New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 28, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1972 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, St. Louis Cardinals 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Martinez ss 3 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 2 0
Agee cf 4 1 1 0
Staub rf 4 1 2 0
Milner lf 4 1 1 3
Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 0
Dyer c 4 0 0 0
Gentry p 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 1 0 0 0
  Koosman p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 5 0 1 0
Alou 1b 5 2 2 0
  Fiore 1b 0 0 0 0
Torre 3b 5 2 3 0
Simmons c 5 2 3 2
Carbo rf 3 2 1 1
Melendez cf 4 0 2 2
Crosby ss 2 0 0 0
  Maxvill ss 1 0 1 1
Cleveland p 3 0 3 2
Totals 38 8 16 8
New York 000 000 003380
St. Louis 020 110 40x8161
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  L (3-2) 3.1 6 3 3 3 2
  Taylor   3.0 10 5 5 0 2
  Koosman   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Frisella   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
8
8
3
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland  W (4-3) 9.0 8 3 3 1 6
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
6

  E–Cleveland (1).  DP–New York 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Kranepool (4,off Cleveland), St. Louis Maxvill (2,off Taylor).  HR–New York Milner (2,9th inning off Cleveland 2 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:18.  A–14,690.
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