St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
September 10, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1972 at Shea Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Mets 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 3 0
Sizemore 2b 3 1 1 0
Cruz cf 2 0 0 0
  Melendez ph,cf 2 0 1 1
Torre 1b 4 0 0 0
Simmons c 2 0 1 1
Carbo rf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Anderson ss 3 1 1 0
Wise p 2 0 0 0
  Roque ph 1 0 0 0
  Durham p 0 0 0 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Jutze ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 3 0 1 1
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Strom p 1 0 0 0
  Rauch p 0 0 0 0
Milner lf 4 1 2 1
  Marshall rf 0 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 0
Jones rf,lf 4 0 2 1
Garrett 3b 2 0 0 0
Dyer c 3 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 1 0
Seaver p 1 1 1 0
  Martinez 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 9 3
St. Louis 000 000 011270
New York 001 101 00x391
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (14-15) 6.0 7 3 3 2 5
  Durham   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Grzenda   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
2
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (17-11) 5.0 1 0 0 2 7
  Sadecki   2.1 5 1 1 2 1
  Strom   1.0 1 1 1 2 2
  Rauch  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
6
11

  E–Milner (5).  PB–Simmons (14).  2B–St. Louis Brock (20,off Sadecki); Anderson (3,off Sadecki), New York Kranepool (11,off Wise).  3B–New York Seaver (1,off Wise).  HR–New York Milner (16,6th inning off Wise 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Melendez (1,off Rauch).  SH–Seaver (6,off Wise).  SB–Brock (57,2nd base off Seaver/Dyer).  CS–Jones (6,2nd base by Wise/Simmons).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:45.  A–24,185.
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