Thursday October 18, 1973
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New York Mets 2, Oakland Athletics 0

World Series Game 5 Played on Thursday, October 18, 1973 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 Mets 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 2 7 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .261 Garrett 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .182 Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Millan 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Bando 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .278 Staub rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .444 Jackson cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .238 Jones lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .381 Tenace 1b 1 0 0 0 3 1 .231 Milner 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .350 Odom pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grote c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .273 Bourque 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Hahn cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .182 Alou rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0 2 0 .353 Fosse c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .111 Koosman p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Green 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGraw p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 Lewis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Blue p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mangual ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Conigliaro ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 29 0 3 0 7 7 Totals 31 2 7 2 4 6 Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 54,817 Left on Base: A's 9, Mets 10 DP: A's 0, Mets 1 Errors: Campaneris, Garrett Doubles: Fosse (1), Jones (2) Triples: Hahn (1) Sacrifice Hits: Grote (1) GIDP: Jackson (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue L(0-1) 5.2 6 2 2 1 4 0 25 4.91 Knowles 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.00 Fingers 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 1.00 Totals 8 7 2 2 4 6 0 36 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman W(1-0) 6.1 3 0 0 4 4 0 25 3.12 McGraw SV(1) 2.2 0 0 0 3 3 0 11 2.84 Totals 9 3 0 0 7 7 0 36 Wild Pitches: Blue (1) Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Augie Donatelli, LF - Jerry Neudecker, RF - Paul Pryor ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando walked; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Garrett struck out; Millan grounded out (first to pitcher); Staub lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace struck out; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Jones doubled to left; Milner singled to right [Jones scored]; Grote flied out to center; Hahn forced Milner (shortstop to second); Harrelson flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Green flied out to center; Blue struck out; Campaneris singled to center; Campaneris was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 1. METS 3RD: Koosman struck out; Garrett was called out on strikes; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi popped to second; Bando singled to left; Jackson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bando out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Staub singled to left; Jones singled to center [Staub to second]; On a bunt Milner forced Staub (pitcher to third) [Jones to second]; Grote popped to first in foul territory; Hahn reached on an error by Campaneris [Jones to third, Milner to second, Hahn to first]; Harrelson popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Tenace walked; Alou popped to catcher in foul territory; Fosse popped to second; Green flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Koosman struck out; Garrett walked; Blue threw a wild pitch [Garrett to second]; Millan grounded out (first unassisted) [Garrett to third]; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Blue struck out; Campaneris walked; Rudi popped to catcher in foul territory; Bando reached on an error by Garrett [Campaneris to second, Bando to first]; Jackson forced Bando (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 1. METS 6TH: Jones flied to left; Milner grounded out (first to pitcher); Grote singled to left; Hahn tripled [Grote scored]; KNOWLES REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Harrelson was walked intentionally; Koosman struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Tenace walked; Alou popped to catcher in foul territory; Fosse doubled to left [Tenace to third]; MCGRAW REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); JOHNSON BATTED FOR GREEN; Johnson walked; LEWIS RAN FOR JOHNSON; MANGUAL BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Mangual popped to shortstop; Campaneris was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 2. METS 7TH: KUBIAK REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING 2B); FINGERS REPLACED MANGUAL (PITCHING); Garrett grounded out (second to first); Millan grounded out (third to first); Staub walked; Jones forced Staub (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Rudi grounded out (third to first); Bando flied out to left; Jackson walked; Tenace walked [Jackson to second]; ODOM RAN FOR TENACE; Alou lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 2. METS 8TH: BOURQUE REPLACED ODOM (PLAYING 1B); Milner singled to center; Grote out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Milner to second]; Hahn struck out; Harrelson was walked intentionally; McGraw grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: Fosse lined to left; Kubiak was called out on strikes; CONIGLIARO BATTED FOR FINGERS; Conigliaro was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Mets 2.

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