St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
May 4, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1997 at Shea Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 8, New York Mets 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 1 2 0
McGee lf 5 1 2 2
  Gaetti pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Lankford cf 3 1 1 2
  Sweeney ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Young 1b 3 2 2 0
Mabry rf,cf 5 2 2 0
Sheaffer 3b,lf 5 0 1 1
Lampkin c 4 0 2 3
Clayton ss 3 1 1 0
Stottlemyre p 3 0 0 0
  Frascatore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Everett cf,rf 3 0 0 1
Alfonzo 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Olerud 1b 4 1 1 0
Hundley c 1 0 0 0
  Castillo c 1 0 1 0
Gilkey lf 3 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 3 0 1 1
Ochoa rf 3 0 0 0
  Borland p 0 0 0 0
  Manuel p 0 0 0 0
  Huskey ph 1 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 2 0 0 0
  Bieser rf,cf 1 1 1 0
Clark p 1 0 0 0
  Jordan p 1 0 0 0
  Franco 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
St. Louis 400 220 0008131
New York 000 100 010251
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (1-1) 8.0 3 2 2 3 5
  Frascatore   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Clark  L (3-2) 4.0 8 6 6 2 0
  Jordan   3.0 4 2 2 2 4
  Borland   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Manuel   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
4
6

  E–Young (4), Hundley (4).  DP–St. Louis 2, New York 1.  2B–St. Louis Sheaffer (1,off Clark), New York Bieser (3,off Stottlemyre).  HR–St. Louis Lankford (4,1st inning off Clark 1 on, 1 out); McGee (2,4th inning off Clark 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Stottlemyre (1,off Clark).  IBB–Young (1,by Jordan).  SF–Baerga (1,off Stottlemyre); Everett (1,off Stottlemyre).  SB–DeShields (7,2nd base off Clark/Hundley); Lampkin (1,2nd base off Jordan/Hundley).  CS–Young (2,2nd base by Clark/Hundley).  IBB–Jordan (1,Young).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:39.  A–17,652.
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