St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
August 12, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 2001 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 4, New York Mets 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 4 1 3 1
Polanco 3b 5 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 1 2
Pujols lf 3 1 1 1
  Robinson lf 0 0 0 0
Edmonds cf 4 0 2 0
Paquette rf 3 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 1 1 0
Matheny c 4 0 0 0
Kile p 2 0 0 0
  Cairo ph 1 0 0 0
  Matthews p 0 0 0 0
  Hackman p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Bonilla ph 1 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McEwing 3b 5 0 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 5 0 0 0
Lawton rf 4 1 2 1
Piazza c 3 0 1 0
Zeile 1b 2 0 0 0
Agbayani lf 2 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 0 0 0 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
Payton cf 4 0 0 0
Relaford ss 3 0 1 0
Chen p 2 0 1 0
  Johnson lf 0 0 0 0
  Shinjo ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
St. Louis 300 000 100480
New York 000 100 000151
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (13-7) 6.0 3 1 1 4 3
  Matthews   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hackman   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Kline   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Mathews   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Veres  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
6
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Chen  L (5-6) 6.2 6 4 4 3 7
  White   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Wall   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
8

  E–Chen (1).  DP–St. Louis 1, New York 1.  2B–St. Louis Edmonds (23,off Chen); Vina 2 (25,off Chen 2), New York Relaford (20,off Matthews); Lawton (1,off Hackman).  HR–St. Louis McGwire (21,1st inning off Chen 1 on, 1 out); Pujols (28,1st inning off Chen 0 on, 1 out), New York Lawton (2,4th inning off Kile 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Shinjo (4,by Hackman).  SB–Renteria (12,2nd base off Chen/Piazza).  HBP–Hackman (2,Shinjo).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Mark Barron, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–3:09.  A–38,939.
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