New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 23, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1965 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 7, St. Louis Cardinals 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Klaus 2b 5 1 1 0
Lewis cf,rf,cf 5 2 2 0
Smith 3b 5 0 1 3
Swoboda rf 5 1 1 0
  Napoleon lf 1 0 0 0
Taylor c 5 2 2 4
Hickman 1b,rf 5 0 1 0
McMillan ss 5 0 0 0
Cowan lf,cf 4 0 1 0
  Kranepool ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Kroll p 4 1 1 0
  Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0
  Bethke p 0 0 0 0
  Gonder ph 1 0 0 0
  Parsons p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 7 10 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 6 2 2 0
Brock lf 6 0 2 0
White 1b 5 1 2 1
Boyer 3b 5 1 1 1
Groat ss 5 2 1 1
McCarver c 6 1 3 2
Gagliano rf 5 1 1 0
Javier 2b 2 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 1 0
  Maxvill pr,2b 3 0 1 3
Sadecki p 2 0 1 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 1 0
  Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Warwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Shannon ph 1 0 0 0
  Purkey p 1 0 0 0
Totals 50 8 16 8
New York 000 050 200 0007102
St. Louis 000 000 025 0018161
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Kroll   7.1 8 2 2 4 5
  Bearnarth   1.1 5 5 1 1 0
  Bethke   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Parsons  L (0-2) 1.1 2 1 1 2 3
Totals
11.1
16
8
4
7
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki   4.2 7 5 5 2 0
  Taylor   2.1 2 2 2 0 2
  Briles   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Schultz   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Purkey  W (3-3) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
10
7
7
2
6

  E–McMillan 2 (10), Boyer (5).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Kroll (1,off Sadecki); Smith (3,off Sadecki), St. Louis McCarver (2,off Kroll); White (6,off Parsons).  3B–St. Louis Maxvill (1,off Bearnarth).  HR–New York Taylor 2 (4,5th inning off Sadecki 1 on, 2 out,7th inning off Taylor 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis McCarver (5,8th inning off Kroll 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Smith (2,off Taylor).  Team LOB–6.  Team–15.  SB–Swoboda (1,2nd base off Sadecki/McCarver); Brock (18,2nd base off Kroll/Taylor); McCarver (1,2nd base off Kroll/Taylor).  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–3:55.  A–15,402.
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