New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 31, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1973 at Busch Stadium II. 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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New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 4 1 1 0
Millan 2b 5 1 1 0
Jones lf 4 2 2 2
Staub rf 4 0 1 1
Kranepool 1b 3 1 2 2
Grote c 5 0 1 0
Hahn cf 4 0 1 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 1 1
Sadecki p 2 1 1 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 1 1
Sizemore 2b 5 1 1 0
Torre 1b 4 1 1 1
Simmons c 4 1 2 0
Agee cf,rf 3 0 1 1
  Carbo rf 1 0 0 0
Melendez rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Tyson ss 4 1 1 0
Nagy p 2 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 0 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 3
New York 011 001 000 36111
St. Louis 300 000 000 1482
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki   6.0 7 3 3 0 5
  McGraw  W (2-6) 4.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
8
4
4
1
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy   7.0 5 3 2 4 3
  Segui  L (6-6) 2.2 4 3 3 0 4
  Folkers   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Pena   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
6
5
4
7

  E–Jones (4), Agee (3), Reitz (8).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Jones (12,off Nagy), St. Louis Torre (15,off Sadecki); Tyson (10,off McGraw).  3B–St. Louis Agee (3,off Sadecki).  SH–Garrett (2,off Nagy).  SF–Jones (6,off Nagy).  CS–Brock (18,2nd base by Sadecki/Grote).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:41.  A–28,594.
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