New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 4, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1971 at Veteran's Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 6 0 2 3
Garrett 3b 5 1 1 0
Jones lf 5 1 1 2
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 5 0 1 0
Marshall rf 1 1 0 0
  Singleton ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Dyer c 5 1 1 0
Hahn cf 4 1 2 0
Koosman p 3 1 2 0
  McGraw p 1 0 1 0
Totals 41 6 12 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 5 0 2 0
Money 2b 5 0 0 0
Anderson cf 5 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 1 2
  Vukovich 3b 1 0 0 0
Luzinski 1b 3 3 2 0
Freed rf 3 0 2 1
  Gamble pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Koegel c 5 0 1 1
Hisle lf 4 0 2 1
Twitchell p 1 0 0 0
  Pfeil ph 1 0 0 0
  Brandon p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Lis ph 1 0 0 0
  Selma p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 11 5
New York 003 002 000 16120
Philadelphia 200 101 010 05111
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman   5.0 8 4 4 1 4
  McGraw  W (11-4) 5.0 3 1 1 1 7
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
2
11
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell   4.0 5 3 0 2 1
  Brandon   1.1 3 2 2 2 2
  Wilson   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Hoerner   2.0 2 0 0 2 0
  Selma  L (0-2) 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
12
6
3
6
5

  E–Freed (2).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  PB–Dyer (2); Koegel 2 (2).  2B–New York Harrelson (14,off Brandon); McGraw (2,off Hoerner), Philadelphia Hisle 2 (3,off Koosman,off McGraw); Luzinski (2,off Koosman); Freed (10,off Koosman); Bowa (17,off McGraw).  HR–New York Jones (14,3rd inning off Twitchell 1 on, 2 out), Philadelphia Johnson (30,1st inning off Koosman 1 on, 2 out).  SH–McGraw (2,off Selma); Gamble (2,off McGraw).  WP–McGraw (4), Hoerner (2).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–3:14.
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