New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 3, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 2012 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Tejada ss 4 1 1 0
Murphy 2b 4 1 2 2
Wright 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 1 0
Duda lf 3 0 0 0
  Bay ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Baxter rf 2 1 1 0
  Hairston ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Shoppach c 4 1 1 2
Torres cf 4 0 1 0
McHugh p 1 0 0 0
  Lutz ph 1 0 0 0
  Acosta p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Carson p 0 0 0 0
  Parnell p 0 0 0 0
  Edgin p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Jay cf 2 2 1 0
Carpenter 1b 3 0 0 2
Holliday lf 4 1 2 0
Craig rf 4 0 2 1
  Motte p 0 0 0 0
Molina c 4 0 1 1
Freese 3b 3 0 0 0
Schumaker 2b 3 1 2 1
Descalso ss 4 0 0 0
Kelly p 3 1 1 0
  Mujica p 0 0 0 0
  Boggs p 0 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
New York 000 000 220482
St. Louis 102 100 10x590
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
McHugh  L(0-1) 4.0 6 4 4 0 2
  Acosta   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Carson   0.1 0 1 1 0 1
  Parnell   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Edgin   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kelly  W(5-6) 6.2 5 2 2 2 4
  Mujica   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Boggs   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Freeman   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Motte  SV(33) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
2

  E–Murphy (14), Davis (8).  DP–New York 1. Murphy-Tejada-Davis.  2B–New York Davis (22,off Kelly), St. Louis Kelly (1,off McHugh).  3B–New York Torres (6,off Kelly), St. Louis Jay (4,off McHugh).  HR–New York Shoppach (3,7th inning off Kelly 1 on 2 out); Murphy (5,8th inning off Boggs 1 on 0 out), St. Louis Schumaker (1,4th inning off McHugh 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Jay (8,off McHugh); Schumaker (3,off Edgin).  SF–M. Carpenter (6,off McHugh).  HBP–Jay (12,by Carson).  Team–7.  SB–Baxter (5,2nd base off Kelly/Molina).  U-HP–Toby Basner, 1B–David Rackley, 2B–Dan Iassogna, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:09.  A–40,952.
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