New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 9, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1972 at Busch Stadium II. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 6 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 3 2 2 0
Marshall rf 3 3 2 1
Kranepool 1b 5 0 3 3
Milner lf 3 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 3 1 2 3
Dyer c 5 0 0 0
Barnes ss 3 2 2 0
McAndrew p 2 0 0 1
Totals 33 8 11 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Alou 1b 4 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Carbo rf 4 1 1 0
Torre 3b 4 1 1 0
Simmons c 4 1 2 2
Melendez lf 2 0 1 0
Cruz cf 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 1
Durham p 0 0 0 0
  Cumberland p 2 0 0 0
  Bare p 0 0 0 0
  Crosby ph 1 0 0 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
New York 210 002 2108110
St. Louis 020 001 000361
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
McAndrew  W (8-3) 9.0 6 3 3 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Durham  L (0-5) 1.2 1 3 3 5 2
  Cumberland   4.1 6 4 4 1 0
  Bare   1.0 2 0 0 2 0
  Grzenda   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Drabowsky   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
10
4

  E–Melendez (6).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Kranepool (6,off Grzenda), St. Louis Torre (23,off McAndrew); Simmons (23,off McAndrew); Carbo (5,off McAndrew); Alou (17,off McAndrew); Melendez (9,off McAndrew).  3B–New York Barnes (1,off Cumberland).  HR–New York Boswell (5,6th inning off Cumberland 0 on, 0 out).  SH–McAndrew 2 (6,off Durham,off Cumberland).  SF–Boswell (2,off Durham).  IBB–Barnes (1,by Bare).  IBB–Bare (1,Barnes).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:34.  A–21,726.
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