New York Mets vs Oakland Athletics
October 20, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 20, 1973 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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, Oakland Athletics 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 3 0 1 0
Millan 2b 4 0 1 1
Staub rf 4 0 1 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Milner 1b 4 0 1 0
Grote c 4 0 1 0
Hahn cf 3 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 1 1 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 3 1 1 0
Bando 3b 4 1 1 0
Jackson rf,cf 4 1 3 2
Tenace c,1b 3 0 0 0
Davalillo cf 2 0 0 0
  Alou ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
  Fosse c 0 0 0 0
Green 2b 3 0 1 0
Hunter p 3 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
New York 000 000 010162
Oakland 101 000 01x370
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (0-1) 7.0 6 2 2 2 6
  McGraw   1.0 1 1 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
2
3
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  W (1-0) 7.1 4 1 1 1 1
  Knowles   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Fingers  SV (2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
2

  E–Garrett (3), Hahn (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Oakland Jackson 2 (3,off Seaver 2).  SF–Alou (1,off McGraw).  CS–Tenace (2,2nd base by McGraw/Grote).  WP–Seaver (1).  U–Harry Wendelstedt (NL), Marty Springstead (AL), Augie Donatelli (NL), Jerry Neudecker (AL), Russ Goetz (AL), Paul Pryor (NL).  T–2:07.  A–49,333.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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