St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
June 23, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 2009 at Citi Field. 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 3, New York Mets 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker 2b,lf 3 1 2 0
Duncan lf 3 0 0 0
  Thurston pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 3 0 1 2
Ludwick rf 4 0 0 0
Ankiel cf 4 0 0 0
Molina c 4 0 1 0
Greene 3b 4 0 0 0
Pineiro p 4 1 2 0
Ryan ss 4 1 2 0
Totals 33 3 8 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cora ss 4 0 0 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0
Wright 3b 2 0 0 0
Tatis lf 3 0 0 0
Church rf 3 0 0 0
Santos c 3 0 0 0
Martinez cf 3 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 2 0 1 0
Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
  Reed ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 26 0 2 0
St. Louis 001 000 200380
New York 000 000 000021
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Pineiro  W(6-8) 9.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
1
1
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L(5-2) 7.0 8 3 2 3 3
  Dessens   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
3
4

  E–Murphy (6).  DP–St. Louis 1. Ryan-Thurston-Pujols, New York 1. Cora-Castillo-Murphy.  2B–St. Louis Pineiro (1,off L. Hernandez); Schumaker (14,off L. Hernandez).  IBB–Pujols (23,by L. Hernandez).  Team LOB–6.  SH–L. Hernandez (7,off Pineiro).  HBP–Wright (2,by Pineiro).  Team–2.  SB–Schumaker (2,2nd base off L. Hernandez/Santos).  CS–Pujols (3,2nd base by L. Hernandez/Santos); Castillo (3,2nd base by Pineiro/Molina).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:13.  A–38,903.
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