New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 11, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1997 at Busch Stadium II. 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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New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Bieser cf 4 0 1 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Alfonzo 3b,ss 5 0 1 1
Olerud 1b 3 0 0 0
Hundley c 2 0 0 0
  Ordonez pr 0 0 0 0
  Castillo c 0 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 4 0 1 0
Ochoa rf 3 3 1 0
Alexander ss 3 1 1 0
  Everett ph,cf 1 1 1 2
Mlicki p 1 0 1 0
  Franco M. ph 1 0 1 1
  Thurman pr 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Kashiwada p 0 0 0 0
  Lidle p 0 0 0 0
  Huskey ph,3b 1 1 1 1
Totals 32 6 9 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 5 2 2 2
DeShields 2b 4 1 2 0
Gant lf 4 0 2 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Lankford cf 3 0 1 2
Gaetti 3b,1b 4 0 0 0
Mabry 1b,rf 4 0 0 0
DiFelice c 3 0 0 0
Sweeney rf 3 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Sheaffer lf 1 0 1 0
Morris p 2 1 1 0
  Gallego 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
New York 001 010 103690
St. Louis 002 020 000491
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki   6.0 6 4 4 3 6
  Reed   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Kashiwada   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lidle  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Franco  SV (10) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris   6.2 6 3 3 3 5
  Petkovsek   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Fossas   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Eckersley  L (0-2) 1.1 3 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
4
6

  E–Lankford (4).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Lankford (7,off Mlicki).  HR–New York Everett (3,9th inning off Eckersley 1 on, 1 out); Huskey (6,9th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis Clayton (3,5th inning off Mlicki 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Mlicki (1,off Morris).  HBP–Bieser (3,by Petkovsek).  CS–Bieser (2,2nd base by Morris/Difelice); Thurman (1,2nd base by Petkovsek/Difelice).  SB–Clayton (10,2nd base off Mlicki/Hundley).  BK–Morris (1).  HBP–Petkovsek (3,Bieser).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–3:02.  A–30,852.
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