New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 8, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1974 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 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 3 0 1 0
Millan 2b 4 1 1 0
Kranepool lf 4 0 2 2
  Gosger pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Milner 1b 3 1 0 0
Garrett 3b 3 1 1 3
Boswell rf 4 0 1 0
  Jones lf 0 0 0 0
Hahn cf 4 0 1 0
Dyer c 3 0 0 0
Seaver p 4 1 1 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 2 0 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0
  Herndon pr 0 1 0 0
  Heidemann ss 0 0 0 0
Smith rf 3 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 3 3
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
McBride cf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 2 0
Tyson ss,2b 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 1 0
McGlothen p 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
New York 001 000 040580
St. Louis 100 000 020380
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (10-8) 9.0 8 3 3 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (16-9) 8.0 8 5 5 3 4
  Garman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Millan (12,off McGlothen), St. Louis Simmons 2 (29,off Seaver 2).  3B–St. Louis Reitz (2,off Seaver); Hernandez (1,off Seaver).  HR–New York Garrett (11,8th inning off McGlothen 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Harrelson (7,off McGlothen).  IBB–Milner (8,by McGlothen).  HBP–Brock (1,by Seaver).  SB–Brock 2 (103,2nd base off Seaver/Dyer 2).  HBP–Seaver (3,Brock).  IBB–McGlothen (9,Milner).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:14.  A–34,304.
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