Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 16, 1981 - Box Score

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Mets 5, Cardinals 3 1981 Regular Season Game 5
April 16, 1981
Cardinals 5, Mets 1 Next Game:
April 18, 1981
Expos 5, Mets 3

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National League Standings, April 16, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Mookie
Wilson ss
Frank
Taveras cf
Lee
Mazzilli lf
Dave
Kingman 1b
Rusty
Staub 3b
Hubie
Brooks c
Alex
Trevino 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Mike
Scott

April 16, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Mets 1

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Garry Templeton ss 5 0 0 0 0 2

Ken Oberkfell 3b 4 1 0 0 1 0

Keith Hernandez 1b 5 2 3 2 0 0

George Hendrick rf 4 1 1 2 1 2

Darrell Porter c 3 1 1 1 2 1

Sixto Lezcano lf 5 0 1 0 0 0

Tony Scott cf 4 0 2 0 0 0

Tom Herr 2b 3 0 2 0 1 1

Andy Rincon p 2 0 0 0 0 2

- Bruce Sutter p 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .182

Frank Taveras ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .053

Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .071

Dave Kingman lf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .231

Rusty Staub 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .188

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250

Alex Trevino c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .235

Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .471

Mike Scott p 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000

- Mike Cubbage ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

- Pete Falcone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Mike Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jeff Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 5 10 1

New York Mets 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Andy Rincon (W) 6.1 6 1 0 1 2

Bruce Sutter (Save) 2.2 1 0 0 0 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mike Scott (L,0-1) 5.0 7 3 3 2 4 5.40

Pete Falcone 2.0 0 0 0 2 3 0.00

Jeff Reardon 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 15.43

Left on base: Cardinals 10, Mets 7
Errors: Frank Taveras (2), Tom Herr, George Hendrick.
2B: Dave Kingman 2 (2), Doug Flynn (4), Tony Scott.
3B: Sixto Lezcano.
HR: Keith Hernandez, George Hendrick, Darrell Porter.
HBP: Dave Kingman.
SH: Andy Rincon.
SB: Frank Taveras (1), Darrell Porter.
CS: Tony Scott.

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