New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 29, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1973 at Candlestick Park. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, San Francisco Giants 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 4 0 1 1
Millan 2b 5 1 2 2
Milner 1b 4 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 0 2 0
Kranepool lf 4 0 1 0
  Theodore ph 0 0 0 1
  May c 0 0 0 0
Gosger cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Dyer c 3 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 1 0 0
  Martinez cf 0 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 1 2 0
Seaver p 3 2 2 1
Totals 35 5 11 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 4 1 1 0
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 2
Goodson 3b 4 0 0 0
Matthews lf 2 0 0 0
Speier ss 2 0 0 0
Rader c 3 0 0 0
Barr p 3 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 2
New York 000 010 0045110
San Francisco 000 002 000230
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (6-3) 9.0 3 2 2 2 16
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
2
16
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr   8.0 8 2 2 3 2
  Moffitt  L (2-1) 0.0 3 3 3 1 0
  McDowell   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
6
2

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Maddox (7,off Seaver); Fuentes (10,off Seaver).  HR–New York Seaver (1,5th inning off Barr 0 on, 1 out), San Francisco McCovey (10,6th inning off Seaver 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Seaver (4,off Barr).  SF–Theodore (1,off McDowell).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:21.  A–7,289.
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