Sunday September 23, 1973
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New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Game Played on Sunday, September 23, 1973 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Cardinals 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 Mets 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 x - 5 9 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .291 Garrett 3b 3 2 2 2 2 1 .248 Sizemore 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .275 Millan 2b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .291 Agee cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .225 Staub rf 4 0 2 1 1 0 .272 Simmons c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .308 Milner 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .244 Torre 1b,3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .287 Jones lf 2 1 1 2 1 0 .261 Melendez rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Schneck cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Hahn ph,cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .229 Segui p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grote c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Alou ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .296 Harrelson ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .259 Tyson ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .242 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Thompson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barnes ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Folkers p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Parker p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boswell ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .229 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGraw p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 McCarver 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Totals 31 2 8 2 3 2 Totals 31 5 9 5 7 7 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 51,926 Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Mets 11 DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 3 Triples: Garrett (3) Home Runs: Agee (11), Jones (8) Sacrifice Hits: Pena (1), Millan (17) Sacrifice Flies: Jones (8) GIDP: Torre (20), Reitz (18), Agee (10) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Thompson 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00 Folkers 2.1 0 1 1 4 2 0 11 3.61 Pena L(4-4) 3.1 4 3 3 0 2 0 14 3.05 Hrabosky 0.2 2 1 1 2 1 1 6 1.94 Segui 1.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.85 Totals 8 9 5 5 7 7 1 40 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone 2 5 2 2 0 1 1 9 2.80 Parker W(8-3) 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 3.27 McGraw SV(23) 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 12 4.01 Totals 9 8 2 2 3 2 1 35 Wild Pitches: Pena (1) Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (third to first); Sizemore singled to left; Agee homered [Sizemore scored]; Simmons singled to left; Torre grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Simmons out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Garrett walked; Millan singled to right [Garrett to second]; FOLKERS REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Staub forced Millan (second to shortstop) [Garrett to third]; Milner flied to center; Jones walked [Staub to second]; HAHN BATTED FOR SCHNECK; Hahn forced Jones (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 0. CARDINALS 2ND: HAHN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Melendez singled to center; Reitz grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Melendez out at second]; Tyson singled to left; Folkers struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Grote grounded out (second to first); Harrelson flied to left; BARNES BATTED FOR STONE; Barnes was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 0. CARDINALS 3RD: PARKER REPLACED BARNES (PITCHING); Brock flied to left; Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Agee grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Garrett walked; Millan walked [Garrett to second]; Staub walked [Garrett to third, Millan to second]; Milner struck out; PENA REPLACED FOLKERS (PITCHING); Jones hit a sacrifice fly to center [Garrett scored]; Pena threw a wild pitch [Staub to second, Millan to third]; Hahn struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons flied to left; Torre singled to left; Melendez flied to right; Reitz flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson was called out on strikes; Parker flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson walked; Pena out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Tyson to second]; Brock popped to shortstop; Sizemore popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Garrett singled to center; Millan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Garrett to second]; Staub singled to center [Garrett scored]; Milner popped to first; Jones forced Staub (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 2. CARDINALS 6TH: Agee struck out; Simmons grounded out (second to first); Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 2. METS 6TH: Hahn flied to center; Grote singled to left; Harrelson forced Grote (pitcher to catcher to shortstop); BOSWELL BATTED FOR PARKER; Boswell singled to right [Harrelson to third]; HRABOSKY REPLACED PENA (PITCHING); Garrett tripled to right [Boswell scored, Harrelson scored]; Millan was walked intentionally; Staub popped to first; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 4. CARDINALS 7TH: MCGRAW REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz grounded out (third to shortstop to first); Tyson flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 4. METS 7TH: Milner struck out; Jones homered; Hahn walked; SEGUI REPLACED REITZ (PITCHING); MCCARVER REPLACED HRABOSKY (PLAYING 1B); TORRE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Grote forced Hahn (right to shortstop); Harrelson singled to center [Grote to second]; McGraw forced Grote (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 5. CARDINALS 8TH: McCarver grounded out (second to first); Brock walked; Sizemore walked [Brock to second]; Agee grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 5. METS 8TH: Garrett struck out; Millan grounded out (second to first); Staub singled to right; Milner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 5. CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons singled to left; Torre forced Simmons (second unassisted); Melendez forced Torre (shortstop to second); ALOU BATTED FOR SEGUI; Alou singled to left [Melendez to second]; Tyson flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 5.

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