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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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