Ken Singleton smashed a three-run homer and Jerry Grote collected four straight hits to feature the Mets' 7-5 victory over the Cardinals. Nelson Briles, coming off the disabled list, was staked to a 3-0 lead by the Cardinals, but the Mets rebounded with four runs in the third. Ken Boswell doubled and scored on a single by Grote. After Tommie Agee singled and Grote was out at the plate on a grounder by Bud Harrelson, Singleton hit his homer.

The Mets added the remaining runs in the fifth on run-scoring singles by Harrelson, Art Shamsky and Donn Clendenon. Carl Taylor batted in three runs for the Cards with a double and a homer. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5
Game Played on Wednesday, July      8, 1970 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    1  0  2    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   5  9  0
Mets         0  0  4    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   7 11  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .289      Agee cf               4   1   1   0     1   1   .288
Cardenal cf           5   0   0   0     0   1   .314      Harrelson ss          4   2   1   1     0   0   .268
Allen 1b              3   2   1   0     2   0   .288      Singleton lf          2   2   1   3     2   0   .292
Torre c               4   1   3   1     1   0   .308      Shamsky rf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .324
Carl Taylor rf        4   1   2   3     1   0   .246        Swoboda rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Shannon 3b            4   1   0   0     0   0   .153      Clendenon 1b          4   0   1   1     0   1   .329
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .318        Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Ramirez ss            3   0   1   0     1   0   .207      Garrett 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .288
  Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .239      Boswell 2b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .262
Maxvill 2b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .199        Weis 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Briles p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .100      Grote c               4   1   4   1     0   0   .257
  McCool p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sadecki p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Simmons ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .227        Taylor p            0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Chuck Taylor p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Hague ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .299
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   9   5     7   5             Totals               31   7  11   7     4   3

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 38,932
Left on Base: Cardinals 11, Mets 6
DP: Cardinals 2, Mets 0
Errors: Garrett, Grote
Doubles: Torre 2 (17), Carl Taylor (7), Boswell (5)
Home Runs: Carl Taylor (3), Singleton (3)
Stolen Bases: Torre (1)
Caught Stealing: Brock (6), Boswell (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Briles (1), Sadecki 2 (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Brock (2)
GIDP: Agee (6), Clendenon (6)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles L(1-2)           4.2   7   7   7   1   2   1  21   8.89
McCool                  0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.23
Linzy                   0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.82
Chuck Taylor            2     1   0   0   2   0   0   8   3.32
Hrabosky                1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   2.70
Totals                  8    11   7   7   4   3   1  37

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sadecki W(7-2)          7     6   5   4   6   3   1  33   3.40
McGraw                  0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   4   4.03
Taylor SV(10)           1.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.09
Totals                  9     9   5   4   7   5   1  43

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Secory, 3B - Mel Steiner


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Cardenal popped to second;
Allen walked; Torre doubled to center [Allen scored]; Carl
Taylor grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Agee struck out; Harrelson grounded out (second to
first); Singleton grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Shannon lined to center; Ramirez walked; Maxvill
flied to center; Briles was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Shamsky grounded out (first to pitcher); Clendenon
struck out; Garrett flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to right; Brock was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Cardenal struck out; Allen walked;
Torre singled to left [Allen to second]; Carl Taylor doubled to
left [Torre scored, Allen scored]; Shannon flied to right; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Boswell doubled to right; Grote singled to center
[Boswell scored]; Sadecki out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Grote to second]; Agee singled [Grote to third];
Harrelson reached on a fielder's choice [Grote out at home
(third unassisted), Agee to third, Harrelson to second];
Singleton homered [Agee scored, Harrelson scored]; Shamsky
popped to shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 4.

CARDINALS 4TH: Ramirez flied to right; Maxvill singled to
center; Briles out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Maxvill to second]; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 4.

METS 4TH: Clendenon lined to left; Garrett lined to second;
Boswell singled to right; Boswell was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets
4.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Allen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre walked; Torre stole
second [Torre to third (error by Grote)]; Carl Taylor walked;
Shannon popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Cardinals 3, Mets 4.

METS 5TH: Grote singled to left; Sadecki reached on a fielder's
choice on a sacrifice bunt [Grote to second]; Agee grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Grote to third,
Sadecki out at second]; Harrelson singled to left [Grote
scored]; MCCOOL REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Singleton walked
(walk was charged to Briles) [Harrelson to second]; Shamsky
singled to right [Singleton to third, Harrelson scored]; LINZY
REPLACED MCCOOL (PITCHING); Clendenon singled to center [Shamsky
to third, Singleton scored]; Garrett grounded out (second to
first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: Ramirez flied to right; Maxvill flied to center;
SIMMONS BATTED FOR LINZY; Simmons walked; Brock flied to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 7.

METS 6TH: CHUCK TAYLOR REPLACED SIMMONS (PITCHING); Boswell
popped to shortstop; Grote singled to center; Sadecki grounded
out (second to first) [Grote to second]; Agee walked; Harrelson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals
3, Mets 7.

CARDINALS 7TH: Cardenal flied to left; Allen popped to first in
foul territory; Torre flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Mets 7.

METS 7TH: Singleton walked; Shamsky flied to left; Clendenon
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Singleton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Mets 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED CLENDENON (PLAYING 1B);
SWOBODA REPLACED SHAMSKY (PLAYING RF); Carl Taylor homered;
Shannon reached on an error by Garrett; MCGRAW REPLACED SADECKI
(PITCHING); Ramirez singled to left [Shannon to second]; Maxvill
walked [Shannon to third, Ramirez to second]; HAGUE BATTED FOR
CHUCK TAYLOR; Hague struck out; Brock hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Shannon scored (unearned)]; TAYLOR REPLACED MCGRAW
(PITCHING); Cardenal forced Maxvill (shortstop to second); 2 R
(1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 7.

METS 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED HAGUE (PITCHING); Garrett struck
out; Boswell flied to center; Grote singled to left; Taylor
walked [Grote to second]; Agee popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 7.

CARDINALS 9TH: WEIS REPLACED BOSWELL (PLAYING 2B); Allen singled
to left; Torre doubled to right [Allen to third]; Carl Taylor
popped to second; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR SHANNON; Davalillo flied
to center; LEE BATTED FOR RAMIREZ; Lee struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 7.