An injury to Bob Gibson tarnished the Cardinals' 4-3 victory over the Mets. The veteran righthander twisted his knee running the bases in the third inning and may be sidelined for the rest of the season. The Cardinals beat Jerry Koosman by breaking a 2-2 tie with two runs in the eighth.

Lou Brock singled, moved up on a sacrifice and scored on a single by Ted Simmons, who took second on the throw to the plate. Joe Torre then singled to deliver what proved to be the winning run. The Mets scored in the ninth on a double by Jerry Grote and single by Wayne Garrett, but Diego Segui relieved winner Orlando Pena and saved the game. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Saturday, August    4, 1973 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  1    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   4  9  2
Mets         0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  8  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              3   1   1   1     0   1   .287      Hahn cf               3   0   0   0     2   1   .269
Sizemore 2b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .287      Millan 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .308
Melendez cf           4   1   1   0     0   2   .247      Staub rf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .266
Simmons c             4   1   1   1     0   0   .290      Milner lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .241
Torre 1b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .292      Kranepool 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .253
Reitz 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .240      Boswell 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .207
Carbo rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .287      Grote c               3   2   3   1     1   0   .204
Tyson ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .241      Martinez ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .225
Gibson p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .190        Garrett ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .243
  Hrabosky p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Koosman p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .115
  Hughes ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Pena p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   9   4     1   3             Totals               35   3   8   2     3   4

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 22,926
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Mets 9
DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 1
Errors: Melendez, Simmons, Martinez
Doubles: Tyson (8), Melendez (11), Martinez (6), Grote (4)
Stolen Bases: Hahn (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Sizemore (12), Koosman (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Brock (5)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson                  2     1   1   0   1   1   0   9   2.81
Hrabosky                4     4   1   1   1   2   0  17   2.01
Pena W(3-1)             2     3   1   1   0   1   0   9   3.39
Segui SV(15)            1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.79
Totals                  9     8   3   2   3   4   0  39

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman L(8-12)         9     9   4   4   1   3   0  36   3.35
Totals                  9     9   4   4   1   3   0  36

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Sizemore
walked; Melendez struck out; Simmons popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Hahn flied to right; Millan singled to right; Staub
flied to left; Milner popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo flied to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kranepool lined to first; Boswell popped to second;
Grote walked; Martinez reached on an error by Melendez [Grote
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Martinez to third]; Koosman was
called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson doubled to left; On a bunt Gibson singled
to pitcher [Tyson to third]; Brock hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Tyson scored]; Sizemore lined into a double play (third to
first) [Gibson out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Mets 1.

METS 3RD: HRABOSKY REPLACED GIBSON (PITCHING); Hahn walked; Hahn
stole second [Hahn to third (error by Simmons)]; Millan popped
to second; Staub flied to center; Milner grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Melendez doubled to right; Simmons flied to left;
Torre grounded out (shortstop to first) [Melendez to third];
Reitz singled to left [Melendez scored]; Carbo singled to center
[Reitz to second]; Tyson flied to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Kranepool singled to left; Boswell grounded out (first
unassisted) [Kranepool to second]; Grote singled to center
[Kranepool scored]; Martinez doubled to left [Grote to third];
Koosman struck out; Hahn grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Hrabosky grounded out (second to first); Brock
struck out; Sizemore popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Millan grounded out (third to first); Staub was called
out on strikes; Milner popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Melendez flied to center; Simmons grounded out
(third to first); Torre flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Kranepool flied to left; Boswell grounded out (first
unassisted); Grote singled to right; Martinez flied to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Carbo
singled to left; Tyson popped to first; HUGHES BATTED FOR
HRABOSKY; Hughes forced Carbo (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: PENA REPLACED HUGHES (PITCHING); Koosman grounded out
(pitcher to first); Hahn struck out; Millan grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Brock singled to left; Sizemore out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Brock to second]; Melendez
struck out; Simmons singled to center [Brock scored, Simmons to
second (on throw)]; Torre singled to right [Simmons scored,
Torre out at second (right to first to shortstop)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: Staub flied to right; Milner singled to first;
Kranepool popped to shortstop; Boswell flied to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo
grounded out (second to first); Tyson reached on an error by
Martinez; Pena grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Mets 2.

METS 9TH: Grote doubled to left; GARRETT BATTED FOR MARTINEZ;
Garrett singled to right [Grote scored]; SEGUI REPLACED PENA
(PITCHING); Koosman out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Garrett to second]; Hahn walked; Millan popped to second; Staub
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals
4, Mets 3.