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National League Standings, August 8, 1972

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Mets Starting Lineup
rf
Agee Tommie
Agee
3b
Garrett Wayne
Garrett
cf
Mays Willie
Mays
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
lf
Milner John
Milner
2b
Boswell Ken
Boswell
c
Dyer Duffy
Dyer
ss
Martinez Ted
Martinez
p
Gentry Gary
Gentry
August 8, 1972, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Tommie Agee rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .248
Wayne Garrett 3b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .214
Willie Mays cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .270
Ed Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .233
John Milner lf 5 2 2 2 0 3 .257
Ken Boswell 2b 3 1 2 0 2 0 .174
Duffy Dyer c 3 0 0 0 2 3 .251
Ted Martinez ss 4 0 1 2 0 1 .225
Gary Gentry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
- Ray Sadecki p 3 1 1 0 0 0 .222
- Danny Frisella p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Cardinals ab r hbibbso
Lou Brock lf 4 1 2 0 0 1
Ted Sizemore 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0
Bernie Carbo rf 4 1 1 1 0 0
Joe Torre 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0
Ted Simmons c 3 0 0 0 1 0
Matty Alou 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0
Jose Cruz cf 1 0 0 1 0 0
- Luis Melendez ph-cf 2 1 1 2 0 0
Dal Maxvill ss 4 0 1 1 0 0
Rick Wise p 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Joe Grzenda p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Moe Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- John Cumberland p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Jorge Roque ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Dennis Higgins p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 10 1
St. Louis Cardinals 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 x 6 10 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Gary Gentry 0.2 4 4 1 1 0 3.83
Ray Sadecki 5.1 4 0 0 0 1 2.70
Danny Frisella (L,4-7) 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 2.87
St. Louis Cardinals ip h rer bbso
Rick Wise 3.2 6 4 4 2 1
Joe Grzenda 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Moe Drabowsky 0.2 2 1 1 2 1
John Cumberland 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Higgins (W) 3.0 0 0 0 3 5

Errors: Wayne Garrett (9), Jose Cruz.
WP: Gary Gentry.
2B: Ken Boswell (4), Wayne Garrett (7).
3B: Wayne Garrett (2).
HR: John Milner (10), Luis Melendez.
Intentional Walks: Duffy Dyer, Willie Mays.
SF: Ed Kranepool, Jose Cruz.
SB: Ken Boswell (2), Lou Brock.









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