St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
June 21, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 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 5, New York Mets 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 2 0
Flood cf 5 0 2 1
Pinson rf 4 0 0 0
Torre 1b 3 1 1 0
Javier 2b 5 1 2 2
McCarver c 5 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 3 1 2 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 0
Briles p 4 1 2 2
Totals 38 5 11 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 3 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 2 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 3 0 0 1
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Shamsky rf 4 1 2 1
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
Grote c 3 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 1 1 0
DiLauro p 1 0 0 0
  Gaspar ph 0 1 0 0
  McAndrew p 0 0 0 0
  Martin c 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 4 2
St. Louis 000 020 2105110
New York 000 001 110340
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  W (6-5) 9.0 4 3 3 3 7
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
3
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
DiLauro  L (0-2) 6.0 8 2 2 2 1
  McAndrew   1.1 2 3 2 2 1
  Taylor   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
4
2

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Grote (4).  2B–St. Louis Flood (12,off DiLauro); Brock (18,off DiLauro), New York Agee (10,off Briles).  3B–St. Louis Torre (4,off Taylor).  HR–St. Louis Briles (1,5th inning off DiLauro 0 on, 1 out); Javier (4,7th inning off McAndrew 1 on, 2 out), New York Shamsky (4,7th inning off Briles 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Torre (8,by DiLauro).  SH–Boswell (2,off Briles).  SF–Garrett (2,off Briles).  SB–Brock (28,2nd base off DiLauro/Grote).  WP–Briles (4), DiLauro (2).  IBB–DiLauro (2,Torre).  U-HP–Frank Dezelan, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:16.  A–29,628.
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