New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 7, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1968 at Busch Stadium II. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 5 2 3 0
Shamsky lf 4 1 2 2
  Jones lf 1 1 1 0
Swoboda rf 5 0 1 1
Kranepool 1b 5 0 3 0
Grote c 5 0 1 1
Buchek 3b 5 0 2 0
Agee cf 3 0 1 0
Ryan p 4 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 15 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 0 0 0
Flood cf 3 0 1 0
Tolan rf 4 0 1 1
Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 3 0 1 0
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
Schofield ss 1 1 0 0
  Ricketts ph 1 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Briles p 2 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
  Maxvill ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
New York 000 000 202–4150
St. Louis 001 000 000–130
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (3-2) 9.0 3 1 1 3 8
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  L (4-2) 8.0 11 2 2 2 8
  Willis   0.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Hoerner   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
4
4
2
11
  E–None.  DP–New York 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Boswell (1,off Briles).  HR–New York Shamsky (1,7th inning off Briles 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–12.  SB–Shamsky (1,2nd base off Briles/McCarver).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:27.  A–9,687.
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