New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 17, 2010 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 2010 at Busch Stadium III. 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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New York Mets 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 7 1 0 1
Castillo 2b 7 0 2 0
Wright 3b 6 0 1 0
Bay lf 7 0 0 0
Francoeur rf 7 0 0 1
Tatis 1b 4 0 0 0
  Nieve p 0 0 0 0
  Blanco ph,c 3 0 0 0
Barajas c 5 0 1 0
  Maine pr 0 0 0 0
  Takahashi p 0 0 0 0
  Niese ph 1 0 0 0
  Mejia p 0 0 0 0
  Valdes p 2 0 1 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Pelfrey p 0 0 0 0
Pagan cf 6 1 3 0
Santana p 1 0 0 0
  Catalanotto ph 1 0 0 0
  Igarashi p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Cora 1b 0 0 0 0
  Matthews ph 1 0 0 0
  Jacobs 1b 3 0 1 0
Totals 61 2 9 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker 2b 8 0 2 0
Ludwick rf,cf 7 0 2 0
Pujols 1b 5 1 2 0
Holliday lf 5 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Motte p 1 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Hawksworth p 1 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Franklin p 0 0 0 0
  Lohse lf 1 0 0 0
Molina c 9 0 3 1
Freese 3b 1 0 0 0
  McClellan p 0 0 0 0
  Stavinoha ph 1 0 1 0
  Boggs p 0 0 0 0
  Craig lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Lopez ss,3b,p,3b 8 0 1 0
Rasmus cf 3 0 0 0
  Mather ph,cf,3b,p 6 0 2 0
Garcia p 2 0 0 0
  Ryan ss 6 0 2 0
Totals 69 1 15 1
New York 000 000 000 000 000 000 11292
St. Louis 000 000 000 000 000 000 101150
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Santana   7.0 4 0 0 1 9
  Igarashi   1.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Feliciano   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Nieve   2.1 1 0 0 2 3
  Takahashi   2.0 1 0 0 2 4
  Mejia   2.0 3 0 0 1 1
  Valdes   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez  W (1-0) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Pelfrey  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals 20.0 15 1 1 11 19
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   7.0 1 0 0 2 5
  McClellan   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Boggs   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Motte   1.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Reyes   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hawksworth   2.1 2 0 0 1 3
  Franklin   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lopez   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Mather  L (0-1) 2.0 2 2 2 3 0
Totals 20.0 9 2 2 8 16

  E–Barajas (1), Takahashi (1).  DP–New York 4. Reyes-Tatis, Blanco-Castillo, Castillo-Reyes-Blanco, Castillo-Reyes-Jacobs.  2B–St. Louis Schumaker (3,off Santana); Mather (1,off Takahashi); Pujols (3,off Rodriguez).  SH–Santana (1,off Garcia); Jacobs (1,off Hawksworth); Castillo (1,off Mather); Freese (1,off Santana); Ryan (2,off Takahashi).  SF–Francoeur (2,off Mather); Reyes (1,off Mather).  HBP–Bay (1,by Mather).  IBB–Wright (1,by Mather); Blanco (1,by Mather); Pujols 2 (3,by Nieve,by Takahashi).  Team LOB–13.  Team–22.  SB–Wright (4,2nd base off Garcia/Molina).  CS–Pagan (1,2nd base by Miller/Molina); Wright (1,2nd base by Franklin/Molina).  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Doug Eddings, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–6:53.  A–43,709.

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