Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 2, 1969 - Box Score

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July 1, 1969
Cardinals 8, Mets 5 1969 Regular Season Game 75
July 2, 1969
Mets 6, Cardinals 4 Next Game:
July 3, 1969
Mets 8, Cardinals 1

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National League Standings, July 2, 1969

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Tommie
Agee 2b
Ken
Boswell lf
Cleon
Jones rf
Art
Shamsky 3b
Wayne
Garrett 1b
Donn
Clendenon c
J.C.
Martin ss
Al
Weis p
Jerry
Koosman

July 2, 1969, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf 7 1 4 0 0 0 .276

Ken Boswell 2b 7 2 2 1 0 2 .248

Cleon Jones lf 6 1 0 0 0 3 .351

Art Shamsky rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .326

- Rod Gaspar rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .232

Wayne Garrett 3b 6 1 4 4 1 0 .274

Donn Clendenon 1b 6 0 2 1 1 1 .229

J.C. Martin c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .210

- Jerry Grote c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .221

Al Weis ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .161

Jerry Koosman p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .030

- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ron Swoboda ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .215

- Tug McGraw p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .118

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Lou Brock lf 7 0 0 0 1 3

Curt Flood cf 6 0 3 0 1 1

Vada Pinson rf 7 0 2 0 0 2

Joe Torre 1b 4 1 1 0 1 0

- Boots Day pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ray Washburn p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Bob Gibson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ron Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Nelson Briles p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Shannon 3b 5 1 2 0 2 1

Tim McCarver c 5 1 4 0 1 0

Julian Javier 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0

- Vic Davalillo ph 1 1 1 4 0 0

- Dal Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0 0 1

Steve Huntz ss-2b 5 0 0 0 2 3

Dave Giusti p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Phil Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Chuck Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Joe Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill White ph-1b 3 0 1 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E

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

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 3

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman 7.2 7 3 3 4 4 1.66

Ron Taylor 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 2.61

Tug McGraw (W,5-1) 6.0 7 0 0 4 8 3.32

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Dave Giusti 7.0 7 3 2 1 5

Chuck Taylor 2.0 1 1 0 0 3

Joe Hoerner 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Ray Washburn 3.0 4 0 0 0 1

Ron Willis (L) 0.2 2 2 2 2 0

Nelson Briles 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Errors: Joe Torre.
PB: Tim McCarver.
WP: Jerry Koosman.
2B: Tommie Agee (12), Wayne Garrett (5), Joe Torre, Curt Flood, Vada Pinson, Bill White.
3B: Art Shamsky (1).
HR: Vic Davalillo.
Intentional Walks: Mike Shannon.
HBP: Cleon Jones.
SH: Al Weis, Tim McCarver.
SB: Cleon Jones (12), Ken Boswell (5), Tommie Agee (3).

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