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Sunday September 2, 1973
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St. Louis Cardinals 7, New York Mets 4

Game Played on Sunday, September 2, 1973 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Mets         0  0  0    0  4  0    0  0  0  -   4 11  2
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  0  3    3  0  x  -   7 14  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garrett 3b            3   1   0   0     1   2   .238      Brock lf              3   1   2   0     2   0   .293
Millan 2b             5   1   2   2     0   0   .291      Sizemore 2b           5   0   1   2     0   1   .271
Jones lf              5   0   1   0     0   3   .266      McCarver 1b           4   0   1   2     1   1   .253
Staub rf              5   1   1   0     0   0   .272      Simmons c             4   0   1   1     1   0   .294
Kranepool 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Melendez cf           3   0   0   0     0   3   .256
Grote c               4   1   2   1     0   0   .249        Fisher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hahn cf               4   0   1   1     0   2   .249        McBride ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .318
Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     1   1   .257        Segui p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Matlack p             3   0   2   0     0   1   .158      Reitz 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .229
  Capra p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Carbo rf              4   1   3   0     1   1   .274
  Hodges ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .246      Tyson ss              5   2   3   1     0   0   .240
  McAndrew p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Wise p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .181
                                                            Andrews p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Heintzelman ph      0   0   0   0     0   0   .368
                                                            J. Cruz ph,cf       1   1   0   0     0   0   .236

Totals               37   4  11   4     2   9             Totals               37   7  14   7     5   9

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 20,339
Left on Base: Mets 9, Cardinals 13
DP: Mets 1, Cardinals 0
Errors: Jones, Grote
Doubles: Grote (6), Brock 2 (23)
Triples: Grote (2)
Home Runs: Millan (3), Reitz (6)
Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (54)
Sacrifice Hits: Garrett (3), Reitz (3)
GIDP: Simmons (25)
Hit by Pitch: J. Cruz (1,by Capra)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack                 5     9   4   4   2   7   1  26   3.45
Capra L(2-7)            2     4   3   3   2   1   0  13   4.06
McAndrew                1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   5.47
Totals                  8    14   7   7   5   9   1  44

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise                    4.2   9   4   4   2   5   1  25   3.35
Andrews                 1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.73
Fisher W(1-0)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.78
Segui SV(16)            2     1   0   0   0   3   0   7   2.95
Totals                  9    11   4   4   2   9   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Capra (2)
Wild Pitches: Wise (4)

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


METS 1ST: Garrett flied to left; Millan singled to left; Jones
singled [Millan to second]; Staub flied to left [Millan to
third]; Kranepool flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Brock stole second; Sizemore popped
to second; McCarver struck out; Simmons singled to left [Brock
scored, Simmons to second (error by Jones)]; Melendez struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 2ND: Grote grounded out (first unassisted); Hahn struck
out; Harrelson singled to center; Matlack singled to left
[Harrelson to second]; Garrett struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Carbo
singled to right; Tyson flied to left; Wise struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 3RD: Millan flied to left; Jones struck out; Staub grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals
1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock doubled to right; Brock stole third;
Sizemore grounded out (third to first); McCarver walked; Simmons
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [McCarver
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 4TH: Kranepool grounded out (shortstop to first); Grote
doubled to right; Hahn struck out; Harrelson walked; Matlack
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Melendez struck out; Reitz singled to right;
Carbo struck out; Tyson singled [Reitz to second]; Wise struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 5TH: Garrett walked; Millan homered [Garrett scored]; Jones
grounded out (third to first); Staub singled to right; Wise
threw a wild pitch [Staub to second]; Kranepool grounded out
(shortstop to first); Grote tripled to left [Staub scored]; Hahn
singled to left [Grote scored]; ANDREWS REPLACED WISE
(PITCHING); Harrelson forced Hahn (shortstop to second); 4 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock doubled to center; Sizemore flied to left;
McCarver reached on an error by Grote; Simmons forced McCarver
(third to second) [Brock to third]; Melendez struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

METS 6TH: Matlack singled to center; Garrett out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Matlack to second]; Millan grounded out
(second to first) [Matlack to third]; Jones struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Reitz homered; Carbo singled to center; Tyson
singled to center [Carbo to second]; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR
ANDREWS; CAPRA REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); J. CRUZ BATTED FOR
HEINTZELMAN; J. Cruz lined to first; Brock walked [Carbo to
third, Tyson to second]; Sizemore struck out; McCarver singled
to center [Brock to second, Tyson scored, Carbo scored]; Simmons
grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4,
Cardinals 4.

METS 7TH: FISHER REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); J. CRUZ STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); Staub popped to third in foul territory;
Kranepool flied to left; Grote grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: MCBRIDE BATTED FOR FISHER; On a bunt McBride
singled; Reitz out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[McBride to second]; Carbo was walked intentionally; Tyson
singled to left [Carbo to second, McBride scored]; J. Cruz was
hit by a pitch [Carbo to third, Tyson to second]; Brock forced
Carbo (second to catcher) [J. Cruz to second, Tyson to third];
Sizemore singled to left [Brock to second, J. Cruz scored, Tyson
scored]; McCarver grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 7.

METS 8TH: SEGUI REPLACED MCBRIDE (PITCHING); Hahn flied to
center; Harrelson struck out; HODGES BATTED FOR CAPRA; Hodges
singled to center; Garrett struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 4, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: MCANDREW REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING); Simmons
walked; On a bunt Segui struck out; Reitz flied to center; Carbo
singled to right [Simmons to third]; Tyson forced Carbo
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals
7.

METS 9TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones struck
out; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 4, Cardinals 7.



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