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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 18, 2006 at Shea Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Mets 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 4 0 0 0
Spiezio lf 4 0 1 0
Pujols 1b 3 0 2 0
Edmonds cf 3 0 0 0
Encarnacion rf 3 1 1 0
Rolen 3b 4 1 1 0
Belliard 2b 4 0 1 0
Molina c 3 0 0 0
Carpenter p 2 0 0 0
  Duncan ph 1 0 0 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Taguchi ph 1 0 1 2
Totals 32 2 7 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 4 2 3 1
Lo Duca c 4 0 1 2
Beltran cf 4 1 1 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0
Wright 3b 4 0 1 0
Green rf 3 0 2 1
Valentin 2b 4 0 0 0
Chavez lf 4 0 1 0
Maine p 2 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Mota p 0 0 0 0
  Tucker ph 1 1 1 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
St. Louis 000 000 002271
New York 100 100 20x4100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter  L (0-1) 6.0 7 2 2 0 4
  Looper  0.2 3.0 2 2 0 0 0
  Johnson  1.1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
0
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Maine  W (1-0) 5.1 2 0 0 4 5
  Bradford  1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mota  0.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Heilman  1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wagner  1 3.0 2 2 0 0 0
Totals
10.1
4
2
0
5
5

  E–Rolen (1).  DP–St. Louis 1 Belliard-Eckstein-Pujols, New York 2 Reyes-Valentin-Delgado, Valentin-Reyes-Delgado.  2B–St. Louis Rolen (1,off Wagner); Taguchi (1,off Wagner).  HR–New York Reyes (1,1st inning off Carpenter 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Encarnacion (1,by Maine); Green (1,by Johnson).  IBB–Pujols (2,by Maine).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Eckstein (3,2nd base off Maine/Lo Duca); Reyes 2 (2,2nd base off Carpenter/Molina,2nd base off Looper/Molina); Tucker (1,2nd base off Looper/Molina).  HBP–Maine (1,Encarnacion).  IBB–Maine (1,Pujols).  U–Gary Darling, Tim Welke, Jim Joyce, Jerry Layne, Fieldin Culbreth.  T–2:56.  A–56,334.
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