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New York Mets vs Houston Astros
June 21, 1972 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1972 at Astrodome. The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981) |
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| Game played on Wednesday, June 21, 1972 at Astrodome |
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| New York |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 1 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Houston |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 4 | 6 | 1 |
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| New York Mets |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Koosman W (4-3) |
7.0 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
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McGraw SV (12) |
2.0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
13 |
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| Houston Astros |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Griffin L (2-2) |
7.1 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
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Gladding |
1.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
E–Harrelson (6), Helms (8). 2B–New York Dyer (7,off Griffin); Agee (14,off Griffin), Houston Howard (3,off Koosman); Griffin (1,off Koosman); Watson (12,off Koosman). 3B–New York Fregosi (4,off Griffin). HR–New York Marshall (1,6th inning off Griffin 0 on, 1 out), Houston Rader (10,9th inning off McGraw 0 on, 0 out). SH–Koosman 2 (4,off Griffin 2). CS–Marshall (1,Home by Gladding/Howard); Fregosi (1,2nd base by Gladding/Howard). SB–Wynn 2 (8,2nd base off Koosman/Dyer,3rd base off Koosman/Dyer); Watson (1,2nd base off Koosman/Dyer). WP–Koosman (1). U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Dick Stello. T–2:26. A–25,473. |
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| Game played on Wednesday, June 21, 1972 at Astrodome |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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