New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 2, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 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 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 1 1 1 0
  Norman cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Foster 2b 5 1 2 1
Boisclair rf,1b 5 1 1 1
Henderson lf 4 3 2 1
Milner 1b 4 0 1 0
  Mangual cf 0 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 0 2 1
Youngblood 3b 4 0 3 2
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
Zachry p 4 0 1 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 13 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 2 0 1 0
  Bosetti cf 2 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 2 0 1 0
  Iorg lf 2 1 0 0
Templeton ss 2 0 0 0
  Oberkfell 2b,3b 2 0 1 1
Simmons c 2 0 1 0
  Rader c 1 0 0 0
  Tamargo c 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 1 0 0 0
  Duncan 3b 1 0 0 0
  Tyson 2b 2 1 1 0
Dwyer rf 2 0 0 0
  Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph,cf 1 1 1 0
Phillips 2b,ss 4 1 3 2
Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Potter ph,rf 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 3
New York 401 010 0006131
St. Louis 000 000 031491
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  W (10-13) 7.2 7 3 1 1 2
  Siebert   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Baldwin  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (20-7) 0.1 6 4 4 0 0
  Schultz   2.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Urrea   2.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Sutton   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Hrabosky   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
4
3

  E–Mangual (1), Brock (9).  DP–New York 2, St. Louis 4.  2B–New York Mazzilli (24,off Forsch); Foster (3,off Forsch); Boisclair (21,off Forsch), St. Louis Brock (22,off Zachry); Anderson (4,off Zachry); Phillips (5,off Zachry); Tyson (15,off Siebert).  3B–New York Youngblood (1,off Schultz), St. Louis Phillips (3,off Zachry).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:28.  A–7,365.
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