St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
June 30, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1974 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 2 1
  Dwyer lf 0 0 0 0
Heintzelman 2b 4 0 1 1
Smith rf 5 0 0 0
Torre 3b,1b 4 0 0 0
Hickman 1b 3 1 2 0
  Reitz 3b 2 1 1 0
McBride cf 4 1 1 2
McCarver c 5 0 1 0
Tyson ss 4 1 1 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 1
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 1 1 1 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 10 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 5 0 1 1
Martinez ss 5 0 1 1
Staub rf 4 0 2 0
Jones lf 5 0 1 0
Milner 1b 4 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 3 0 0 0
  Dyer ph 0 0 0 0
  Schneck ph 1 0 0 0
  Millan 2b 1 0 0 0
Hahn cf 4 1 1 0
Hodges c 4 1 2 1
Stone p 2 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 1 0
  Harrelson pr 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Theodore ph 1 1 1 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 10 3
St. Louis 001 000 101 25100
New York 001 000 002 03102
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   7.1 6 1 1 3 3
  Hrabosky   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Garman   0.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Folkers   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Pena  W (5-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
3
3
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   7.0 5 2 1 1 2
  Miller   2.0 3 1 1 2 2
  McGraw  L (0-4) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
5
4
3
4

  E–Garrett (10), Hodges (5).  2B–New York Jones (11,off Gibson).  HR–St. Louis McBride (5,10th inning off McGraw 1 on, 1 out), New York Hodges (2,3rd inning off Gibson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–McBride (2,off Stone).  SF–Gibson (1,off Stone).  IBB–Tyson (7,by Stone); Milner (3,by Gibson).  SB–Brock (48,2nd base off Stone/Hodges); Tyson (3,2nd base off Stone/Hodges); Hahn (1,2nd base off Gibson/McCarver).  WP–Gibson (2).  IBB–Gibson (8,Milner); Stone (4,Tyson).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:50.  A–40,009.
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