St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
May 22, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1973 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 5, New York Mets 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 1 2
Sizemore 2b 5 0 2 0
Melendez cf 5 0 0 0
Simmons c 3 1 1 0
Stein 1b 3 1 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 1
Cruz rf 2 0 0 0
Tyson ss 3 1 0 0
Wise p 3 1 2 2
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 2b 3 0 0 0
Boswell 3b 4 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 2 2 0
Staub rf 4 1 3 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 2
Gosger cf 4 0 0 0
Dyer c 3 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0
Koosman p 1 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 0 0 0 0
  Milner ph 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 2
St. Louis 000 000 500580
New York 000 000 102361
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  W (5-2) 8.0 5 3 3 3 6
  Segui  SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (5-2) 6.1 8 5 5 2 3
  Hennigan   1.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Moore   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
5

  E–Jones (1).  DP–St. Louis 1, New York 1.  2B–St. Louis Sizemore (5,off Koosman); Wise (1,off Koosman), New York Kranepool (6,off Segui).  SH–J Cruz (2,off Koosman); Koosman (4,off Wise).  IBB–Tyson (1,by Koosman); J Cruz (1,by Hennigan).  SB–Simmons (1,3rd base off Koosman/Dyer).  IBB–Koosman (2,Tyson); Hennigan (3,J Cruz).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:35.  A–17,425.
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