Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 29, 1972 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 28, 1972
Cardinals 8, Mets 3 1972 Regular Season Game 39
May 29, 1972
Mets 7, Cardinals 6 Next Game:
May 30, 1972
Mets 7, Phillies 0

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National League Standings, May 29, 1972

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Bud
Harrelson 2b
Ken
Boswell cf
Tommie
Agee rf
Rusty
Staub lf
John
Milner 3b
Jim
Fregosi 1b
Ed
Kranepool c
Jerry
Grote p
Buzz
Capra

May 29, 1972, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

New York Mets 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bud Harrelson ss 2 2 0 0 3 0 .219

Ken Boswell 2b 5 1 1 3 0 1 .178

- Ted Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271

Tommie Agee cf-lf 5 2 3 1 0 1 .311

Rusty Staub rf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .307

John Milner lf 1 0 0 0 2 0 .250

- Willie Mays ph-cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .381

Jim Fregosi 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .248

Ed Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .232

- Jim Beauchamp ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179

Jerry Grote c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .257

Buzz Capra p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

- Dave Marshall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jerry Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Lou Brock lf 5 0 1 1 0 0

Ted Sizemore 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1

Matty Alou 1b 4 1 1 0 1 0

Joe Torre 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0

Ted Simmons c 5 0 1 0 0 3

Bernie Carbo rf 2 1 0 0 2 1

Luis Melendez cf 4 1 1 0 0 0

Ed Crosby ss 1 0 0 0 1 1

- Donn Clendenon ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Dal Maxvill ss 1 0 0 0 0 0

Scipio Spinks p 3 0 0 0 0 3

- Jerry McNertney ph 1 1 1 2 0 0

- Tony Cloninger p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Charlie Hudson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Moe Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Grzenda p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 7 6 2

St. Louis Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 6 8 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Buzz Capra 5.1 3 2 2 2 6 4.25

Tug McGraw 2.2 5 4 3 3 2 1.30

Jerry Koosman (W,2-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 6.48

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Scipio Spinks 8.0 3 3 3 6 5

Tony Cloninger (L) 0.1 3 4 4 1 0

Charlie Hudson 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

Moe Drabowsky 0.0 0 0 0 2 0

Joe Grzenda 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Errors: John Milner (1).
PB: Ted Simmons.
WP: Scipio Spinks.
2B: Tommie Agee (11), Joe Torre, Ted Simmons, Ted Sizemore.
3B: Lou Brock, Jerry McNertney.
HR: Ken Boswell (1), Rusty Staub (6).
Intentional Walks: Rusty Staub.
HBP: Jerry Grote, John Milner, Rusty Staub.
SB: Bud Harrelson (5).

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