Ray Sadecki scattered seven hits and Ron Swoboda drove in four runs with a pair of bases-loaded singles to lead the Mets to a 5-1 victory over the Cardinals. Sadecki's complete game was the first for the lefthander since twirling the distance for the Giants last September 1. His victory was only the second in eight decisions against the Cardinals since they traded him away in May, 1966. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Game Played on Tuesday, May       26, 1970 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  0
Mets         0  0  0    2  0  0    0  3  x  -   5  6  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cardenal cf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .285      Agee cf               4   1   2   0     0   1   .230
Javier 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Harrelson ss          1   1   0   0     3   0   .274
Brock lf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .292      Jones lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Allen 1b              4   0   0   0     0   3   .298      Shamsky 1b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .336
Torre c               4   0   2   0     0   1   .310        Jorgensen pr,1b     0   1   0   0     0   0   .188
Carl Taylor rf        4   0   1   0     0   1   .220      Boswell 2b            3   1   1   1     0   0   .276
Gagliano 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .194      Garrett 3b            2   0   0   0     2   1   .205
Maxvill ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Swoboda rf            4   0   2   4     0   1   .284
  Rojas ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .111      Grote c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .169
  Campisi p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sadecki p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Torrez p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
  Shannon ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .074
  Ramirez ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .103

Totals               33   1   7   1     0   7             Totals               28   5   6   5     6   4

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 13,473
Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Mets 6
DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 0
Errors: Harrelson
Doubles: Torre (8)
Caught Stealing: Agee (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Torrez (1), Javier (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Boswell (3)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez L(4-4)           6     4   2   2   3   4   0  24   2.87
Campisi                 1.1   1   3   3   2   0   0   7   2.86
Linzy                   0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   6.40
Totals                  8     6   5   5   6   4   0  35

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sadecki W(3-0)          9     7   1   1   0   7   0  35   3.21
Totals                  9     7   1   1   0   7   0  35

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Ed Sudol


CARDINALS 1ST: Cardenal flied to center; Javier grounded out
(third to first); Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Agee singled to center; Agee was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Harrelson walked; Jones struck out;
Shamsky lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets
0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Allen was called out on strikes; Torre singled to
right; Carl Taylor singled to center [Torre to second]; Gagliano
flied to center; Maxvill flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Boswell flied to right; Garrett flied to center;
Swoboda struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Torrez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Javier flied to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Grote grounded out (pitcher to first); Sadecki
grounded out (second to first); Agee grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Allen
popped to catcher in foul territory; Torre doubled to left; Carl
Taylor struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Harrelson lined to left; Jones popped to second;
Shamsky singled to left; Boswell singled to right [Shamsky to
third]; Garrett walked [Boswell to second]; Swoboda singled to
right [Garrett to third, Boswell scored, Shamsky scored]; Grote
grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Gagliano singled to left; Maxvill forced Gagliano
(shortstop to second); Torrez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Maxvill to second]; Cardenal grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Sadecki grounded out (shortstop to first); Agee was
called out on strikes; Harrelson walked; Jones grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Javier popped to second; Brock singled to center;
Allen struck out; Torre flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Shamsky lined to first; Boswell lined to right;
Garrett was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Carl Taylor reached on an error by Harrelson;
Gagliano forced Carl Taylor (shortstop to second); ROJAS BATTED
FOR MAXVILL; Rojas was called out on strikes; SHANNON BATTED FOR
TORREZ; Shannon flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: CAMPISI REPLACED ROJAS (PITCHING); RAMIREZ REPLACED
SHANNON (PLAYING SS); Swoboda grounded out (third to first);
Grote popped to shortstop; Sadecki grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Cardenal singled to left; Javier out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Cardenal to second]; Brock
singled to right [Cardenal scored]; Allen struck out; Torre
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: Agee singled to right; Harrelson walked [Agee to
second]; Jones flied to center [Harrelson to second, Agee to
third]; Shamsky was walked intentionally; JORGENSEN RAN FOR
SHAMSKY; LINZY REPLACED CAMPISI (PITCHING); Boswell hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Agee scored, Jorgensen to second,
Harrelson to third]; Garrett was walked intentionally; Swoboda
singled to center [Garrett to third, Jorgensen scored, Harrelson
scored]; Grote forced Swoboda (shortstop to second); 3 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Carl
Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Gagliano grounded out
(third to first); LEE BATTED FOR LINZY; Lee flied to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 5.