New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 20, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1976 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 8, St. Louis Cardinals 0

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 5 1 2 1
Millan 2b 6 2 3 2
Milner lf 2 1 1 2
  Ayala rf 1 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 1 1 0
  Torre ph,1b 2 0 1 1
Kingman rf 3 0 0 0
  Boisclair lf 2 0 0 0
Unser cf 4 1 1 2
Grote c 4 1 3 0
Phillips ss 5 0 2 0
Matlack p 4 1 0 0
Totals 41 8 14 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McBride cf 2 0 1 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Clarey ph 1 0 0 0
  Proly p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0
Anderson lf 3 0 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
  Rudolph c 1 0 0 0
Smith rf 3 0 1 0
Cruz 3b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Harris 2b 2 0 1 0
McGlothen p 1 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
  Melendez ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
New York 420 000 0118140
St. Louis 000 000 000061
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (2-0) 9.0 6 0 0 3 7
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (1-2) 3.0 6 6 4 1 2
  Frisella   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Wallace   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Proly   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Curtis   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
6
4
4

  E–Harris (1).  DP–New York 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Kranepool (1,off McGlothen), St. Louis Anderson (1,off Matlack); Smith (3,off Matlack).  3B–New York Torre (1,off Proly).  HR–New York Millan (1,1st inning off McGlothen 1 on, 0 out); Unser (2,1st inning off McGlothen 1 on, 2 out); Milner (3,2nd inning off McGlothen 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Unser (1,by McGlothen); Matlack (1,by McGlothen).  WP–Wallace (1).  HBP–McGlothen 2 (2,Unser,Matlack).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:34.  A–7,260.
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