Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
October 2, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1974 at Shea 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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Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 1 1 0
Bowa ss 5 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 2 0
Montanez 1b 5 1 2 0
Luzinski lf 3 0 2 2
  Bannister pr 0 0 0 0
  Unser cf 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Robinson cf,lf,cf 4 0 0 1
Anderson rf 5 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Carlton p 3 0 1 0
  Taylor ph 0 0 0 0
  Harmon pr 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 9 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hahn cf 3 0 2 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
Millan 2b 4 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 0 0 0
Ayala lf 4 0 0 0
Theodore 1b 2 1 0 0
  Kranepool ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Martinez ss 1 0 0 0
  Boswell 3b 2 0 0 0
Dyer c 4 1 1 1
Garrett 3b,ss 3 0 0 0
Matlack p 2 0 0 1
  Milner ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
Philadelphia 001 010 000 1390
New York 020 000 000 0242
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton   8.0 3 2 2 4 2
  Garber  W (4-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
4
2
2
4
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  L (13-15) 10.0 9 3 1 3 5
Totals
10.0
9
3
1
3
5

  E–Martinez (20), Boswell (6).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  PB–Boone 2 (10).  2B–New York Hahn (14,off Carlton).  3B–New York Dyer (1,off Carlton).  SF–Luzinski (5,off Matlack); Robinson (2,off Matlack).  SH–Matlack (11,off Carlton).  SB–Schmidt (23,2nd base off Matlack/Dyer); Hahn (2,2nd base off Carlton/Boone).  CS–Cash (8,2nd base by Matlack/Dyer).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:26.  A–5,383.
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