New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 4, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1975 at Veteran's Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Phillips ss 3 0 0 0
  Grote ph 1 1 1 2
  Heidemann ss 0 0 0 0
Millan 2b 5 0 2 0
Torre 3b 4 1 1 0
  Garrett 3b 0 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 0 0 0
Milner 1b 4 0 2 0
Kingman lf 4 1 3 2
Unser cf 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 1 0
  Clines pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Stearns c 3 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 0 1 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 1 2 0
Bowa ss 4 0 2 0
Johnstone rf 4 0 1 1
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 3 0 1 0
  Martin lf 0 0 0 0
Allen 1b 3 1 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 1
Oates c 4 0 0 0
Maddox cf 3 1 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
Christenson p 1 0 0 0
  Hilgendorf p 1 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 1 1
  Anderson rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
New York 000 100 0034111
Philadelphia 010 001 100382
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (12-4) 8.0 8 3 2 2 8
  Baldwin  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
2
9
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson   3.1 4 1 1 1 2
  Hilgendorf   3.2 2 0 0 0 2
  McGraw  L (5-4) 1.2 5 3 3 0 1
  Garber   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
5

  E–Torre (10), Luzinski (3), Oates (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Millan (18,off Christenson); Kingman (7,off Christenson), Philadelphia Cash (21,off Seaver).  3B–Philadelphia Bowa (6,off Seaver).  HR–New York Kingman (12,9th inning off McGraw 0 on, 0 out); Grote (2,9th inning off McGraw 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Phillips (2,off Hilgendorf); Stearns (3,off McGraw).  SB–Schmidt (10,2nd base off Seaver/Stearns).  CS–Bowa (4,Home by Seaver/Stearns); Luzinski (4,2nd base by Seaver/Stearns).  WP–Seaver (2).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:38.  A–55,301.
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