Ron Swoboda drew a pass from Sal Campisi with the bases loaded and two out in the ninth inning to force in the run that gave the Mets a 4-3 victory over the Cardinals. The Mets bunched singles by Bud Harrelson and Ken Singleton, a walk, a single by Donn Clendenon, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by Wayne Garrett for three runs in the sixth. New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3Game Played on Tuesday, July 7, 1970 (Night game) at Shea StadiumCardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 7 0 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 - 4 10 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .289 Agee cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .288 Cardenal cf 3 1 3 2 2 0 .320 Harrelson ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .268 Allen 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .287 Singleton lf 3 0 1 0 2 0 .286 Torre c 4 0 0 0 1 0 .302 Shamsky rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .326 Hague rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .300 Swoboda pr,rf 0 0 0 1 1 0 .230 Shannon 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .160 Clendenon 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .331 Kennedy 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .130 Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Carl Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Garrett 3b 3 0 0 1 0 3 .298 Ramirez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Boswell 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .257 Maxvill ss,2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .196 Grote c 4 0 3 0 0 1 .240 Torrez p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Weis pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .220 Lee ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Gentry p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .025 Linzy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Folkers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frisella p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Gibson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 Campisi p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 7 3 8 7 Totals 32 4 10 3 6 9 Time of Game: 3:03 Attendance: 42,858 Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Mets 10 DP: Cardinals 1, Mets 3 Errors: Garrett Sacrifice Hits: Gentry (4) Sacrifice Flies: Garrett (1) GIDP: Shannon (3), Carl Taylor (6), Torre (14), Singleton (2) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrez 6 5 3 3 4 7 0 25 3.86 Linzy 1.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.85 Hrabosky 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.92 Campisi L(2-2) 0.2 2 1 1 2 1 0 6 3.10 Totals 8.2 10 4 4 6 9 0 40 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gentry 7 6 2 1 4 7 0 31 3.25 Folkers 1.1 1 1 1 3 0 0 7 2.70 Frisella W(1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3.38 Totals 9 7 3 2 8 7 0 40 Wild Pitches: Torrez 2 (6), Gentry 2 (4) Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Frank Secory CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Cardenal singled to center; Gentry threw a wild pitch [Cardenal to second]; Allen grounded out (third to first); Torre flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Agee struck out; Harrelson walked; Singleton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Harrelson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hague was called out on strikes; Shannon was called out on strikes; Kennedy singled to center; Maxvill struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Shamsky singled to center; Torrez threw a wild pitch [Shamsky to second]; Clendenon popped to catcher in foul territory; Garrett was called out on strikes; Boswell flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Torrez struck out; Brock popped to second; Cardenal walked; Allen lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Grote struck out; Gentry popped to second; Agee flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Torre walked; Hague struck out; Shannon forced Torre (shortstop to second); Kennedy singled to left [Shannon to second]; Maxvill grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Harrelson struck out; Singleton walked; Shamsky popped to shortstop; Clendenon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Torrez struck out; Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Cardenal walked; Allen flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Garrett was called out on strikes; Boswell walked; Grote singled to right [Boswell to third]; Gentry grounded out (pitcher to first) [Grote to second]; Agee struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Torre popped to second; Hague singled to right; Shannon grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hague out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 6TH: Harrelson singled to center; Singleton singled to center [Harrelson to third]; Shamsky walked [Singleton to second]; Clendenon singled to left [Harrelson scored, Singleton out at home (left to catcher), Shamsky to third (on throw to home), Clendenon to second (on throw to home)]; Torrez threw a wild pitch [Clendenon to third, Shamsky scored]; Garrett hit a sacrifice fly to right [Clendenon scored]; Boswell lined to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to first); Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); LEE BATTED FOR TORREZ; Lee struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 3. METS 7TH: LINZY REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Grote singled to right; Gentry out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Grote to second]; Agee flied to right [Grote to third]; Harrelson flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 3. CARDINALS 8TH: Brock walked; Gentry threw a wild pitch [Brock to second]; Cardenal singled to center [Brock scored]; Allen singled to center [Cardenal to second]; Torre reached on an error by Garrett [Allen to second, Cardenal to third]; FOLKERS REPLACED GENTRY (PITCHING); Hague grounded out (first unassisted) [Torre to second, Allen to third, Cardenal scored (unearned)]; Shannon was walked intentionally; CARL TAYLOR BATTED FOR KENNEDY; Carl Taylor grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Allen out at home]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 3. METS 8TH: RAMIREZ REPLACED CARL TAYLOR (PLAYING SS); MAXVILL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first); Shamsky singled to left; Clendenon singled to left [Shamsky to third]; SWOBODA RAN FOR SHAMSKY; JORGENSEN RAN FOR CLENDENON; HRABOSKY REPLACED LINZY (PITCHING); Garrett was called out on strikes; Boswell forced Jorgensen (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 3. CARDINALS 9TH: SWOBODA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Maxvill walked; GIBSON BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Gibson walked [Maxvill to second]; Brock forced Gibson (second to shortstop) [Maxvill to third]; Cardenal singled to left [Brock to second, Maxvill scored]; FRISELLA REPLACED FOLKERS (PITCHING); Allen walked [Brock to third, Cardenal to second]; Torre grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Allen out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 9TH: CAMPISI REPLACED GIBSON (PITCHING); Grote singled to right; WEIS RAN FOR GROTE; Frisella was called out on strikes; Agee singled to right [Weis to second]; Harrelson forced Agee (second unassisted) [Weis to third]; Singleton was walked intentionally [Harrelson to second]; Swoboda walked [Weis scored, Harrelson to third, Singleton to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 4. |
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