New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 20, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1969 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 11, St. Louis Cardinals 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 1 1 0
Boswell 2b 5 1 1 0
Otis cf 5 0 1 0
Jones lf 4 4 3 0
Kranepool 1b 4 2 2 2
Swoboda rf 4 1 2 3
Grote c 4 1 3 4
Collins 3b 5 1 1 2
McAndrew p 1 0 0 0
  Ryan p 3 0 0 0
  Koonce p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 14 11
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 2 0
Flood cf 3 0 0 0
Pinson rf 4 0 1 0
Torre 1b 4 1 1 2
McCarver c 3 1 2 0
Shannon 3b 3 0 1 1
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
  Ricketts ph 0 0 0 0
Briles p 2 0 0 0
  Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Hague ph 1 0 0 0
  Waslewski p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
New York 010 050 20311140
St. Louis 300 000 000370
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
McAndrew   3.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Ryan  W (1-0) 4.2 1 0 0 4 4
  Koonce  SV (3) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
6
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  L (0-2) 4.2 6 6 6 2 1
  Torrez   2.0 5 2 2 1 3
  Nelson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Waslewski   1.1 3 3 3 2 1
  Willis   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
5
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Jones (3,off Briles); Grote 2 (3,off Briles,off Waslewski); Otis (1,off Briles); Swoboda (2,off Torrez); Kranepool (3,off Torrez), St. Louis McCarver (2,off McAndrew); Shannon (2,off McAndrew).  HR–New York Collins (1,5th inning off Briles 1 on, 0 out), St. Louis Torre (3,1st inning off McAndrew 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Brock (4,2nd base off McAndrew/Grote).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:42.  A–19,065.
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