St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
June 24, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1972 at Shea Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 11, New York Mets 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 3 1
Crosby 2b 4 1 2 1
Alou 1b 5 2 2 1
  Clendenon 1b 0 0 0 0
Torre 3b 4 1 1 1
Simmons c 5 2 3 1
Cruz cf 4 1 0 0
Carbo rf 2 0 0 0
  Melendez ph,rf 3 1 2 5
Maxvill ss 4 2 2 1
Cleveland p 3 0 2 0
Totals 39 11 17 11
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 3 0 1 0
Martinez 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Marshall rf 4 0 1 0
Milner lf 4 0 2 0
Dyer c 4 0 0 0
Fregosi 3b 3 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 0
  Capra p 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
Seaver p 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell 2b 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
St. Louis 300 152 00011170
New York 000 000 000061
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland  W (7-4) 9.0 6 0 0 3 8
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (9-4) 4.0 10 7 7 3 2
  Sadecki   1.2 5 4 2 0 1
  Taylor   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Capra   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
11
9
3
4

  E–Sadecki (1).  DP–New York 2.  2B–St. Louis Alou (7,off Seaver); Brock (6,off Seaver); Simmons (15,off Seaver); Maxvill (4,off Sadecki).  HR–St. Louis Melendez (3,5th inning off Sadecki 3 on, 0 out).  SH–Cleveland 2 (5,off Seaver,off Sadecki).  SF–Torre (3,off Seaver); Brock (2,off Sadecki).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:27.  A–45,334.
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