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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1997 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 2, New York Mets 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 0 1 0
McGee cf 4 0 0 0
Mabry rf 4 0 1 0
  Green pr 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 0
Gant lf 3 1 1 0
DiFelice c 3 0 1 0
Clayton ss 3 0 1 2
Aybar p 2 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 3 2
Gilkey lf 3 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 3 0 1 1
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
Alfonzo 3b 3 1 0 0
Everett rf 2 0 0 0
  Lidle p 0 0 0 0
  Huskey ph 1 0 1 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Hardtke 2b 4 0 1 1
Ordonez ss 3 1 1 0
Reed p 1 1 1 0
  Ochoa ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 8 4
St. Louis 020 000 000260
New York 002 011 00x480
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Aybar  L (0-1) 5.1 7 4 4 2 4
  Petkovsek   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  King   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
2
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (10-4) 6.0 4 2 2 0 4
  Lidle   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Franco  SV (29) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
0
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–St. Louis DeShields (19,off Reed), New York Reed (4,off Aybar); Huskey (18,off King).  3B–St. Louis Clayton (3,off Reed), New York Johnson 2 (6,off Aybar 2).  SH–Reed (3,off Aybar).  HBP–Alfonzo (3,by Aybar); Everett (7,by Aybar).  CS–Johnson (10,2nd base by Aybar/Difelice).  WP–Petkovsek (2).  HBP–Aybar 2 (2,Alfonzo,Everett).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Bill Hohn.  T–2:15.  A–17,944.
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