New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 20, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 2011 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 6, St. Louis Cardinals 11

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 4 2 1 0
Pagan cf 4 1 3 1
Wright 3b 4 0 0 1
Duda rf 3 0 1 1
Harris lf 4 2 1 1
  Pascucci ph 1 0 0 0
  Thayer p 0 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 1 1 0
Thole c 5 0 2 1
Tejada 2b 3 0 0 0
Pelfrey p 3 0 1 1
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Stinson p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Baxter lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 5 1 1 1
Craig lf 5 2 2 0
  Patterson lf 0 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 5 2 4 1
Berkman rf 5 1 2 2
  Salas p 0 0 0 0
Freese 3b 3 1 1 1
  Rzepczynski p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Jay cf 3 0 0 0
  McClellan p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Descalso ph 0 0 0 0
  Theriot ph,2b 1 1 1 2
Molina c 3 1 2 0
Schumaker 2b,cf 3 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 0 0 0 0
  Chambers ph,cf 1 1 1 3
Jackson p 2 1 1 0
  Punto 2b,3b 2 0 1 1
Totals 39 11 16 11
New York 103 010 1006100
St. Louis 003 020 60x11161
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Pelfrey   6.0 10 5 5 0 2
  Stinson  L(0-2) 0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Byrdak   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Carrasco   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Thayer   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
11
11
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   5.0 9 5 5 4 4
  McClellan   1.2 1 1 1 4 0
  Dotel  W(2-2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Rzepczynski   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Salas   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
9
6

  E–Jackson (1).  DP–New York 1. Reyes-Tejada-Evans.  2B–New York Duda (21,off Jackson); Pelfrey (2,off Jackson), St. Louis Furcal (15,off Pelfrey); Freese (13,off Pelfrey); Molina (30,off Pelfrey); Theriot (25,off Byrdak).  3B–St. Louis Chambers (1,off Carrasco).  SH–Tejada (3,off McClellan).  IBB–Tejada (3,by Jackson); Molina (4,by Byrdak).  Team LOB–13.  Team–6.  SB–Pujols (8,2nd base off Pelfrey/Thole); Berkman (2,2nd base off Stinson/Thole).  U-HP–Andy Fletcher, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Jim Reynolds, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–3:23.  A–37,746.
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