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Saturday April 11, 1970
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Gary Gentry, who beat the Cardinals three straight times in 1969, made it four in a row by pitching the Mets to a 4-1 victory with last-out help from Ron Taylor. Gentry allowed only four hits, but left the mound after Leron Lee singled in the ninth inning and Carl Taylor walked with two out. Ron Taylor retired Phil Gagliano on a fly to end the game. [The Sporting News]


New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Game Played on Saturday, April 11, 1970 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Mets         0  1  2    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 10  0
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Agee cf               3   0   1   0     2   0   .211      Brock lf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .235
Harrelson ss          4   1   1   0     1   0   .286      Cardenal cf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .333
Foy 3b                5   0   1   1     0   0   .118      Allen 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .294
Jones lf              4   1   2   1     1   0   .400      Torre c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Shamsky 1b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .357      Lee rf                4   0   1   0     0   1   .294
  Jorgensen 1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Hague 1b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .214
Swoboda rf            4   0   2   1     1   1   .267      Javier 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Boswell 2b            3   0   2   0     2   1   .400      Maxvill ss            0   0   0   0     2   0   .222
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rojas ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Grote c               3   0   0   1     0   0   .154        Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gentry p              3   1   0   0     1   3   .000        Carl Taylor ph      0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Weis 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Briles p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Guzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Campbell ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Campisi p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ramirez ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gagliano ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4  10   4     8   5             Totals               31   1   4   1     4   3

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 17,541
Left on Base: Mets 13, Cardinals 8
DP: Mets 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: Ramirez
Triples: Cardenal (1), Hague (1)
Stolen Bases: Harrelson (1), Jones (1)
Caught Stealing: Foy (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Grote (2)
GIDP: Harrelson (1), Shamsky (1)
Hit by Pitch: Shamsky (1,by Briles), Grote (1,by Campisi), Hague (1,by Gentry)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gentry W(1-0)           8.2   4   1   1   4   3   0  35   1.04
Taylor SV(1)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9     4   1   1   4   3   0  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles L(0-1)           2.1   5   3   3   2   1   0  15  11.57
Guzman                  1.2   1   1   1   2   1   0   6   5.40
Campisi                 3     2   0   0   4   2   0  14   0.00
Hilgendorf              2     2   0   0   0   1   0   9   0.00
Totals                  9    10   4   4   8   5   0  44

Hit by Pitch: Gentry (1), Briles (1), Campisi (1)

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


METS 1ST: Agee walked; Harrelson flied to center; Foy flied to
left; Jones forced Agee (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock popped to third in foul territory; Cardenal
flied to right; Allen flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Cardinals 0.

METS 2ND: Shamsky singled to right; Swoboda singled to left
[Shamsky to second]; Boswell walked [Shamsky to third, Swoboda
to second]; Grote hit a sacrifice fly to left [Swoboda to third,
Shamsky scored]; Gentry struck out; Agee forced Boswell
(shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Lee
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hague was hit by a pitch;
Javier singled to center [Hague to second]; Maxvill walked
[Hague to third, Javier to second]; Briles flied to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

METS 3RD: Harrelson singled to center; Harrelson stole second;
Foy flied to left; Jones singled to right [Harrelson scored];
Jones stole second; Shamsky was hit by a pitch; Swoboda singled
to left [Shamsky to second, Jones scored]; GUZMAN REPLACED
BRILES (PITCHING); Boswell was called out on strikes; Grote
flied to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock walked; Cardenal tripled to right [Brock
scored]; Allen grounded out (first unassisted); Torre reached on
a fielder's choice [Cardenal out at home (pitcher to third)];
Lee was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3,
Cardinals 1.

METS 4TH: Gentry walked; Agee walked [Gentry to second];
Harrelson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Gentry to third, Agee out at second]; Foy singled to left
[Gentry scored]; Foy was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hague tripled to left; Javier popped to third;
Maxvill walked; CAMPBELL BATTED FOR GUZMAN; Campbell struck
out; Debut game for Jim Campbell; Brock forced Maxvill
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals
1.

METS 5TH: CAMPISI REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Jones grounded
out (shortstop to first); Shamsky popped to second; Swoboda
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cardenal was called out on strikes; Allen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

METS 6TH: Boswell walked; Grote was hit by a pitch [Boswell to
second]; Boswell was picked off second (catcher to shortstop);
On a bunt Gentry struck out; Agee singled to right [Grote to
third]; Harrelson walked [Agee to second]; Foy flied to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Lee flied to right; Hague flied out to right;
Javier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

METS 7TH: Jones walked; Shamsky grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Jones out at second]; Swoboda
walked; Boswell singled to center [Swoboda to third]; Grote
forced Boswell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED SHAMSKY (PLAYING 1B); ROJAS
BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Rojas grounded out (third to first);
DAVALILLO BATTED FOR CAMPISI; Davalillo lined to second; Brock
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

METS 8TH: HILGENDORF REPLACED ROJAS (PITCHING); RAMIREZ REPLACED
DAVALILLO (PLAYING SS); Gentry struck out; Debut game for
Milt Ramirez; Agee grounded out (shortstop to first);
Harrelson reached on an error by Ramirez; Foy grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Cardenal grounded out (third to first); Allen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

METS 9TH: Jones singled to center; Jorgensen forced Jones (first
to shortstop); Swoboda flied to right; Boswell singled to right
[Jorgensen to third]; Grote grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Lee singled to right; Hague flied to right;
Javier grounded out (third to first) [Lee to second]; CARL
TAYLOR BATTED FOR HILGENDORF; Carl Taylor walked; TAYLOR
REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); WEIS REPLACED GENTRY (PLAYING 2B);
GAGLIANO BATTED FOR RAMIREZ; Gagliano flied to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 1.



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