New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Game Played on Friday, August    31, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Mets         0  1  1    0  0  1    0  0  0    3  -   6 11  1
Cardinals    3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   4  8  2


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garrett 3b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .240      Brock lf              5   0   1   1     0   0   .291
Millan 2b             5   1   1   0     0   2   .289      Sizemore 2b           5   1   1   0     0   0   .270
Jones lf              4   2   2   2     0   1   .270      Torre 1b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .291
Staub rf              4   0   1   1     1   0   .272      Simmons c             4   1   2   0     0   0   .293
Kranepool 1b          3   1   2   2     2   0   .256      Agee cf,rf            3   0   1   1     0   1   .235
Grote c               5   0   1   0     0   1   .244        Carbo rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Hahn cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .249      Melendez rf,cf        4   0   1   0     0   1   .262
Harrelson ss          3   0   1   1     1   1   .252      Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .228
Sadecki p             2   1   1   0     0   0   .222      Tyson ss              4   1   1   0     0   1   .238
  Hodges ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Nagy p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .067        Heintzelman ph      0   0   0   0     1   0   .375
                                                            Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .059
                                                            Pena p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .248

Totals               36   6  11   6     4   7             Totals               37   4   8   3     1   6

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 28,594
Left on Base: Mets 6, Cardinals 4
DP: Mets 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: Jones, Agee, Reitz
Doubles: Jones (12), Torre (15), Tyson (10)
Triples: Agee (3)
Caught Stealing: Brock (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Garrett (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Jones (6)
GIDP: Grote (7)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sadecki                 6     7   3   3   0   5   0  24   3.63
McGraw W(2-6)           4     1   1   1   1   1   0  14   5.05
Totals                 10     8   4   4   1   6   0  38

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nagy                    7     5   3   2   4   3   0  27   3.10
Segui L(6-6)            2.2   4   3   3   0   4   0  12   3.03
Folkers                 0     2   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.31
Pena                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.26
Totals                 10    11   6   5   4   7   0  42

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ken Burkhart, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - John Kibler


METS 1ST: Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); Millan
grounded out (third to first); Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied to left; On a bunt Sizemore singled;
Torre doubled to left [Sizemore scored]; Simmons singled to left
[Torre scored (error by Jones) (no RBI), Simmons to third]; Agee
tripled to right [Simmons scored]; Melendez struck out; Reitz
flied to left; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 3.

METS 2ND: Staub popped to shortstop in foul territory; Kranepool
walked; Grote struck out; Hahn singled to right [Kranepool to
third, Hahn to second (error by Agee)]; Harrelson singled to
right [Kranepool scored, Hahn out at home (right to catcher)]; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 2ND: Tyson popped to catcher in foul territory; Nagy
struck out; Brock singled to right; Brock was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Cardinals 3.

METS 3RD: Sadecki singled to right; Garrett reached on an error
by Reitz on a sacrifice bunt [Sadecki to third, Garrett to
second]; Millan grounded out (pitcher to first); Jones sacrifice
flied into a double play to right [Sadecki scored (unearned),
Garrett out at third (right to first)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 2, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre
struck out; Simmons flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
2, Cardinals 3.

METS 4TH: Staub grounded out (third to first); Kranepool walked;
Grote grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Kranepool out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Agee struck out; Melendez singled to left; Reitz
popped to second; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
2, Cardinals 3.

METS 5TH: AGEE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MELENDEZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Hahn grounded out (shortstop to first);
Harrelson walked; Sadecki forced Harrelson (second to
shortstop); Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Nagy grounded out (third to first); Brock
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore flied to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Cardinals 3.

METS 6TH: Millan struck out; Jones doubled to right; Staub
walked; Kranepool singled to right [Jones scored, Staub out at
third (right to first to third), Kranepool to second (on
throw)]; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Torre flied to center; On a bunt Simmons singled;
Agee flied to center; Melendez grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 3.

METS 7TH: CARBO REPLACED AGEE (PLAYING RF); Hahn grounded out
(shortstop to first); Harrelson popped to shortstop; HODGES
BATTED FOR SADECKI; Hodges popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: MCGRAW REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING); Reitz struck
out; Tyson popped to first; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR NAGY;
Heintzelman walked; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 3.

METS 8TH: SEGUI REPLACED HEINTZELMAN (PITCHING); Garrett struck
out; Millan struck out; Jones flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: Sizemore flied to left; Torre grounded out
(shortstop to first); Simmons flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 3.

METS 9TH: Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Kranepool
flied to right; Grote singled to center; Hahn popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: Carbo flied to center; Melendez flied to left;
Reitz grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 3, Cardinals 3.

METS 10TH: Harrelson struck out; McGraw struck out; Garrett
singled to right; Millan singled to left [Garrett to second];
Jones singled to center [Millan to third, Garrett scored];
FOLKERS REPLACED SEGUI (PITCHING); Staub singled to right [Jones
to second, Millan scored]; Kranepool singled to left [Staub to
second, Jones scored]; PENA REPLACED FOLKERS (PITCHING); Grote
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 6,
Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 10TH: Tyson doubled to left; MCCARVER BATTED FOR PENA;
McCarver grounded out (first unassisted) [Tyson to third]; Brock
grounded out (second to first) [Tyson scored]; Sizemore grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 6,
Cardinals 4.