New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 1, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1977 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 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 3 1 2 1
  Vail pr 0 1 0 0
  Staiger 3b 1 1 1 0
Mazzilli cf 4 2 2 1
Boisclair rf 4 1 2 3
Henderson lf 4 1 1 1
Milner 1b 5 0 1 0
Hodges c 4 0 2 1
Youngblood 2b 4 0 1 0
  Flynn 2b 1 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 5 0 0 0
Espinosa p 4 1 1 0
Totals 39 8 13 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Mumphrey cf 4 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 1 2 0
Simmons c 3 1 1 1
Hernandez 1b 4 2 2 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 1
Dwyer rf 4 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 2 1
Rasmussen p 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Rader ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Dierker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
New York 003 202 0108132
St. Louis 020 001 001491
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa  W (10-13) 9.0 9 4 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
0
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (11-17) 2.2 3 3 1 3 2
  Schultz   2.1 4 2 2 0 2
  Eastwick   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Sutton   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Metzger   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Dierker   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
6
5
4

  E–Randle (15), Boisclair (6), Phillips (7).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Boisclair (20,off Rasmussen); Mazzilli 2 (23,off Schultz,off Metzger); Youngblood (13,off Sutton), St. Louis Simmons (25,off Espinosa); Hernandez 2 (41,off Espinosa 2).  3B–New York Randle (7,off Eastwick), St. Louis Phillips (2,off Espinosa); Templeton (18,off Espinosa).  SF–Simmons (4,off Espinosa).  SB–Randle (33,2nd base off Rasmussen/Simmons).  WP–Schultz (1).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:39.
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