Ultimate Mets Database: Game of October 17, 1973 - Box Score

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October 16, 1973
Athletics 3, Mets 2 1973 World Series Game 4
October 17, 1973
Mets 6, Athletics 1 Next Game:
October 18, 1973
Mets 2, Athletics 0

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Mets Starting Lineup

3b
Wayne
Garrett 2b
Felix
Millan rf
Rusty
Staub lf
Cleon
Jones 1b
John
Milner c
Jerry
Grote cf
Don
Hahn ss
Bud
Harrelson p
Jon
Matlack

October 17, 1973, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 6, Oakland Athletics 1

Athletics ab r h bi bb so

Bert Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0 0 1

Joe Rudi lf 4 0 1 0 0 1

Sal Bando 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0

Reggie Jackson cf 4 0 1 0 0 1

Gene Tenace 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0

Jesus Alou rf 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ray Fosse c 4 0 1 0 0 2

Dick Green 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Angel Mangual ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ted Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Deron Johnson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

Ken Holtzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Blue Moon Odom p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Darold Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Billy Conigliaro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Horacio Pina p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Andrews ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Paul Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Vic Davalillo ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Wayne Garrett 3b 4 2 1 0 0 1 .211

Felix Millan 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .200

Rusty Staub rf 4 1 4 5 1 0 .467

Cleon Jones lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .353

- George Theodore lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

John Milner 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .312

Jerry Grote c 4 0 3 0 0 0 .263

Don Hahn cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .167

Bud Harrelson ss 2 1 1 0 2 0 .400

Jon Matlack p 3 0 1 0 1 1 .333

- Ray Sadecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Oakland Athletics 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1

New York Mets 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x 6 13 1

Oakland Athletics ip h r er bb so

Ken Holtzman (L) 0.1 4 3 3 1 0

Blue Moon Odom 2.2 3 2 2 2 0

Darold Knowles 1.0 1 1 0 1 1

Horacio Pina 3.0 4 0 0 2 0

Paul Lindblad 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jon Matlack (W,1-1) 8.0 3 1 0 2 5 0.00

Ray Sadecki (Save,1) 1.0 2 0 0 1 2 0.00

Left on base: Athletics 9, Mets 10
Errors: Wayne Garrett (1), Dick Green.
WP: Blue Moon Odom.
HR: Rusty Staub (1).
Intentional Walks: Bud Harrelson.
HBP: Wayne Garrett, Bert Campaneris.

Newspaper covers for this game

METS WIN, 6-1, TO EVEN SERIES

METS WIN, 6-1, TO EVEN SERIES

New York Daily News
October 18, 1973

STAUB * * * * * MET

STAUB * * * * * MET

New York Daily News
October 18, 1973

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