Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 24, 1981 - Box Score

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May 23, 1981
Cardinals 8, Mets 2 1981 Regular Season Game 37
May 24, 1981
Mets 3, Cardinals 1 Next Game:
May 25, 1981
Mets 13, Phillies 3

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National League Standings, May 24, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson ss
Frank
Taveras rf
Joel
Youngblood 1b
Dave
Kingman lf
Lee
Mazzilli c
John
Stearns 3b
Hubie
Brooks 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Mike
Scott

May 24, 1981, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

New York Mets 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .203

Frank Taveras ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .217

Joel Youngblood rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .345

Dave Kingman 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200

- Mike Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261

Lee Mazzilli lf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .197

John Stearns c 3 1 1 1 1 0 .286

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .333

Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .302

Mike Scott p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .071

- Neil Allen p 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Tom Herr 2b 3 0 1 0 2 0

Tony Scott cf 5 0 0 0 0 0

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0

George Hendrick rf 4 0 1 0 0 0

Dane Iorg lf 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Oberkfell 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0

Gene Tenace c 3 0 0 0 1 3

Mike Ramsey ss 4 0 2 0 0 1

Bob Shirley p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Garry Templeton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bruce Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Braun ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Tito Landrum pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 1

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mike Scott 8.2 5 1 1 4 4 4.53

Neil Allen (W,3-1) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 1.96

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Bob Shirley 8.0 4 1 1 2 4

Bruce Sutter (L) 2.0 4 2 2 0 1

Left on base: Mets 4, Cardinals 7
Errors: Hubie Brooks (10), Mike Ramsey.
2B: John Stearns (3), Hubie Brooks (6), Ken Oberkfell.
3B: Lee Mazzilli (2), Neil Allen (1).
HR: Lee Mazzilli (3), Keith Hernandez.
SB: John Stearns (3), Tom Herr, Ken Oberkfell.
CS: Hubie Brooks (4).

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