Ultimate Mets Database: Game of October 21, 1973 - Box Score

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October 20, 1973
Athletics 3, Mets 1 1973 World Series Game 7
October 21, 1973
Athletics 5, Mets 2 Next Game:
April 6, 1974
Phillies 5, Mets 4

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

3b
Wayne
Garrett 2b
Felix
Millan rf
Rusty
Staub lf
Cleon
Jones 1b
John
Milner c
Jerry
Grote cf
Don
Hahn ss
Bud
Harrelson p
Jon
Matlack

October 21, 1973, Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA

Oakland Athletics 5, New York Mets 2

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Wayne Garrett 3b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .167

Felix Millan 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .188

Rusty Staub rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .423

Cleon Jones lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .286

John Milner 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .296

Jerry Grote c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267

Don Hahn cf 4 0 3 0 0 1 .241

Bud Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Jon Matlack p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250

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

- Jim Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Ray Sadecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ken Boswell ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000

- George Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ted Martinez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Athletics ab r h bi bb so

Bert Campaneris ss 4 2 3 2 0 0

Joe Rudi lf 3 1 2 1 1 0

Sal Bando 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Reggie Jackson cf-rf 4 1 1 2 0 0

Gene Tenace c-1b 3 0 0 0 1 1

Jesus Alou rf 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Vic Davalillo ph-cf 3 0 0 0 0 0

Deron Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2

- Ray Fosse c 1 0 1 0 0 0

Dick Green 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Ken Holtzman p 2 1 1 0 0 0

- Rollie Fingers p 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Darold Knowles 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 0

Oakland Athletics 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 x 5 9 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jon Matlack (L,1-2) 2.2 4 4 4 1 3 2.16

Harry Parker 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00

Ray Sadecki 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.93

George Stone 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 0.00

Oakland Athletics ip h r er bb so

Ken Holtzman (W) 5.1 5 1 1 1 4

Rollie Fingers 3.1 3 1 0 1 2

Darold Knowles (Save) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Left on base: Mets 8, Athletics 6
Errors: Cleon Jones (1), Gene Tenace.
2B: Rusty Staub (2), Felix Millan (1), Ken Holtzman.
HR: Reggie Jackson, Bert Campaneris.

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NO MIRACLE

Newsday
October 22, 1973

A'S CHAMPS AGAIN

A'S CHAMPS AGAIN

New York Daily News
October 22, 1973

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