New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 20, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1973 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hahn cf 4 0 0 0
Millan 2b 4 1 1 0
Staub rf 4 0 0 0
Milner 1b 3 1 1 1
Kranepool lf 3 0 0 1
Garrett 3b 4 1 2 1
Fregosi ss 2 0 0 0
Hodges c 3 0 0 0
Matlack p 1 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 4 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Tovar cf 3 2 2 0
Harmon 2b 4 1 2 1
Montanez 1b 3 0 1 1
Luzinski lf 4 0 2 2
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0
Anderson rf 3 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 1 0
Bowa ss 3 1 0 0
Twitchell p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 8 4
New York 000 300 000340
Philadelphia 100 030 00x480
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  L (4-9) 6.0 7 4 4 0 5
  McGraw   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
0
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell  W (6-2) 9.0 4 3 3 3 7
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
3
7

  E–None.  2B–Philadelphia Luzinski (11,off Matlack).  3B–New York Milner (1,off Twitchell).  HR–New York Garrett (5,4th inning off Twitchell 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Matlack (6,off Twitchell); Twitchell (3,off Matlack).  SF–Kranepool (1,off Twitchell).  HBP–Tovar (4,by Matlack); Montanez (3,by McGraw).  SB–Fregosi (1,2nd base off Twitchell/Boone); Harmon (1,2nd base off Matlack/Hodges).  CS–Montanez (5,Home by Matlack/Hodges).  WP–Twitchell (8).  HBP–Matlack (1,Tovar); McGraw (1,Montanez).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:25.  A–24,302.
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