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Saturday September 1, 1973
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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.



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