New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 26, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1974 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 4 0 1 0
Grote c 4 1 1 0
Milner 1b 5 2 3 1
Staub rf 5 0 2 0
Kranepool lf 4 0 2 2
  Schneck lf 0 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 3 0 0 0
Hahn cf 4 0 3 0
Martinez ss 4 0 0 0
Seaver p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
McBride cf 3 0 1 0
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Torre 1b 3 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Tyson ss 2 0 1 0
  Dwyer ph,lf 1 0 0 0
McGlothen p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  DaVanon ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
New York 002 000 1003120
St. Louis 000 000 000040
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (7-6) 9.0 4 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (12-7) 8.0 12 3 3 3 5
  Hrabosky   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
3
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Hahn (9,off McGlothen).  3B–St. Louis Tyson (3,off Seaver).  HR–New York Milner (14,7th inning off McGlothen 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Boswell (1,by McGlothen).  SB–Martinez (2,2nd base off McGlothen/Simmons); Brock 2 (63,2nd base off Seaver/Grote 2).  IBB–McGlothen (2,Boswell).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:06.  A–20,783.
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