St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
April 11, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1969 at Shea Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 0 0
Flood cf 5 0 0 0
Pinson rf 5 1 2 1
Torre 1b 4 3 3 1
Shannon 3b 5 0 2 2
McCarver c 5 1 1 1
Javier 2b 3 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 1 1
Carlton p 4 0 1 0
  Waslewski p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 5 0 0 0
Gaspar rf 5 1 3 0
Boswell 2b 4 2 2 0
Jones 1b 5 2 3 3
Charles 3b 5 0 1 0
Swoboda lf 4 0 2 0
Grote c 3 0 1 1
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 0 0 0 0
  Dyer ph 1 0 0 0
  McAndrew p 0 0 0 0
Koosman p 2 0 0 0
  Otis ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Weis ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 4
St. Louis 102 000 1026111
New York 000 002 0125122
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (1-0) 7.0 9 3 2 1 6
  Waslewski   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner  SV (1) 1.2 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
1
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (0-1) 7.0 9 4 4 2 2
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  McAndrew   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
4

  E–Maxvill (1), Boswell 2 (5).  2B–St. Louis Pinson 2 (3,off Koosman,off McAndrew); Torre (1,off Koosman); Shannon (1,off McAndrew), New York Gaspar (1,off Carlton).  HR–St. Louis Torre (1,7th inning off Koosman 0 on, 1 out), New York Jones (1,9th inning off Hoerner 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Javier (1,by Koosman); Torre (1,by McAndrew).  SF–Grote (1,off Waslewski).  SB–Brock 2 (3,2nd base off Koosman/Grote 2); Jones (2,3rd base off Waslewski/McCarver).  CS–Shannon (1,2nd base by Koosman/Grote).  WP–Koosman (1).  IBB–Koosman (1,Javier); McAndrew (1,Torre).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:44.  A–12,591.
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