St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Mets 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Thursday, July      26, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  1
Cardinals    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   2  4  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garrett 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .247      Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .303      Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Staub rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Torre 1b              3   1   1   1     1   1   .303
Jones cf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .269      Simmons c             4   0   0   0     0   2   .286
Milner lf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .237      Melendez cf           3   1   1   0     0   1   .261
Kranepool 1b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .254      Reitz 3b              2   0   1   0     0   0   .240
  Beauchamp ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Carbo rf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .271
Grote c               4   0   0   1     0   0   .195      Tyson ss              2   0   0   0     1   0   .242
Harrelson ss          1   0   0   0     2   0   .250      Foster p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .194
  Mays ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .213        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Koosman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .128        Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .205
  Parker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .118

Totals               30   1   7   1     3   3             Totals               28   2   4   2     2   7

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance: 35,557
Left on Base: Mets 7, Cardinals 5
DP: Mets 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Harrelson
Doubles: Carbo (8)
Home Runs: Torre (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Koosman 2 (9)
GIDP: Carbo (2)
Hit by Pitch: Reitz (3,by Koosman)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman L(8-10)         7     3   1   1   2   6   0  27   3.31
Parker                  1     1   1   1   0   1   1   4   3.75
Totals                  8     4   2   2   2   7   1  31

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Foster W(7-6)           8     6   1   1   3   2   0  31   3.12
Hrabosky                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.11
Segui SV(13)            0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.55
Totals                  9     7   1   1   3   3   0  35

Passed Balls: Grote (2)
Hit by Pitch: Koosman (3)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello


METS 1ST: Garrett popped to catcher in foul territory; Millan
flied to center; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied to left; Sizemore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

METS 2ND: Jones singled to right; Milner singled to right [Jones
to second]; Kranepool hit into a double play (right to
shortstop) [Jones to third, Milner out at second]; Grote
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons struck out; Melendez singled to left;
Reitz singled to center [Melendez to third]; Carbo doubled to
center [Melendez scored, Reitz out at home (center to second to
catcher), Carbo to third (on throw)]; Tyson walked; Foster
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 3RD: Harrelson walked; Koosman out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Harrelson to second]; Garrett singled to
left [Harrelson to third]; Millan was called out on strikes;
Staub grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets
0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock flied to left; Sizemore flied to left;
Torre walked; Simmons popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 4TH: Jones walked; Milner flied to right; Kranepool singled
to right [Jones out at third (right to third)]; Grote grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Melendez struck out but advanced to first on a
passed ball; Reitz flied to left; Carbo grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Melendez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 5TH: Harrelson walked; Koosman out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Harrelson to second]; Garrett flied to
center; Millan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson flied to center; Foster was called out on
strikes; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 6TH: Staub popped to second; Jones flied to right; Milner
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Torre
reached on an error by Harrelson; Simmons struck out; Melendez
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Cardinals 1.

METS 7TH: Kranepool grounded out (first unassisted); Grote
grounded out (second to first); Harrelson flied to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz was hit by a pitch; Carbo popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Tyson grounded out (third to first)
[Reitz to second]; Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 8TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Boswell lined to first;
Garrett grounded out (first to pitcher); Millan singled; Staub
flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: PARKER REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Brock struck
out; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre homered;
Simmons grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Cardinals 2.

METS 9TH: Jones singled to center; HRABOSKY REPLACED FOSTER
(PITCHING); Milner singled to center [Jones to second];
BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR KRANEPOOL; Beauchamp grounded out (catcher
to first) [Milner to second, Jones to third]; SEGUI REPLACED
HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Grote grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Jones scored]; MAYS BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Mays was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 2.