New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 18, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 2006 at Busch Stadium III. 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 4 0 0 0
Valentin 2b 3 2 1 1
Beltran cf 4 1 1 2
Delgado 1b 4 0 2 0
Wright 3b 3 0 0 0
Floyd lf 3 0 1 0
Castro c 4 0 0 0
Chavez rf 4 0 0 0
Lima p 2 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Matsui ph 1 0 0 0
  Oliver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 4 2 3 2
Rodriguez lf 3 1 1 0
  Taguchi ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 4 1 1 1
Edmonds cf 3 0 0 0
Spiezio 1b 4 0 2 2
Encarnacion rf 4 0 0 0
Bennett c 3 1 0 0
Miles 2b 3 1 1 0
Marquis p 3 0 0 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
New York 000 200 010351
St. Louis 220 011 00x680
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  L (0-3) 4.2 7 5 4 1 3
  Bradford   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Feliciano   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Oliver   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Marquis  W (5-4) 7.2 4 3 3 2 1
  Flores   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen  SV (13) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
1

  E–Lima (1).  2B–New York Floyd (5,off Isringhausen), St. Louis Miles (5,off Lima); Spiezio (6,off Lima); Eckstein (5,off Bradford)..  HR–New York Beltran (10,4th inning off Marquis 1 on 0 out); Valentin (2,8th inning off Marquis 0 on 2 out)..  Team LOB–5.  SH–Miles (1,off Bradford).  Team–5.  SB–Eckstein (4,2nd base off Lima/Castro).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–2:41.  A–41,273.
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