New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 31, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1970 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 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 3 3 1
Garrett 3b 3 2 1 0
Jones lf 5 2 2 2
Shamsky rf 3 1 1 2
  McGraw p 1 1 1 1
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 5 1 2 2
Boswell 2b 4 0 1 1
Grote c 4 0 1 1
Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0
Koosman p 1 1 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Swoboda rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 12 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Javier 2b 2 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 1 0 0
  Taylor C. p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  DaVanon ph 1 0 0 0
  Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 1 0
Taylor C. rf 4 0 0 0
Torre 3b 4 1 2 3
Cardenal cf 4 1 2 0
Simmons c 3 1 1 2
Hague 1b 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss,2b 3 0 0 0
Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Torrez p 1 0 0 0
  Ramirez ph,ss 2 1 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
New York 310 020 21211120
St. Louis 000 005 000570
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (9-6) 6.0 5 5 5 2 3
  McGraw   2.2 2 0 0 3 1
  Taylor  SV (13) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
5
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  L (5-5) 0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Torrez   5.2 3 3 3 2 2
  Taylor   1.0 5 3 3 0 1
  Cleveland   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hilgendorf   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
11
11
4
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Simmons (9).  2B–New York Jones (18,off Briles); Agee (27,off Chuck Taylor); McGraw (1,off Hilgendorf), St. Louis Cardenal (27,off McGraw).  HR–New York Agee (22,2nd inning off Torrez 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Torre (18,6th inning off Koosman 2 on, 2 out); Simmons (2,6th inning off Koosman 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Garrett (3,off Torrez).  SB–Beauchamp (2,2nd base off Koosman/Grote).  WP–Hilgendorf (2).  BK–Hilgendorf (1).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:34.  A–17,284.
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