St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
September 11, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1974 at Shea Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 9 0 1 0
  Godby lf 2 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 10 1 1 0
Smith rf 8 0 1 0
Torre 1b 9 0 2 1
Simmons c 3 0 1 0
  Herndon pr 0 1 0 0
  Hill c 1 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0
  Billings c 5 0 1 0
McBride cf 10 1 4 0
Reitz 3b 10 1 4 2
Tyson ss 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Bare p 0 0 0 0
  Osteen p 4 0 0 0
  Siebert p 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Hunt ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 0 0 0 0
  Heidemann ss 6 0 3 0
Totals 86 4 18 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 7 0 0 0
  Boswell 3b 4 0 0 0
Millan 2b 10 1 4 0
Jones lf 9 2 3 2
  Webb p 0 0 0 0
  Pemberton ph 1 0 1 0
Milner 1b 10 0 2 1
Garrett 3b,ss 10 0 0 0
Schneck cf,rf,cf 11 0 2 0
Ayala rf 2 0 1 0
  Hahn cf 6 0 0 0
  Gosger ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Dyer c 9 0 2 0
  Boisclair pr 0 0 0 0
  Hodges c 0 0 0 0
Koosman p 2 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
  Parker p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Theodore ph 1 0 0 0
  Apodaca p 1 0 0 0
  Cram p 3 0 1 0
  Staub ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 89 3 16 3
St. Louis 100 000 002 000 000 000 000 000 14182
New York 100 020 000 000 000 000 000 000 03164
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   6.0 5 3 2 4 3
  Garman   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Hrabosky   3.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Folkers   2.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Bare   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Osteen   9.1 4 0 0 2 5
  Siebert  W (8-8) 2.1 2 0 0 3 1
Totals
25.0
16
3
2
11
16
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman   9.0 5 3 3 4 5
  Parker   3.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Miller   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Apodaca   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Cram   8.0 7 0 0 2 4
  Webb  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
25.0
18
4
3
8
12

  E–Tyson (25), Osteen (2), Webb (1), Schneck (4), Dyer (3), Hodges (10).  DP–St. Louis 1, New York 2.  PB–Simmons (11).  2B–New York Milner (17,off Forsch); Schneck 2 (11,off Folkers,off Siebert).  HR–St. Louis Reitz (6,9th inning off Koosman 1 on, 2 out), New York Jones (13,5th inning off Forsch 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Forsch (5,off Koosman); McBride (5,off Apodaca); Koosman (10,off Forsch); Millan (23,off Bare); Jones (2,off Osteen).  HBP–Tyson (2,by Koosman); Dwyer (1,by Parker).  IBB–Reitz (6,by Apodaca); Smith 2 (7,by Cram 2); Hahn (5,by Folkers); Jones (3,by Osteen); Milner (9,by Osteen); Gosger (1,by Siebert).  SB–McBride (24,2nd base off Parker/Dyer).  CS–Brock (30,2nd base by Parker/Dyer).  WP–Forsch (6), Koosman (6), Cram (1).  HBP–Koosman (7,Tyson); Parker (2,Dwyer).  IBB–Folkers (9,Hahn); Osteen 2 (5,Jones,Milner); Siebert (13,Gosger); Apodaca (8,Reitz); Cram 2 (2,Smith 2).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–7:04.  A–13,460.
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