New York Mets 2–5 Oakland Athletics
Oakland Athletics won 5–2 · game 7 of the 1973 World Series
Winner-take-all — the Oakland Athletics took the 1973 World Series in game 7. The Oakland Athletics beat the New York Mets 5–2 in game 7 of the 1973 World Series.
The Oakland Athletics beat the New York Mets 5–2 in game 7 of the 1973 World Series on 1973-10-21.
Why this game is here
- The winner-take-all finale of the 1973 World Series (game 7)
Selection is threshold-earned: a game qualifies only by structural singularity (a tied game, or the winner-take-all finale of a series that went the distance) or by holding an outright covered-era record. Fame carries no weight.
The game
| Series | 1973 World Series (game 7) |
|---|---|
| Date | 1973-10-21 |
| Score | New York Mets 2, Oakland Athletics 5 |
| Innings | 9 |
Source: Retrosheet World Series game logs (glws.zip), 1973 World Series, game 7 (1973-10-21). The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. — source
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