New York Mets 2 – 8 St. Louis Cardinals
23 May 1981 · STL09
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Tony Scott | 1 in 107 games |
| 24 | final score 8–2 | 1 in 85 games | |
| 14 | 3 walks | Tom Herr | 1 in 192 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Mets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 8 | 12 | 1 |
Box score
New York Mets batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mookie Wilson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wally Backman | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Joel Youngblood | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Kingman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lee Mazzilli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Stearns | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hubie Brooks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Doug Flynn | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Falcone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Taveras | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Alex Trevino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
New York Mets pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Falcone | 1.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Tom Hausman | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Lynch | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dyar Miller | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Herr | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tony Scott | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Hernandez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| George Hendrick | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Sixto Lezcano | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ken Oberkfell | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gene Tenace | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Mike Ramsey | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Bob Forsch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Kaat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Totals | 31 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Forsch | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Kaat | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |