Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 17, 1975 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 16, 1975
Cardinals 3, Mets 2 1975 Regular Season Game 7
April 17, 1975
Mets 14, Cardinals 7 Next Game:
April 19, 1975
Cubs 4, Mets 2

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National League Standings, April 17, 1975

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Del
Unser 2b
Felix
Millan rf
Rusty
Staub lf
Dave
Kingman 1b
John
Milner 3b
Wayne
Garrett ss
Jack
Heidemann c
Jerry
Grote p
Jerry
Koosman

April 17, 1975, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

New York Mets 14, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Del Unser cf 5 2 2 2 0 2 .333

Felix Millan 2b 5 2 1 0 1 0 .161

Rusty Staub rf 6 2 3 3 0 0 .294

- Bob Gallagher rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Dave Kingman lf 6 0 1 0 0 2 .207

John Milner 1b 3 2 1 1 3 0 .105

Wayne Garrett 3b 3 2 0 0 3 1 .429

Jack Heidemann ss 5 2 1 4 1 1 .375

Jerry Grote c 6 1 2 1 0 0 .130

Jerry Koosman p 1 0 1 2 0 0 .400

- Harry Parker p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

- Rick Baldwin p 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Lou Brock lf 5 1 1 0 0 0

- Mike Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ted Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0

Bake McBride cf 3 1 1 1 2 1

Reggie Smith rf 4 0 0 1 0 0

Ted Simmons c 4 2 2 4 1 0

Ken Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1

Keith Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0

Ed Brinkman ss 3 1 1 1 1 0

Lynn McGlothen p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- John Curtis p 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Jim Dwyer ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Elias Sosa p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Ray Sadecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tommy Moore p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Luis Melendez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 6 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 14 13 1

St. Louis Cardinals 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 9 5

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman 1.1 5 4 4 2 0 6.75

Harry Parker 2.0 1 1 1 2 0 5.14

Rick Baldwin (W,1-1) 5.2 3 2 2 2 4 3.86

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Lynn McGlothen 0.2 5 6 6 2 2

John Curtis 3.1 2 1 1 3 0

Elias Sosa (L) 1.1 3 3 3 1 3

Ray Sadecki 1.1 2 2 0 2 1

Tommy Moore 1.1 1 2 0 0 0

Mike Garman 1.0 0 0 0 1 0

Errors: Felix Millan (4), Ted Sizemore 3.
WP: Elias Sosa.
2B: Rusty Staub 2 (3), Del Unser (2), Jack Heidemann (1), Ken Reitz, Ed Brinkman.
HR: Ted Simmons 2.
Intentional Walks: John Milner.
SF: Del Unser, Reggie Smith.

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