Oakland Athletics vs New York Mets
October 18, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 18, 1973 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Oakland Athletics 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

Oakland Athletics 0, New York Mets 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 0 1 0
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0
Bando 3b 3 0 1 0
Jackson cf 3 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 1 0 0 0
  Odom pr 0 0 0 0
  Bourque 1b 0 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Fosse c 4 0 1 0
Green 2b 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 0
  Lewis pr 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0
Blue p 2 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Mangual ph 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Conigliaro ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 3 0 0 0
Millan 2b 4 0 0 0
Staub rf 3 0 1 0
Jones lf 4 1 2 0
Milner 1b 4 0 2 1
Grote c 3 1 1 0
Hahn cf 4 0 1 1
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
Koosman p 3 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Oakland 000 000 000031
New York 010 001 00x271
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (0-1) 5.2 6 2 2 1 4
  Knowles   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Fingers   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
4
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (1-0) 6.1 3 0 0 4 4
  McGraw  SV (1) 2.2 0 0 0 3 3
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
7
7

  E–Campaneris (1), Garrett (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Oakland Fosse (1,off Koosman), New York Jones (2,off Blue).  3B–New York Hahn (1,off Blue).  SH–Grote (1,off Fingers).  IBB–Harrelson 2 (3,by Knowles,by Fingers).  WP–Blue (1).  IBB–Knowles (2,Harrelson); Fingers (1,Harrelson).  U–Russ Goetz (AL), Harry Wendelstedt (NL), Marty Springstead (AL), Augie Donatelli (NL), Paul Pryor (NL), Jerry Neudecker (AL).  T–2:39.  A–54,817.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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