New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 7, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 4 1 2 1
Marshall rf 6 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Milner 1b 5 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 6 1 2 0
Dyer c 6 0 3 1
Martinez ss 6 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 0 1 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
Totals 45 2 9 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 1 0
Sizemore 2b 5 1 3 1
Carbo rf 4 0 0 0
  Melendez ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Torre 3b 5 1 2 1
Simmons c 5 0 1 0
Alou 1b 5 0 1 0
Cruz cf 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 1
Gibson p 4 0 0 0
  Segui p 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 3 8 3
New York 100 000 001 000 0291
St. Louis 100 100 000 000 1380
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   8.0 7 2 2 3 9
  McGraw  L (4-5) 4.0 1 1 1 1 6
Totals
12.0
8
3
3
4
15
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   10.0 7 2 2 5 8
  Segui  W (3-1) 3.0 2 0 0 2 5
Totals
13.0
9
2
2
7
13

  E–Jones (5).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Seaver (3,off Gibson); Boswell (3,off Gibson); Dyer 2 (11,off Gibson,off Segui), St. Louis Brock (14,off Seaver).  HR–New York Garrett (2,1st inning off Gibson 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis Sizemore (2,13th inning off McGraw 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Seaver (4,off Gibson).  SB–Boswell (1,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons); Brock (44,2nd base off Seaver/Dyer).  CS–Alou (4,2nd base by Seaver/Dyer).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:58.  A–25,509.
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