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National League Standings, April 16, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup
rf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
lf
Kingman Dave
Kingman
1b
Staub Rusty
Staub
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
c
Trevino Alex
Trevino
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Scott Mike
Scott
April 16, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Mets 1

Cardinals ab r hbibbso
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 hbibbso 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 rer bbso
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 rer bbso
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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