St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
May 28, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1976 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 6, New York Mets 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 2 0
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
McBride cf 5 2 2 2
Simmons c 4 1 1 0
Smith 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez 1b 1 0 0 0
Crawford rf 3 1 2 4
Cruz 3b 4 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0
Curtis p 4 0 1 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 3 0 1 0
Garrett 2b 3 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 0 0 0
Kingman rf 4 0 1 0
Milner lf 3 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Staiger 3b 3 0 1 0
Phillips ss 3 0 0 0
Swan p 1 0 0 0
  Myrick p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
St. Louis 002 040 000691
New York 000 000 000031
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  W (3-4) 9.0 3 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan  L (2-4) 4.2 7 6 6 3 6
  Myrick   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin   3.0 2 0 0 2 3
  Sanders   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
9

  E–Tyson (5), Grote (4).  DP–St. Louis 1, New York 1.  2B–St. Louis Brock (5,off Swan).  HR–St. Louis McBride (2,3rd inning off Swan 1 on, 2 out); Crawford (4,5th inning off Swan 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Kessinger (4,off Swan).  SB–Brock (8,2nd base off Swan/Grote).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Art Williams, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:22.  A–22,311.
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