Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 20, 1969 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 19, 1969
Mets 2, Cardinals 1 1969 Regular Season Game 12
April 20, 1969
Mets 11, Cardinals 3 Next Game:
April 21, 1969
Phillies 2, Mets 1

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National League Standings, April 20, 1969

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Bud
Harrelson 2b
Ken
Boswell cf
Amos
Otis lf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Ed
Kranepool rf
Ron
Swoboda c
Jerry
Grote 3b
Kevin
Collins p
Jim
McAndrew

April 20, 1969, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

New York Mets 11, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bud Harrelson ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .219

Ken Boswell 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .314

Amos Otis cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .261

Cleon Jones lf 4 4 3 0 1 0 .426

Ed Kranepool 1b 4 2 2 2 1 0 .344

Ron Swoboda rf 4 1 2 3 1 1 .333

Jerry Grote c 4 1 3 4 1 0 .243

Kevin Collins 3b 5 1 1 2 0 0 .250

Jim McAndrew p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250

- Nolan Ryan p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000

- Cal Koonce p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Lou Brock lf 5 1 2 0 0 1

Curt Flood cf 3 0 0 0 2 0

Vada Pinson rf 4 0 1 0 0 0

Joe Torre 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1

Tim McCarver c 3 1 2 0 1 0

Mike Shannon 3b 3 0 1 1 1 1

Julian Javier 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0

Dal Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Ricketts ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

Nelson Briles p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Mike Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mel Nelson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Hague ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Gary Waslewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ron Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 3 11 14 0

St. Louis Cardinals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jim McAndrew 3.0 5 3 3 1 1 11.32

Nolan Ryan (W,1-0) 4.2 1 0 0 4 4 4.82

Cal Koonce (Save,3) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 7.04

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Nelson Briles (L) 4.2 6 6 6 2 1

Mike Torrez 2.0 5 2 2 1 3

Mel Nelson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Gary Waslewski 1.1 3 3 3 2 1

Ron Willis 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

2B: Jerry Grote 2 (3), Ed Kranepool (3), Cleon Jones (3), Ron Swoboda (2), Amos Otis (1), Tim McCarver, Mike Shannon.
HR: Kevin Collins (1), Joe Torre.
SB: Lou Brock.

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