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Mets
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
August 31, 1973
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets, played on August 31, 1973 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Mets
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1973 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ray Sadecki |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Nagy |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 28,594 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Pulli 1B: Ken Burkhart 2B: Lee Weyer 3B: John Kibler |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wayne Garrett | Third Baseman |
| Felix Millan | Second Baseman |
| Cleon Jones | Left Fielder |
| Rusty Staub | Right Fielder |
| Ed Kranepool | First Baseman |
| Jerry Grote | Catcher |
| Don Hahn | Center Fielder |
| Bud Harrelson | Shortstop |
| Ray Sadecki | Pitcher |
| Yogi Berra | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
| Ted Sizemore | Second Baseman |
| Joe Torre | First Baseman |
| Ted Simmons | Catcher |
| Tommie Agee | Center Fielder |
| Luis Melendez | Right Fielder |
| Ken Reitz | Third Baseman |
| Mike Tyson | Shortstop |
| Mike Nagy | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
August 31, 1973
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garrett vs. Nagy
Garrett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garrett for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Nagy
Millan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Nagy
Jones strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Sadecki
Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. Sadecki
Sizemore bunts towards the mound. Sadecki fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Sadecki
Torre hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Torre reaches second base with a double. Sizemore goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Simmons vs. Sadecki
Simmons hits a line drive into left field. Jones picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jones. Torre scores. Simmons moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Agee vs. Sadecki
Agee hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Staub who is chasing the ball. Agee reaches third base with a triple. Simmons scores. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Melendez vs. Sadecki
Melendez strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Reitz vs. Sadecki
Reitz hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Nagy
Staub hits a popup, foul, towards short. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Nagy
Kranepool takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grote vs. Nagy
Grote strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hahn vs. Nagy
Hahn hits a line drive to right field. The ball gets by Melendez. Agee fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Agee. Kranepool moves to third. Hahn moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Harrelson vs. Nagy
Harrelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kranepool scores. There goes Hahn trying to get to home. Melendez throws the ball in to Simmons who tags Hahn who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Sadecki
Tyson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Grote settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nagy vs. Sadecki
Nagy strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Sadecki
Brock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sizemore vs. Sadecki
There goes Brock. The throw from Grote and he is out, Millan applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sadecki vs. Nagy
Sadecki hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garrett vs. Nagy
Garrett bunts towards third. Reitz juggles the ball. That's an error on Reitz. Sadecki moves to third. Garrett moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Millan vs. Nagy
Millan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nagy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Jones vs. Nagy
Jones hits a fly ball for a double play. Sadecki tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. Sadecki
Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Sadecki
Torre strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Sadecki
Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Hahn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Nagy
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Nagy
Kranepool takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grote vs. Nagy
Grote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Agee vs. Sadecki
Agee strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Sadecki
Melendez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reitz vs. Sadecki
Reitz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tyson vs. Sadecki
Tyson strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hahn vs. Nagy
Tommie Agee now playing right field. Luis Melendez now playing center field.
Hahn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Nagy
Harrelson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sadecki vs. Nagy
Sadecki hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garrett vs. Nagy
Garrett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garrett for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nagy vs. Sadecki
Nagy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garrett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Sadecki
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. Sadecki
Sizemore hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Nagy
Millan strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Nagy
Jones hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Agee. Jones reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Staub vs. Nagy
Staub takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kranepool vs. Nagy
Kranepool hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jones scores. There goes Staub trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Kranepool moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grote vs. Nagy
Grote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Sadecki
Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Hahn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Sadecki
Simmons bunts towards the mound. Sadecki fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Agee vs. Sadecki
Agee hits a fly ball into center field. Hahn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melendez vs. Sadecki
Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garrett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hahn vs. Nagy
Bernie Carbo now playing right field.
Hahn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Nagy
Harrelson hits a popup towards short. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Nagy
Ron Hodges pinch hits for Ray Sadecki.
Hodges hits a popup towards short. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. McGraw
Tug McGraw now pitching.
Reitz strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. McGraw
Tyson hits a popup towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heintzelman vs. McGraw
Tom Heintzelman pinch hits for Mike Nagy.
Heintzelman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. McGraw
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garrett vs. Segui
Diego Segui now pitching.
Garrett strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Segui
Millan strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Segui
Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. McGraw
Sizemore hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. McGraw
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. McGraw
Simmons hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Segui
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Segui
Kranepool hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Segui
Grote hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hahn vs. Segui
Hahn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Simmons settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. McGraw
Carbo hits a fly ball into center field. Hahn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. McGraw
Melendez hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. McGraw
Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McGraw fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Segui
Harrelson strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGraw vs. Segui
McGraw strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garrett vs. Segui
Garrett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Millan vs. Segui
Millan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Garrett moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Segui
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garrett scores. Millan moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Staub vs. Folkers
Rich Folkers now pitching.
Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Millan scores. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kranepool vs. Folkers
Kranepool hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones scores. Staub moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grote vs. Pena
Orlando Pena now pitching.
Grote hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Mets, 6 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. McGraw
Tyson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Tyson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCarver vs. McGraw
Tim McCarver pinch hits for Orlando Pena.
McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCarver for the out. Tyson moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brock vs. McGraw
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tyson scores. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. McGraw
Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1973 -- New York at St.Louis (N)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Garrett W, 3b 4 1 1 0 Brock L, lf 5 0 1 1
Millan F, 2b 5 1 1 0 Sizemore T, 2b 5 1 1 0
Jones C, lf 4 2 2 2 Torre J, 1b 4 1 1 1
Staub R, rf 4 0 1 1 Simmons T, c 4 1 2 0
Kranepool E, 1b 3 1 2 2 Agee T, cf-rf 3 0 1 1
Grote J, c 5 0 1 0 Carbo B, rf 1 0 0 0
Hahn D, cf 4 0 1 0 Melendez L, rf-cf 4 0 1 0
Harrelson B, ss 3 0 1 1 Reitz K, 3b 4 0 0 0
Sadecki R, p 2 1 1 0 Tyson M, ss 4 1 1 0
Hodges R, ph 1 0 0 0 Nagy M, p 2 0 0 0
McGraw T, p 1 0 0 0 Heintzelman T, ph 0 0 0 0
Segui D, p 0 0 0 0
Folkers R, p 0 0 0 0
Pena O, p 0 0 0 0
McCarver T, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 6 11 6 37 4 8 3
New York 011 001 000 3 -- 6
St.Louis 300 000 000 1 -- 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki R 6.0 7 3 3 0 5
McGraw T (W) 4.0 1 1 1 1 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy M 7.0 5 3 2 4 3
Segui D (L) 2.2 4 3 3 0 4
Folkers R* 0.0 2 0 0 0 0
Pena O 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 10th
E -- Jones C, Agee T, Reitz K
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- New York 6, St.Louis 4
2B -- Torre J, Jones C, Tyson M
3B -- Agee T
CS -- Brock L
SH -- Garrett W
SF -- Jones C
T -- 2:41
A -- 28594
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