New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
June 14, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1972 at Atlanta Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 8, Atlanta Braves 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mays cf 5 1 2 1
Boswell 2b 3 1 0 0
Milner lf 5 0 2 0
  Kranepool 1b 0 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 3 2 1
Jones 1b,lf 5 1 3 2
Garrett 3b 5 0 1 1
Dyer c 3 1 2 3
Martinez ss 4 1 0 0
Matlack p 3 0 1 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Millan 2b 5 0 0 0
Garr rf 4 1 1 0
Aaron 1b 4 1 1 1
Carty lf 4 0 2 0
  Jackson pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Williams c 4 0 2 1
Baker cf,lf 4 1 1 1
Evans 3b 4 0 1 0
Perez ss 4 0 1 0
Nash p 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 1 0 0 0
  Cepeda ph 1 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
  McQueen p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 9 3
New York 101 100 1048131
Atlanta 000 110 010390
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (7-2) 7.2 8 3 3 0 2
  McGraw  SV (10) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Nash  L (1-1) 3.1 6 3 3 4 1
  Stone   3.2 4 1 1 1 5
  Upshaw   1.1 2 3 3 1 1
  McQueen   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
6
8

  E–Kranepool (2).  2B–New York Jones (7,off Nash); Mays (5,off Nash); Staub (9,off Stone).  HR–New York Dyer (5,9th inning off McQueen 2 on, 2 out), Atlanta Aaron (12,4th inning off Matlack 0 on, 1 out); Baker (3,5th inning off Matlack 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Staub (4,off Nash).  IBB–Dyer (2,by Stone).  CS–Dyer (1,2nd base by Nash/Williams).  WP–Nash 2 (6).  IBB–Stone (5,Dyer).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:49.  A–13,043.
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