St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
May 7, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1971 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."

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St. Louis Cardinals 1, New York Mets 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 1 2 0
Alou cf 3 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 2 0
Torre 3b 3 0 0 1
Cardenal rf 3 0 0 0
Burda 1b 4 0 1 0
  Javier pr 0 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hague ph 1 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
  Lee ph 1 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 5 1 2 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 0 0
Marshall rf 3 0 1 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 1 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 2 0
Grote c 4 1 1 1
Hahn cf 3 0 1 0
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 1
St. Louis 100 000 000162
New York 000 000 12x380
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (3-3) 8.0 8 3 2 3 7
Totals
8.0
8
3
2
3
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (5-1) 9.0 6 1 1 2 9
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
9

  E–Simmons (1), Sizemore (4).  2B–New York Aspromonte (5,off Gibson); Kranepool (2,off Gibson); Grote (8,off Gibson).  3B–New York Harrelson (3,off Gibson).  SF–Torre (1,off Seaver).  HBP–Alou (2,by Seaver).  SH–Seaver (2,off Gibson).  SB–Brock (13,2nd base off Seaver/Grote); Harrelson (12,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons).  WP–Gibson (5).  HBP–Seaver (1,Alou).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:08.  A–44,304.
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