St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
September 12, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1970 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 0, New York Mets 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 0 2 0
Hague 1b 4 0 0 0
Torre 3b,c 2 0 1 0
Cardenal cf 3 0 1 0
Taylor rf 3 0 0 0
Simmons c 3 0 1 0
  Melendez pr 0 0 0 0
  Crosby ss 0 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  DaVanon 3b 0 0 0 0
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
  Lee ph 1 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 5 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 1 1 0
Boswell 2b 3 0 0 0
Jones lf 3 2 1 0
Clendenon 1b 2 0 0 1
Singleton rf 2 0 0 1
  Swoboda rf 0 0 0 0
Foli 3b 4 0 2 1
Dyer c 4 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
McAndrew p 3 0 1 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
St. Louis 000 000 000052
New York 000 100 02x350
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  L (5-8) 7.0 3 1 1 3 6
  Cleveland   1.0 2 2 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
1
4
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
McAndrew  W (10-11) 9.0 5 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
4

  E–Cardenal (8), Crosby (2).  DP–New York 2.  2B–St. Louis Cardenal (30,off McAndrew).  3B–New York Jones (8,off Reuss).  SH–Boswell (3,off Cleveland).  SF–Clendenon (7,off Reuss); Singleton (1,off Cleveland).  IBB–Jones (1,by Cleveland).  IBB–Cleveland (6,Jones).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–1:50.  A–35,402.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook