New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 8, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 2004 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes 2b,ss 4 1 1 0
Zeile 1b 3 0 1 1
Matsui ss 2 0 0 1
  McEwing 2b 2 0 0 0
Floyd lf 4 0 1 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
Cameron cf 4 0 1 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 0 0
Wright 3b 4 0 1 0
Wilson c 0 0 0 0
  Phillips c 2 1 1 0
Leiter p 2 0 0 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Valent lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 1 1 0
Renteria ss 5 1 5 1
Pujols 1b 5 1 0 0
Rolen 3b 4 2 3 1
Walker rf 3 1 1 1
Sanders lf 0 0 0 1
  Cedeno ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  Haren p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
Taguchi cf 3 0 2 2
Molina c 2 0 0 0
Marquis p 3 0 0 0
  Mabry lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 12 6
New York 100 000 001271
St. Louis 103 200 00x6120
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter  L (8-4) 4.0 8 6 6 4 2
  DeJean   2.0 3 0 0 0 3
  Feliciano   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Looper   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
5
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Marquis  W (12-4) 6.0 5 1 1 3 6
  Haren   2.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Tavarez  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
5
8

  E–Reyes (5).  DP–New York 3.  2B–New York Zeile (12,off Marquis); Cameron (20,off Marquis), St. Louis Renteria (27,off Leiter); Rolen (27,off Leiter); Taguchi (7,off Leiter); Walker (10,off Leiter).  SF–Matsui (2,off Marquis).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Molina (2,off DeJean).  HBP–Taguchi (1,by Leiter); Sanders (1,by Leiter).  IBB–Rolen (5,by Leiter); Molina (3,by Leiter).  Team–10.  SB–Renteria (13,2nd base off Leiter/Phillips).  HBP–Leiter 2 (8,Taguchi,Sanders).  IBB–Leiter 2 (7,Rolen,Molina).  U-HP–Rob Drake, 1B–Ramon Armendariz, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–3:08.  A–43,578.
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