New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 1, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1989 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 11, St. Louis Cardinals 0

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Miller 2b 5 0 1 0
Samuel cf 5 2 3 0
Johnson 3b 4 3 3 1
Strawberry rf 4 2 0 0
McReynolds lf 5 4 4 6
  Carreon lf 0 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 5 0 1 3
Lyons c 5 0 2 1
Elster ss 4 0 1 0
Fernandez p 3 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 15 11
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 3 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 4 0 1 0
Guerrero 1b 3 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 3 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 3 0 1 0
Thompson cf 3 0 1 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
Terry p 2 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Pagnozzi ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
New York 010 003 03411150
St. Louis 000 000 000041
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (9-3) 9.0 4 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Terry  L (7-10) 5.1 7 4 4 1 2
  DiPino   1.2 2 2 1 0 1
  Quisenberry   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Horton   1.0 3 4 4 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
10
2
3

  E–Thompson (4).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York McReynolds (20,off Terry); Lyons (7,off Terry); Samuel (8,off Terry); Magadan (15,off Quisenberry), St. Louis Oquendo (17,off Fernandez).  3B–New York McReynolds (1,off Horton).  HR–New York McReynolds (10,6th inning off Terry 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Fernandez (5,off Terry).  SB–Johnson 2 (28,2nd base off Terry/Pena,2nd base off DiPino/Pena).  CS–Samuel (8,2nd base by Terry/Pena).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:44.  A–40,444.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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