New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 26, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1973 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 1, St. Louis Cardinals 13

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 4 0 2 0
Millan 2b 2 0 1 0
  Boswell 2b 1 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 0 2 0
Milner lf 4 1 1 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 1
Hodges c 3 0 0 0
  McAndrew p 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
  Martinez ss 1 0 0 0
Matlack p 1 0 0 0
  Hahn ph 1 0 0 0
  Strohmayer p 0 0 0 0
  Dyer c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 1 0 0
  McBride lf 2 0 1 1
Sizemore 2b 4 2 2 1
  Campbell 2b 2 0 0 0
Torre 1b 5 1 3 1
Simmons c 4 0 3 1
  McCarver c 1 0 1 0
Melendez cf 4 0 1 1
  Cruz ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 4 3 0
Carbo rf 4 3 2 1
Tyson ss 2 1 1 1
Gibson p 5 1 2 5
Totals 41 13 19 12
New York 010 000 000161
St. Louis 050 142 01x13193
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  L (7-13) 4.0 10 6 5 3 4
  Strohmayer   2.0 7 6 6 1 0
  McAndrew   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
19
13
12
4
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (11-9) 9.0 6 1 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
1
7

  E–Garrett (12), Brock (10), McBride (1), Tyson (17).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Milner (6,off Gibson); Jones (6,off Gibson), St. Louis Reitz 2 (12,off Matlack,off Strohmayer); Carbo (7,off Strohmayer).  3B–St. Louis McCarver (4,off McAndrew).  HR–St. Louis Gibson (2,5th inning off Strohmayer 3 on, 0 out).  SF–Kranepool (2,off Gibson).  HBP–Reitz (2,by McAndrew); Tyson (2,by McAndrew).  WP–Strohmayer (1).  HBP–McAndrew 2 (3,Reitz,Tyson).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:20.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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