New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 12, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1972 at Veteran's Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 4 1 0 0
Milner lf 3 1 1 0
Jones rf 4 1 2 1
Fregosi 3b 4 0 0 1
Dyer c 3 1 0 0
Beauchamp 1b 4 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
Barnes 2b 2 0 1 2
McAndrew p 3 0 0 0
  Kranepool 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 4 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Robinson ss 4 0 1 0
Doyle 2b 4 0 1 0
Hutton rf 4 0 0 0
Montanez cf 4 1 1 0
Luzinski lf 4 1 1 1
Lis 1b 3 1 1 1
  Harmon pr 0 0 0 0
Money 3b 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt 3b 3 0 1 0
  Bowa pr 0 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 2 1
Reynolds p 1 0 0 0
  Stone ph 1 0 0 0
  Lersch p 0 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 0 0
  Selma p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
New York 200 200 000440
Philadelphia 000 000 102381
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
McAndrew  W (11-5) 8.1 7 3 3 1 5
  Frisella  SV (9) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  L (2-13) 5.0 4 4 2 3 4
  Lersch   3.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Selma   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
4
2
3
7

  E–Money (9).  DP–New York 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia C Robinson (1,off McAndrew); Montanez (34,off McAndrew).  3B–New York Barnes (2,off Reynolds).  HR–Philadelphia Lis (6,7th inning off McAndrew 0 on, 1 out).  CS–Barnes (1,2nd base by Reynolds/Boone).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:21.  A–5,057.
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