoto   0.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Franco  SV (23) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
9

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Johnson (17,off Alan Benes).  HR–St. Louis Gaetti (14,4th inning off Harnisch 1 on, 2 out), New York Hundley (32,2nd inning off Alan Benes 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Alicea (4,off J Franco).  SB–Lankford 2 (25,2nd base off Harnisch/Hundley 2); Johnson (42,2nd base off Alan Benes/Sheaffer).  CS–Espinoza (1,2nd base by Alan Benes/Sheaffer).  U-HP–Kerwin Danley, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:59.  A–28,594.
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