New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Game Played on Saturday, September 1, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Mets 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 9 3 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garrett 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .240 Brock lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .291 Millan 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .290 Sizemore 2b,3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .272 Jones lf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .267 McCarver 1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .253 Staub rf 5 1 2 0 0 2 .273 Simmons c 4 0 2 1 0 1 .294 Kranepool 1b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .252 Melendez cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .258 Hodges c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .239 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Hahn cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .249 Fisher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrelson ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .256 Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stone p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Parker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 J. Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Carbo rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .266 Tyson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .236 McBride ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Foster p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .208 Heintzelman ph,2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .368 Totals 37 4 9 4 3 5 Totals 34 1 9 1 1 9 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 29,197 Left on Base: Mets 10, Cardinals 8 DP: Mets 2, Cardinals 2 Errors: Hodges, Brock, Sizemore, Fisher Doubles: Staub (31), Millan 2 (21), McCarver (11), Carbo (17) Stolen Bases: Jones (1) GIDP: Kranepool (7), Melendez (10), Simmons (24) Hit by Pitch: Jones (3,by Fisher), McBride (1,by Parker) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone W(9-3) 7 9 1 1 1 8 0 30 2.86 Parker SV(5) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.71 Totals 9 9 1 1 1 9 0 36 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Foster L(11-7) 6 7 4 4 2 3 0 27 3.07 Fisher 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 4.82 Pena 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.22 Hrabosky 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.87 Totals 9 9 4 4 3 5 0 41 Passed Balls: Simmons (19) Hit by Pitch: Parker (3), Fisher (1) Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Frank Pulli METS 1ST: Garrett flied to center; Millan popped to first in foul territory; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (third to first); Sizemore grounded out (third to first); McCarver doubled to right; Simmons struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 2ND: Staub singled to left; Kranepool grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Staub out at second]; Hodges reached on an error by Brock; Hahn popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Melendez struck out; Reitz flied to left; Carbo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 3RD: Harrelson singled to center; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Harrelson to second]; Stone struck out; Garrett flied to center; Millan flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); Foster was called out on strikes; Brock singled to left; Sizemore forced Brock (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 4TH: Jones walked; Staub doubled to right [Jones to third]; Kranepool was walked intentionally; Hodges reached on an error by Sizemore [Kranepool to second, Staub to third, Jones scored (RBI)]; Hahn singled to left [Kranepool scored, Staub scored, Hodges to second]; Harrelson flied to center; Stone lined into a double play (pitcher to shortstop) [Hodges out at second]; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: McCarver grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons singled to center; Melendez grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 0. METS 5TH: Garrett singled to right; Millan doubled to left [Garrett scored]; Jones struck out; Staub flied to center; Kranepool flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo struck out; Tyson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 0. METS 6TH: Hodges singled to left; Hahn flied to right; Harrelson flied to left; Stone popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR FOSTER; Heintzelman singled to left; Brock struck out; Sizemore singled to left [Heintzelman to second]; McCarver walked [Heintzelman to third, Sizemore to second]; Simmons singled to center [McCarver to second, Sizemore to third, Heintzelman scored]; Melendez struck out; Reitz struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. METS 7TH: FISHER REPLACED REITZ (PITCHING); HEINTZELMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SIZEMORE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Garrett flied to center; Millan popped to second; Jones was hit by a pitch; Jones stole second; Staub struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Hodges dropped a foul fly hit by Carbo for an error; Carbo doubled to left; Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); Heintzelman flied to center; Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. METS 8TH: Kranepool reached on an error by Fisher; Hodges walked [Kranepool to second]; Hahn popped to catcher in foul territory; Harrelson singled to center [Hodges to second, Kranepool to third]; PENA REPLACED FISHER (PITCHING); Stone flied to left; Garrett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: On a bunt Sizemore singled; McCarver singled to left [Sizemore to second]; PARKER REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Simmons grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sizemore to third, McCarver out at second]; Melendez flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. METS 9TH: Millan doubled to left; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); HRABOSKY REPLACED PENA (PITCHING); Staub struck out; Kranepool flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 9TH: J. CRUZ BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; J. Cruz grounded out (second to first); Carbo struck out; MCBRIDE BATTED FOR TYSON; McBride was hit by a pitch; Heintzelman popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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