New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 27, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 2000 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 12, St. Louis Cardinals 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Bell rf 6 2 1 0
McEwing cf 3 0 1 0
  Nunnally ph,lf 0 2 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 6 2 3 1
Piazza c 2 3 2 2
Ventura 3b 4 1 2 3
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Payton cf 0 0 0 1
Zeile 1b 6 2 2 5
Agbayani lf 5 0 3 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 5 0 1 0
Reed p 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Mahomes p 0 0 0 0
  Franco M. 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 15 12
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 2 2 1 0
Renteria ss 4 2 1 0
Edmonds cf 3 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 1
Lankford lf 3 2 2 5
Paquette 3b 5 0 1 1
Drew rf 5 0 2 0
Marrero c 3 0 1 0
Benes p 3 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Dunston ph 1 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 11 7
New York 500 100 04212150
St. Louis 302 201 0008112
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed   3.0 7 5 5 3 2
  Rodriguez   0.0 1 2 2 2 0
  Mahomes   2.1 1 1 1 4 3
  Cook  W (4-2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Wendell   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Franco   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
9
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes   5.0 11 6 6 2 3
  Thompson   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Slocumb   0.0 0 2 1 1 0
  Veres  L (0-2) 1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Rodriguez   0.1 1 2 0 1 0
  Holmes   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
12
9
7
6

  E–Paquette 2 (3).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Alfonzo (16,off Andy Benes); McEwing (6,off Andy Benes); Ventura (11,off Andy Benes), St. Louis Lankford (3,off Reed).  HR–New York Ventura (11,1st inning off Andy Benes 2 on, 1 out); Zeile 2 (8,1st inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Veres 3 on, 1 out); Piazza (14,4th inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Lankford (10,3rd inning off Reed 1 on, 1 out).  SH–McEwing (3,off Andy Benes); Reed (8,off Andy Benes); Mahomes (1,off Andy Benes).  SF–Payton (3,off Holmes); Lankford (2,off Mahomes).  SB–Renteria (4,2nd base off Mahomes/Piazza).  CS–Drew (2,2nd base by Cook/Piazza).  WP–Mahomes (1).  BK–Reed (1).  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Lazaro Diaz, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–3:53.  A–48,690.
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