New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 18, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1973 at Three Rivers Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 3 2 2 0
Millan 2b 5 1 2 2
Staub rf 3 1 2 1
Milner 1b 3 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Dyer ph 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 1 1
  Martinez pr 0 1 0 0
  Apodaca p 0 0 0 0
  Capra p 0 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Schneck cf 3 0 0 0
  Hahn ph,cf 1 0 1 2
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0
Matlack p 1 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph,1b 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 4 0 0 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Augustine pr 0 0 0 0
Cash 3b 4 1 2 0
Oliver cf 4 1 0 1
Stargell lf 4 0 0 0
  Parker pr 0 0 0 0
Zisk rf 4 1 2 2
Sanguillen c 5 0 1 2
Robertson 1b 2 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 1 0
Moose p 2 1 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Clines ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 5
New York 001 000 0056101
Pittsburgh 004 000 001560
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack   3.0 4 4 4 3 4
  Sadecki   3.0 1 0 0 1 0
  McGraw  W (5-6) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Apodaca   0.0 0 1 1 2 0
  Capra  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
8
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose   6.1 4 1 1 6 2
  Hernandez  L (4-5) 2.0 4 4 4 2 1
  Giusti   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Johnson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
9
4

  E–Garrett (24).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–New York Garrett (19,off R Hernandez), Pittsburgh Sanguillen (24,off Matlack).  3B–New York Millan (4,off R Hernandez).  SH–Cash (3,off Capra).  IBB–Robertson (4,by Matlack); Stargell (16,by Capra).  IBB–Matlack (14,Robertson); Capra (9,Stargell).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–3:13.  A–12,336.
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