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Previous Game: August 11, 1997 Astros 8, Mets 3 1997 Regular Season Game 118 August 12, 1997 Cardinals 5, Mets 2 Next Game: August 13, 1997 Mets 5, Cardinals 4

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Mets Starting Lineup cf Brian McRae lf Bernard Gilkey 1b John Olerud c Todd Hundley 3b Edgardo Alfonzo 2b Carlos Baerga rf Butch Huskey ss Rey Ordonez p Dave Mlicki August 12, 1997, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Mets 2 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Brian McRae cf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .312 Bernard Gilkey lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .210 John Olerud 1b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .297 Todd Hundley c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .279 Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .316 Carlos Baerga 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Butch Huskey rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Rey Ordonez ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .239 - Luis Lopez ph-ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Dave Mlicki p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .231 - Alex Ochoa ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .228 - Turk Wendell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Matt Franco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Cardinals ab r h bi bb so Delino DeShields 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 Brian Jordan rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 Ray Lankford cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 Mark McGwire 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0 Ron Gant lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 Gary Gaetti 3b 3 1 2 0 0 0 - Tony Fossas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Curtis King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Dennis Eckersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Pagnozzi c 3 1 1 2 0 0 Royce Clayton ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 Andy Benes p 2 0 0 0 0 0 - David Bell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 0 St. Louis Cardinals 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 x 5 8 0 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Dave Mlicki (L,5-9) 6.0 8 5 5 1 2 4.50 Turk Wendell 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so Andy Benes (W) 6.1 9 2 2 3 3 Tony Fossas 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 Curtis King 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 Dennis Eckersley (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2B: Mark McGwire. 3B: Delino DeShields. HR: Todd Hundley (26), Tom Pagnozzi, Mark McGwire. SB: Brian Jordan.

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