New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 20, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1972 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 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 5 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 0 0
Agee cf 4 0 2 0
Staub rf 4 1 1 0
Milner lf 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 1 1 0 0
  Fregosi ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 2 1
Dyer c 4 0 0 0
Sadecki p 2 0 1 1
  Koosman p 2 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 2 1 1 0
Harmon 2b 3 0 1 0
  Doyle 2b 0 0 0 0
Montanez cf 4 0 0 1
Luzinski lf 4 0 1 0
Money 3b 4 0 0 0
McCarver c 4 0 2 0
Freed rf 3 0 1 0
Hutton 1b 3 0 1 0
Champion p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Browne ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Koegel ph 1 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
New York 010 100 000271
Philadelphia 000 010 000170
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki   4.0 5 1 1 3 2
  Koosman  W (1-3) 4.0 2 0 0 2 7
  McGraw  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
5
10
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Champion  L (3-2) 4.0 6 2 2 2 3
  Reynolds   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hoerner   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Twitchell   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
7

  E–Dyer (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–New York Staub (4,off Champion); Agee (9,off Hoerner), Philadelphia Bowa (3,off Sadecki).  IBB–Jones (1,by Hoerner).  SH–Freed (1,off Koosman); Doyle (1,off McGraw).  SF–Montanez (3,off Koosman).  HBP–Harmon (1,by Koosman).  SB–Harmon (1,2nd base off Koosman/Dyer).  HBP–Koosman (1,Harmon).  IBB–Hoerner (3,Jones).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:44.  A–36,691.
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