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New York Mets New York Mets @ St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals
2 – 3
Final Busch Stadium I
Linescore
123456789 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 — 3 5 1
RISP   NYM 5-for-8  ·  STL 1-for-5
Pitching
New York Mets
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Jon MatlackL 6.0 5 3 2 1 4 34 30
Tom Hall 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
John DennyW 7.1 6 1 1 1 3 38 34
Al Hrabosky 1.1 2 1 1 1 0 10 6
Mike GarmanS 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Scoring Summary
▼ 5th Ed Brinkman singles on a to left fielder Dave Kingman. Ken Reitz scores. Keith Hernandez to 2nd. 0–1
▼ 5th Keith Hernandez advances to 3rd base on a caught stealing error by shortstop Bud Harrelson. Keith Hernandez scores. 0–2
▼ 5th Lou Brock singles on a to center fielder Del Unser. Ed Brinkman scores. 0–3
▲ 7th John Stearns doubles (1) on a to left fielder Lou Brock. Wayne Garrett scores. Fielding error by left fielder Lou Brock. 1–3
▲ 9th Joe Torre singles on a to center fielder Bake McBride. John Stearns scores. Jack Heidemann to 2nd. 2–3
Box Score
New York Mets
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
CFDel Unser 4 0 0 0 0 0
PHJerry Grote 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHBob Gallagher 1 0 0 0 0 0
2BFelix Millan 4 0 1 0 0 0
RFRusty Staub 3 0 0 0 1 0
LFDave Kingman 4 0 0 0 0 1
1BEd Kranepool 3 0 1 0 0 0
PHGene Clines 1 0 0 0 0 0
3BWayne Garrett 3 1 2 0 0 1
PHJesus Alou 1 0 0 0 0 0
CJohn Stearns 3 1 1 0 1 0
SSBud Harrelson 2 0 0 0 0 0
SSJack Heidemann 2 0 1 0 0 0
PJon Matlack 2 0 1 0 0 1
PHJohn Milner 1 0 0 0 0 0
PTom Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHJoe Torre 1 0 1 1 0 0
PRTom Seaver 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Louis Cardinals
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
LFLou Brock 4 0 1 1 0 1
2BTed Sizemore 4 0 1 0 0 0
CFBake McBride 3 0 0 0 0 1
RFReggie Smith 2 0 1 0 1 0
CTed Simmons 3 0 0 0 0 0
3BKen Reitz 3 1 1 0 0 0
1BKeith Hernandez 3 1 0 0 0 1
SSEd Brinkman 3 1 1 1 0 0
PJohn Denny 2 0 0 0 0 1
PAl Hrabosky 1 0 0 0 0 0
PMike Garman 0 0 0 0 0 0