St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
August 17, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1986 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 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 4 0 1 0
  Burris p 0 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Knicely 1b 4 1 1 0
Landrum lf 2 0 0 0
  Ford ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Lake c 2 1 1 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  LaValliere c 0 0 0 0
Morris rf 3 0 1 2
Oquendo ss 3 0 0 0
Cox p 1 0 0 0
  Lawless ph 1 0 1 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Van Slyke ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 1 1 3
Backman 2b 5 1 3 1
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 3 1 0 0
Heep lf 3 1 2 3
  Wilson ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 2 0 0 0
  Knight ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Gibbons c 3 2 1 0
Santana ss 3 1 1 0
Niemann p 2 1 1 0
  Teufel ph 1 1 1 1
  McDowell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 11 8
St. Louis 000 020 000261
New York 001 221 03x9111
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  L (7-10) 5.0 6 5 3 3 6
  Horton   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Burris   1.0 3 3 3 1 1
Totals 8.0 11 9 7 5 7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Niemann  W (2-3) 6.0 5 2 1 0 2
  McDowell  SV (12) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 6 2 1 0 3

  E–Coleman (8), Johnson (19).  DP–St. Louis 2, New York 2.  2B–New York Backman (14,off Cox); Heep (5,off Cox); Gibbons (1,off Burris).  HR–New York Heep (5,4th inning off Cox 1 on, 0 out); Teufel (3,6th inning off Horton 0 on, 1 out); Dykstra (7,8th inning off Burris 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Johnson (7,by Cox).  WP–McDowell (2).  IBB–Cox (5,Johnson).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:20.  A–44,843.

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