St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
September 8, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 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 9, New York Mets 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 6 2 3 1
Cruz cf 3 0 1 0
  Melendez ph,cf 2 1 0 0
Carbo rf 5 0 0 1
Torre 1b 5 1 3 2
Simmons c 6 1 1 3
Reitz 3b 6 0 3 0
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Sizemore ph,2b 4 1 1 0
Kelleher ss 1 0 0 0
  Crosby ph,ss 2 1 1 0
  Anderson ss 1 1 1 2
Bibby p 2 0 0 0
  Voss ph 1 1 1 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Jutze ph 1 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Stein ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 1 0 0 0
Totals 49 9 15 9
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 7 0 2 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 0 0
Milner lf 4 2 1 1
Kranepool 1b 5 1 1 1
Jones rf 6 0 0 0
Marshall cf 4 0 1 0
Garrett 3b 5 1 0 1
Dyer c 4 0 2 1
Webb p 3 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Agee ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
  Rauch p 0 0 0 0
  Fregosi ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 4 7 4
St. Louis 000 100 030 000 59150
New York 100 000 300 000 0472
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby   7.0 4 4 4 2 5
  Grzenda   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Segui   3.0 1 0 0 5 4
  Hrabosky  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 2 4
Totals
13.0
7
4
4
9
13
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Webb   7.0 7 4 4 2 6
  McGraw   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Sadecki   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Frisella  L (4-8) 1.1 3 4 3 2 1
  Rauch   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
13.0
15
9
8
4
10

  E–Harrelson (13), Marshall (2).  DP–New York 3.  PB–Dyer (2).  2B–St. Louis Voss (2,off Webb); Crosby (8,off McGraw), New York Kranepool (10,off Bibby); Dyer (16,off Hrabosky).  3B–New York Dyer (1,off Bibby).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (14,13th inning off Frisella 2 on, 1 out); Anderson (1,13th inning off Rauch 1 on, 2 out), New York Milner (15,1st inning off Bibby 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Carbo (2,off Webb).  IBB–Torre (13,by Frisella); Marshall (1,by Bibby); Dyer 2 (9,by Segui 2).  SH–Boswell (7,off Grzenda); Garrett (5,off Segui).  SB–Brock 2 (56,2nd base off Webb/Dyer,2nd base off McGraw/Dyer); Milner (2,2nd base off Bibby/Simmons); Marshall (3,2nd base off Segui/Simmons).  CS–Reitz (1,Home by Rauch/Dyer).  WP–Hrabosky (1), Rauch (4).  IBB–Bibby (2,Marshall); Segui 2 (8,Dyer 2); Frisella (5,Torre).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–3:48.  A–28,422.
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