New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 14, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 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 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 5 1 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 4 1 2 4
Olerud 1b 4 0 1 0
Huskey rf 3 1 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 1 1 0
Pratt c 4 1 3 1
Gilbert 2b 2 0 0 0
  Lopez ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 4 1 2 1
Jones p 3 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 1 1 2
Clayton ss 4 0 1 0
Lankford cf 3 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 2 0 1 0
Gant lf 4 0 2 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Pagnozzi c 4 0 0 0
Mabry rf 3 0 0 0
Osborne p 2 1 1 0
  Frascatore p 0 0 0 0
  McGee ph 1 0 1 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Lampkin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
New York 000 051 0006100
St. Louis 000 020 000271
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (13-7) 7.0 7 2 2 2 2
  Wendell   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  McMichael   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Rojas   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Osborne  L (2-5) 5.1 7 6 6 1 2
  Frascatore   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Petkovsek   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
1
5

  E–Clayton (10).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Gilkey (16,off Osborne); Pratt (2,off Osborne).  HR–New York Alfonzo (8,5th inning off Osborne 3 on, 2 out), St. Louis DeShields (10,5th inning off Jones 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Osborne (1,2nd base off Jones/Pratt).  WP–Jones (3).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:38.  A–28,411.
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