The largest opening-game crowd in St. Louis history, 45,960, saw the Cardinals erupt for seven runs in the third inning and defeat the Mets, 7-3. Joe Torre drove in the first two runs with a bases-loaded double. George Culver, winner of his first start in a Cardinal uniform, also batted in two runs with a triple and scored himself on Jose Cardenal's second single of the stanza. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 7, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Friday, April     10, 1970 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  8  0
Cardinals    0  0  7    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   7 10  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Agee cf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Brock lf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .286
Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     2   1   .300      Cardenal cf           5   1   3   1     0   0   .357
Foy 3b                5   0   1   0     0   1   .083      Allen 3b              3   1   0   0     1   2   .385
Jones lf              4   2   2   0     0   0   .364      Torre c               4   1   1   2     0   2   .333
Shamsky 1b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .364      Lee rf                4   1   3   1     0   0   .308
Swoboda rf            3   0   1   1     1   1   .182      Hague 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Boswell 2b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .286      Javier 2b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .273
Grote c               4   0   2   0     0   1   .200      Maxvill ss            3   0   1   1     0   0   .222
McAndrew p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Culver p              3   1   1   2     0   1   .333
  Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Nye p               0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Chuck Taylor p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cardwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jorgensen ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Koonce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Clendenon ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .667

Totals               35   3   8   2     4   5             Totals               33   7  10   7     4   6

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 45,960
Left on Base: Mets 9, Cardinals 7
DP: Mets 0, Cardinals 0
Errors: Lee
Doubles: Grote (1), Jones 2 (3), Torre (1), Lee (1)
Triples: Culver (1)
Stolen Bases: Cardenal (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Maxvill (1)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McAndrew L(0-1)         2     7   5   5   1   2   0  14  22.50
Sadecki                 2     2   2   2   2   2   0  10   9.00
Cardwell                2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.00
Koonce                  2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   0.00
Totals                  8    10   7   7   4   6   0  38

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Culver W(1-0)           7.2   6   3   2   4   5   0  33   2.35
Nye                     0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Chuck Taylor SV(2)      1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9     8   3   2   4   5   0  39

Passed Balls: Torre (1)
Wild Pitches: Culver (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Augie Donatelli, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


METS 1ST: Agee grounded out (third to first); Harrelson was
called out on strikes; Foy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); Cardenal
singled to right; Cardenal stole second; Allen flied to center
[Cardenal to third]; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

METS 2ND: Jones grounded out (first unassisted); Shamsky flied
to center; Swoboda walked; Boswell flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Lee singled to left; Hague struck out; Javier
forced Lee (pitcher to shortstop); Maxvill singled to right
[Javier to third]; Culver struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

METS 3RD: Grote doubled to center; McAndrew reached on a
fielder's choice [Grote out at third (pitcher to third)]; Culver
threw a wild pitch [McAndrew to second]; Agee grounded out
(pitcher to first); Harrelson walked; Foy forced Harrelson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to right; Cardenal singled to left
[Brock to second]; Allen walked [Brock to third, Cardenal to
second]; Torre doubled to left [Allen to third, Cardenal scored,
Brock scored]; Lee doubled to left [Torre to third, Allen
scored]; SADECKI REPLACED MCANDREW (PITCHING); Hague grounded
out (first unassisted); Javier was walked intentionally; Maxvill
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Torre scored, Lee to third,
Javier to second]; Culver tripled to center [Javier scored, Lee
scored]; Brock walked; Cardenal singled to center [Brock to
second, Culver scored]; Allen was called out on strikes; 7 R, 6
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 7.

METS 4TH: Jones doubled to right; Shamsky flied to center;
Swoboda grounded out (shortstop to first); Boswell singled to
right [Jones scored]; Grote forced Boswell (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre was called out on strikes; Lee grounded out
(second to first); Hague lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Cardinals 7.

METS 5TH: KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR SADECKI; Kranepool grounded out
(second to first); Agee grounded out (shortstop to first);
Harrelson walked; Foy singled to left [Harrelson to second];
Jones flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 1, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 5TH: CARDWELL REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Javier
popped to catcher in foul territory; Maxvill flied to right;
Culver flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 7.

METS 6TH: Shamsky grounded out (second to first); Swoboda struck
out; Boswell flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock flied to left; Cardenal grounded out (third
to first); Allen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 7.

METS 7TH: Grote struck out; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR CARDWELL;
Jorgensen struck out; Agee grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 7TH: KOONCE REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); Torre
struck out; Lee singled to right; Hague flied to center; Javier
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Cardinals 7.

METS 8TH: Harrelson grounded out (second to first); Foy was
called out on strikes; Jones doubled to right; Shamsky walked;
Torre allowed a passed ball [Jones to third]; Swoboda singled to
right [Jones scored, Swoboda to third (error by Lee), Shamsky
scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; NYE REPLACED CULVER (PITCHING);
Boswell grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: Maxvill grounded out (pitcher to first); Nye
walked; Brock flied to left; Cardenal forced Nye (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 7.

METS 9TH: Grote singled to center; CLENDENON BATTED FOR KOONCE;
CHUCK TAYLOR REPLACED NYE (PITCHING); Clendenon popped to
catcher in foul territory; Agee popped to third in foul
territory; Harrelson singled to left [Grote to second]; Foy
popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 7.