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Mets Starting Lineup
3b
Garrett Wayne
Garrett
2b
Millan Felix
Millan
rf
Staub Rusty
Staub
lf
Jones Cleon
Jones
1b
Milner John
Milner
c
Grote Jerry
Grote
cf
Hahn Don
Hahn
ss
Harrelson Bud
Harrelson
p
Koosman Jerry
Koosman
October 18, 1973, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 2, Oakland Athletics 0

Athletics ab r hbibbso
Bert Campaneris ss 3 0 1 0 1 1
Joe Rudi lf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sal Bando 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0
Reggie Jackson cf 3 0 0 0 1 1
Gene Tenace 1b 1 0 0 0 3 1
- Blue Moon Odom pr 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Pat Bourque 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jesus Alou rf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Fosse c 4 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Green 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Deron Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0
- Allan Lewis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Ted Kubiak 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1
Vida Blue p 2 0 0 0 0 2
- Darold Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Angel Mangual ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Rollie Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Billy Conigliaro ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Wayne Garrett 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .182
Felix Millan 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Rusty Staub rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .444
Cleon Jones lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .381
John Milner 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .350
Jerry Grote c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .273
Don Hahn cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .182
Bud Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0 2 0 .353
Jerry Koosman p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000
- Tug McGraw p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
New York Mets 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 2 7 0

Oakland Athletics ip h rer bbso
Vida Blue (L) 5.2 6 2 2 1 4
Darold Knowles 0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Rollie Fingers 2.0 1 0 0 2 1
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jerry Koosman (W,1-0) 6.1 3 0 0 4 4 3.12
Tug McGraw (Save,1) 2.2 0 0 0 3 3 2.84

Left on base: Athletics 9, Mets 10
WP: Vida Blue.
2B: Cleon Jones (2), Ray Fosse.
3B: Don Hahn (1).
Intentional Walks: Bud Harrelson 2.
SH: Jerry Grote.


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Newspaper covers for this game
IT'S METS, 2-0; NEED ONE MORE

IT'S METS, 2-0; NEED ONE MORE

New York Daily News
October 19, 1973
YA GOTTA BELIEVE!

YA GOTTA BELIEVE!

New York Daily News
October 19, 1973





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