Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
May 16, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1972 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 3, New York Mets 7

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 5 0 2 1
Day cf 5 1 3 0
Jorgensen 1b 5 0 0 0
Fairly rf 4 1 2 0
Singleton lf 3 0 1 0
Bailey 3b 3 0 0 1
Foli ss 3 0 0 1
Boccabella c 4 0 1 0
Morton p 1 1 1 0
  Gilbert p 0 0 0 0
  Fairey ph 1 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 0 0 0 0
  Mashore ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 5 0 1 2
Boswell 2b 3 1 2 0
Agee cf 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 5 2 2 1
Milner lf 4 2 2 1
Fregosi 3b 4 1 2 2
Kranepool 1b 2 1 0 0
Grote c 3 0 1 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Taylor p 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 6
Montreal 001 002 0003100
New York 041 000 20x7110
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Morton  L (1-3) 2.0 6 5 5 2 1
  Gilbert   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Walker   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Renko   2.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Lemaster   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
6
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (6-1) 5.1 7 3 3 3 4
  Taylor  SV (2) 3.2 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
5

  E–None.  2B–Montreal Morton (1,off Seaver); Boccabella (3,off Seaver); Day (2,off Taylor), New York Milner (1,off Renko).  HR–New York Staub (4,3rd inning off Morton 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Kranepool (5,by Morton).  CS–Day (1,Home by Seaver/Grote); Boswell (1,2nd base by Morton/Boccabella).  SB–Harrelson (4,2nd base off Gilbert/Boccabella).  BK–Morton (1).  IBB–Morton (1,Kranepool).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:35.  A–18,736.
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