Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
May 18, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 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 1, New York Mets 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 2 0 1 0
  Torres 2b 2 0 1 1
Jorgensen 1b 3 0 1 0
Fairey rf 4 0 1 0
Singleton lf 4 0 0 0
Day cf 3 0 0 0
  Mashore ph 1 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 4 0 1 0
Boccabella c 4 0 1 0
Foli ss 3 1 1 0
Torrez p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mays cf 3 1 0 0
Martinez ss 4 1 1 1
Milner lf 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 2 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 2 0
Garrett 3b 2 0 0 0
Dyer c 3 0 0 0
McAndrew p 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 5 1
Montreal 000 010 000171
New York 200 000 00x250
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  L (3-1) 8.0 5 2 2 5 7
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
5
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
McAndrew  W (2-1) 6.0 4 1 1 2 4
  McGraw  SV (6) 3.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
6

  E–Boccabella (3).  DP–Montreal 2, New York 1.  2B–Montreal Hunt (6,off McAndrew); Foli (3,off McAndrew).  3B–New York Martinez (3,off Torrez).  SH–McAndrew (1,off Torrez).  CS–Jorgensen (4,2nd base by McGraw/Dyer).  SB–Kranepool (1,2nd base off Torrez/Boccabella).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–1:58.  A–19,194.
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