St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
April 14, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1977 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 4, New York Mets 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 0 0 0
  Youngblood lf 2 0 1 0
Templeton ss 4 1 2 1
Scott cf 4 0 2 2
Cruz rf 4 1 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 2 0 1 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Kessinger 2b 4 1 1 0
Forsch p 3 1 1 0
  Urrea p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 3 0 1 1
Millan 2b 4 0 2 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 0 0
Kingman lf 4 0 1 0
Torre 3b 4 0 1 0
Vail rf 1 0 0 0
  Apodaca p 0 0 0 0
  Milner ph 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Grote c 4 1 1 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
  Phillips ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Koosman p 2 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
St. Louis 003 001 0004101
New York 000 000 100170
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (2-0) 6.2 6 1 1 3 2
  Urrea  SV (2) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (0-1) 7.0 8 4 4 1 8
  Apodaca   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Lockwood   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
8

  E–Forsch (1).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Cruz (2,off Koosman).  3B–St. Louis Scott (1,off Koosman).  IBB–Hernandez (1,by Apodaca).  SB–Hernandez (1,2nd base off Koosman/Grote).  CS–Templeton (2,2nd base by Koosman/Grote); Youngblood (1,2nd base by Lockwood/Grote).  IBB–Apodaca (1,Hernandez).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:25.  A–8,030.
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