Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 8, 1972 - Box Score

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September 8, 1972
Mets 8, Cardinals 2 1972 Regular Season Game 131
September 8, 1972
Cardinals 9, Mets 4 Next Game:
September 9, 1972
Mets 3, Cardinals 1

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National League Standings, September 8, 1972

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Bud
Harrelson 2b
Ken
Boswell lf
John
Milner 1b
Ed
Kranepool rf
Cleon
Jones cf
Dave
Marshall 3b
Wayne
Garrett c
Duffy
Dyer p
Hank
Webb

September 8, 1972, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

St. Louis Cardinals 9, New York Mets 4

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Lou Brock lf 6 2 3 1 0 0

Jose Cruz cf 3 0 1 0 0 0

- Luis Melendez ph-cf 2 1 0 0 1 0

Bernie Carbo rf 5 0 0 1 0 2

Joe Torre 1b 5 1 3 2 1 0

Ted Simmons c 6 1 1 3 0 0

Ken Reitz 3b 6 0 3 0 0 0

Mike Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2

- Ted Sizemore ph-2b 4 1 1 0 0 1

Mick Kelleher ss 1 0 0 0 1 1

- Ed Crosby ph-ss 2 1 1 0 1 1

- Dwain Anderson ss 1 1 1 2 0 0

Jim Bibby p 2 0 0 0 0 2

- Bill Voss ph 1 1 1 0 0 0

- Joe Grzenda p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Skip Jutze ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Diego Segui p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill Stein ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Al Hrabosky p 1 0 0 0 0 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bud Harrelson ss 7 0 2 0 0 0 .215

Ken Boswell 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .185

John Milner lf 4 2 1 1 2 2 .257

Ed Kranepool 1b 5 1 1 1 1 1 .251

Cleon Jones rf 6 0 0 0 0 3 .250

Dave Marshall cf 4 0 1 0 2 0 .254

Wayne Garrett 3b 5 1 0 1 0 3 .210

Duffy Dyer c 4 0 2 1 2 1 .247

Hank Webb p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133

- Tommie Agee ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .236

- Ray Sadecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182

- Jim Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .242

- Danny Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

- Bob Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jim Fregosi ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .240

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 9 15 0

New York Mets 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 2

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Jim Bibby 7.0 4 4 4 2 5

Joe Grzenda 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

Diego Segui 3.0 1 0 0 5 4

Al Hrabosky (W) 2.0 1 0 0 2 4

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Hank Webb 7.0 7 4 4 2 6 6.75

Tug McGraw 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.71

Ray Sadecki 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 2.83

Danny Frisella (L,4-8) 1.1 3 4 3 2 1 3.79

Bob Rauch 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 5.09

Errors: Bud Harrelson (13).
PB: Duffy Dyer.
WP: Al Hrabosky.
2B: Ed Kranepool (10), Duffy Dyer (16), Ed Crosby, Bill Voss.
3B: Duffy Dyer (1).
HR: John Milner (15), Ted Simmons, Dwain Anderson.
Intentional Walks: Duffy Dyer 2, Dave Marshall, Joe Torre.
SH: Ken Boswell, Wayne Garrett.
SF: Bernie Carbo.
SB: Dave Marshall (3), John Milner (2), Lou Brock 2.
CS: Ken Reitz.

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