New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 5, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1965 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 1, St. Louis Cardinals 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0
McMillan ss 1 0 0 0
  Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
  Hiller ph 1 1 1 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 0
  Klaus pr 0 0 0 0
Smith 3b 4 0 0 0
Lewis cf 4 0 2 1
Christopher rf 4 0 0 0
Swoboda lf 3 0 1 0
  Sutherland p 0 0 0 0
Schaffer c 2 0 1 0
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson c 1 0 0 0
Gardner p 1 0 0 0
  Jones lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Tolan rf 4 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 1 2 0
Flood cf 3 0 0 0
Gagliano 3b 3 0 0 0
Shannon lf 4 0 1 1
Kernek 1b 3 1 1 0
Buchek ss 3 1 1 1
Uecker c 3 0 1 0
Washburn p 1 0 0 1
  Briles p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 3
New York 000 000 001180
St. Louis 000 011 10x371
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner  L (0-2) 6.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Sutherland   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  W (9-10) 6.0 4 0 0 0 3
  Briles  SV (3) 3.0 4 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
0
4

  E–Kernek (1).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Schaffer (2,off Washburn), St. Louis Javier (6,off Sutherland).  HR–St. Louis Buchek (2,7th inning off Sutherland 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gardner (1,off Washburn); Washburn (3,off Gardner).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  WP–Sutherland (1).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:11.  A–18,952.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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