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Phillies 5 @ Mets 3
Shea Stadium
August 2, 1972

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on August 2, 1972 at Shea Stadium. The home team Mets were bested by the visiting Phillies with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 2, 1972 
Visiting Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 5 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 2
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 2
Home Team
New York Mets
R: 3 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherMac Scarce  
Losing PitcherTom Seaver  
SaveDick Selma  
Game Winning RBIDeron Johnson 

Game Info

DateAugust 2, 1972 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Home TeamNew York Mets 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Champion  
Home Starting PitcherTom Seaver  
BallparkShea Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance22,733 
Time of Game2 hours 22 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dick Stello
1B: Ed Sudol
2B: Mel Steiner
3B: Bill Williams

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Denny Doyle  Second Baseman 
Larry Bowa  Shortstop 
Tom Hutton  First Baseman 
Willie Montanez  Center Fielder 
Greg Luzinski  Left Fielder 
Don Money  Third Baseman 
Bill Robinson  Right Fielder 
John Bateman  Catcher 
Bill Champion  Pitcher 
Paul Owens  Manager 

New York Mets Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tommie Agee  Center Fielder 
Wayne Garrett  Third Baseman 
Dave Schneck  Right Fielder 
Ed Kranepool  First Baseman 
Cleon Jones  Left Fielder 
Ken Boswell  Second Baseman 
Duffy Dyer  Catcher 
Ted Martinez  Shortstop 
Tom Seaver  Pitcher 
Yogi Berra  Manager 

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Phillies 5 @ Mets 3
Shea Stadium
August 2, 1972

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/2/1972 -- Philadelphia at New York (N)

  Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Doyle D, 2b           4  1  1  0   Agee T, cf-lf         5  0  2  1   
Bowa L, ss            3  1  2  0   Garrett W, 3b         3  0  1  0   
Hutton T, 1b          4  1  3  2   Schneck D, rf         3  0  0  1   
Montanez W, cf        4  1  1  1   Kranepool E, 1b       4  1  1  1   
Luzinski G, lf        3  0  0  0   Jones C, lf           3  0  1  0   
Johnson D, ph         1  1  1  2   Mays W, pr-cf         0  0  0  0   
Freed R, rf           0  0  0  0   Boswell K, 2b         4  0  0  0   
Money D, 3b           4  0  1  0   Dyer D, c             4  2  2  0   
Robinson B, rf-lf     4  0  0  0   Martinez T, ss        2  0  1  0   
Bateman J, c          3  0  0  0   Fregosi J, ss         2  0  0  0   
Champion B, p         1  0  0  0   Seaver T, p           2  0  0  0   
Wilson B, p           0  0  0  0   Milner J, ph          0  0  0  0   
Gamble O, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
Scarce M, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Selma D, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  5  9  5                        32  3  8  3

Philadelphia     200 000 003 --  5
New York         001 001 100 --  3

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Champion B            6.0  6  2  2  2  3
Wilson B              1.0  2  1  1  0  1
Scarce M (W)          1.0  0  0  0  0  2
Selma D (S)           1.0  0  0  0  1  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Seaver T (L)          9.0  9  5  5  0  8

E -- Seaver T
DP -- Philadelphia 1, New York 2
LOB -- Philadelphia 2, New York 7
2B -- Doyle D, Hutton T
HR -- Montanez W, Kranepool E, Johnson D
CS -- Hutton T 2, Jones C
SH -- Bowa L, Champion B, Seaver T
HBP -- by Scarce M (Jones C)
WP -- Wilson B
PB -- Bateman J
T -- 2:22
A -- 22733

    

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