New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 17, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 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 1, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hiller 2b 4 0 1 0
Lewis cf 4 0 0 0
Smith 3b 4 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 1 0
Swoboda lf 4 1 2 1
Gonder c 4 0 1 0
Hickman rf 3 0 1 0
  Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0
  Napoleon ph 1 0 0 0
McMillan ss 3 0 0 0
  Cowan ph 1 0 0 0
Miller p 1 0 0 0
  Cisco p 0 0 0 0
  Christopher ph 1 0 1 0
  Musgraves p 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 1 1 0
Gagliano 3b 1 1 1 0
Flood cf 4 1 2 2
White 1b 4 1 2 2
Shannon rf 4 0 2 0
Uecker c 4 0 0 0
Buchek 2b 4 0 2 0
Purkey p 2 0 0 0
  Dennis p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 10 4
New York 010 000 000181
St. Louis 004 000 00x4102
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Miller  L (1-1) 2.1 7 4 4 1 2
  Cisco   1.2 1 0 0 2 3
  Musgraves   2.0 1 0 0 3 2
  Bearnarth   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
6
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  W (7-6) 6.0 7 1 1 1 0
  Dennis  SV (4) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
3

  E–McMillan (20), Gagliano (10), Uecker (2).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 2.  PB–Gonder (5).  2B–St. Louis Gagliano (10,off Miller); Buchek (5,off Miller); Flood (17,off Miller); Shannon (11,off Bearnarth).  HR–New York Swoboda (16,2nd inning off Purkey 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis White (12,3rd inning off Miller 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Purkey (6,off Cisco).  Team–10.  SB–Brock (37,2nd base off Musgraves/Gonder).  CS–Shannon (1,2nd base by Miller/Gonder); White (1,3rd base by Musgraves/Gonder); Brock (17,3rd base by Musgraves/Gonder).  WP–Musgraves (1).  BK–Cisco (2).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:44.  A–12,291.
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