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September 23, 1973

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Cardinals 2 7 0
Mets 5 9 0
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Cardinals 2 7 0
Mets 5 9 0

Luis Melendez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .263
OBP .333 .317
At Bats 3 331
Hits 1 87
• Singles 1 68
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 0 35

Tug McGraw Season Stats

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5 6 22
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Shea Stadium - September 23, 1973
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Out
Tug McGraw
Jerry Grote
John Milner
Felix Millan
Wayne Garrett
Bud Harrelson
Cleon Jones
Don Hahn
Rusty Staub
Luis Melendez
Joe Torre
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Millan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 9 Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Milner strikes out.
Bottom 8 Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Garrett strikes out.
Top 8 Agee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Sizemore takes first base on ball four. Brock moves to second.
Top 8 Brock takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 McGraw hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 Harrelson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grote moves to second.
Bottom 7 Diego Segui now pitching. Tim McCarver now playing first base. Joe Torre now playing third base. Grote hits a ball on the ground towards right. Melendez fields it and throws to second to catch Hahn for the out.
Bottom 7 Hahn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Jones hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Milner strikes out.
Top 7 Tyson hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Reitz hits a ball on the ground between third and short. The ball bounces off Garrett, and towards Harrelson, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Tug McGraw now pitching. Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Staub hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Millan is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Garrett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Melendez who is chasing the ball. Garrett reaches third base with a triple. Harrelson scores. Boswell goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Ken Boswell pinch hits for Harry Parker. Boswell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harrelson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground for an out.
Bottom 6 Grote hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hahn hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Agee strikes out.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Milner hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Staub hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garrett scores.
Bottom 5 Millan bunts towards the mound. Pena fields it and throws to first for the out. Garrett moves to second.
Bottom 5 Garrett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Sizemore hits a popup, foul, towards third. Garrett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brock hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pena bunts in front of the plate. Grote fields it and throws to first for the out. Tyson moves to second.
Top 5 Tyson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Parker hits a fly ball into right field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Harrelson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Reitz hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Melendez hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hahn strikes out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Millan moves to third. Staub moves to second.
Bottom 3 Orlando Pena now pitching. Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Garrett tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Milner strikes out.
Bottom 3 Staub takes first base on ball four. Garrett moves to third. Millan moves to second.
Bottom 3 Millan takes first base on ball four. Garrett moves to second.
Bottom 3 Garrett takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Agee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Milner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Agee for the out.
Top 3 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garrett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Harry Parker now pitching. Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lute Barnes pinch hits for George Stone. Barnes is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Harrelson hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Folkers strikes out.
Top 2 Tyson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Don Hahn now playing center field. Melendez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Don Hahn pinch hits for Dave Schneck. Hahn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones takes first base on ball four. Staub moves to second.
Bottom 1 Milner hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rich Folkers now pitching. Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it and throws to second for the out. Garrett moves to third.
Bottom 1 Millan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garrett moves to second.
Bottom 1 Garrett takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Agee hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garrett fields it and throws to first for the out.