New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 10, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 2002 at Busch Stadium II. 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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New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 0 1 0
Perez cf 5 1 2 0
Piazza c 5 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 5 1 2 1
Valentin 3b 4 1 2 1
Burnitz rf 2 0 1 0
  Scutaro ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  McEwing lf 0 0 0 0
Tarasco lf,rf 4 1 2 1
Ordonez ss 3 0 2 1
Estes p 1 0 0 0
  Wigginton ph 1 0 0 0
  Cerda p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 1 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 1 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 13 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 1 1 0 0
Renteria ss 3 1 0 0
Edmonds cf 1 1 0 1
Pujols lf 4 1 1 4
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 4 0 2 0
DiFelice c 3 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 1 0
  Crudale p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson lf 0 0 0 0
Drew rf 3 0 0 0
Hackman p 2 0 0 0
  Matthews p 0 0 0 0
  Duff p 0 0 0 0
  Marrero c 2 1 1 0
Totals 27 5 5 5
New York 000 040 0004131
St. Louis 400 001 00x550
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Estes   3.0 2 4 4 5 2
  Cerda   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Reed  L (2-5) 1.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Guthrie   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Weathers   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Strickland   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
8
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hackman   4.1 9 3 3 0 3
  Matthews   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Duff   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Veres  W (5-7) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Crudale   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Isringhausen  SV (26) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
1
8

  E–Estes (3).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Tarasco (4,off Hackman); Vaughn 2 (14,off Hackman 2); Ordonez (22,off Hackman); Valentin (13,off Hackman), St. Louis Marrero (13,off Reed); Perez (6,off Guthrie).  HR–St. Louis Pujols (25,1st inning off Estes 3 on, 0 out).  SH–Ordonez (6,off Hackman); Renteria (4,off Reed).  HBP–Valentin (7,by Hackman); Vina 2 (13,by Estes,by Reed); Edmonds (6,by Estes).  SF–Edmonds (4,off Guthrie).  IBB–Drew (4,by Estes).  SB–Perez (6,2nd base off Hackman/Difelice); Rolen (6,2nd base off Estes/Piazza).  BK–Cerda (1).  HBP–Estes 2 (5,Vina,Edmonds); Reed (8,Vina); Hackman (4,Valentin).  IBB–Estes (9,Drew).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Lazaro Diaz, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–3:29.  A–44,934.
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