St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
September 23, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 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 10, New York Mets 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 1
  Bosetti lf 2 0 0 0
Dwyer rf 2 0 0 0
  Anderson ph,rf 3 1 1 1
Templeton ss 6 0 3 0
Simmons c 5 1 1 1
Hernandez 1b 4 2 1 0
Duncan 3b 4 2 2 1
Mumphrey cf 3 2 1 1
Phillips 2b 3 1 2 1
Forsch p 3 1 1 2
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 1
Totals 39 10 13 9
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 2 1 0
Mazzilli cf 4 1 2 1
Boisclair rf 3 1 1 1
  Vail ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 1
Stearns c 2 1 0 0
Foster 2b 2 0 1 1
  Milner ph 1 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 0 0 0 0
  Pacella p 0 0 0 0
Flynn ss 2 0 0 0
  Myrick p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood 2b 2 0 0 0
Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 7 4
St. Louis 020 105 02010133
New York 020 003 100671
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (19-6) 5.2 6 5 4 2 2
  Schultz   1.0 0 1 0 2 1
  Eastwick  SV (11) 2.1 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
6
4
5
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (0-1) 5.1 9 7 7 3 3
  Myrick   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Baldwin   1.2 1 2 2 7 1
  Siebert   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Pacella   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
10
10
10
6

  E–Simmons (10), Mumphrey (9), Phillips (5), Youngblood (7).  2B–St. Louis Templeton (18,off Jackson), New York Henderson (15,off Forsch); Mazzilli (19,off Forsch); Boisclair (18,off Forsch).  HR–St. Louis Duncan (1,4th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Phillips (1,by Baldwin).  CS–Templeton (24,2nd base by Jackson/Stearns); Foster (1,Home by Forsch/Simmons).  WP–Jackson (1).  IBB–Baldwin (9,Phillips).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:16.  A–4,288.
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