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Saturday September 12, 1970
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Posting his third shutout of the season, Jim McAndrew pitched the Mets to a 3-0 victory over the Cardinals. Cleon Jones, hitting safely in his 20th straight game to tie Tommie Agee's club record, tripled in the fourth inning and scored the Mets' first run on a sacrifice fly by Donn Clendenon. The Mets loaded the bases in the eighth and their other tallies followed on a sacrifice fly by Ken Singleton and single by Tim Foli. [The Sporting News]


New York Mets 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Game Played on Saturday, September 12, 1970 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  x  -   3  5  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .308      Agee cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .281
Javier 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .252      Boswell 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Hague 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Jones lf              3   2   1   0     1   2   .284
Torre 3b,c            2   0   1   0     1   0   .315      Clendenon 1b          2   0   0   1     1   0   .289
Cardenal cf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .290      Singleton rf          2   0   0   1     1   0   .266
Carl Taylor rf        3   0   0   0     0   0   .247        Swoboda rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Simmons c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Foli 3b               4   0   2   1     0   1   .500
  Melendez pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dyer c                4   0   0   0     0   2   .208
  Crosby ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Harrelson ss          2   0   0   0     1   0   .240
Maxvill ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .208      McAndrew p            3   0   1   0     0   1   .143
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .314
  DaVanon 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Reuss p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .033
  Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .226
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               29   0   5   0     1   4             Totals               27   3   5   3     4   6

Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance: 35,402
Left on Base: Cardinals 3, Mets 7
DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 2
Errors: Cardenal, Crosby
Doubles: Cardenal (30)
Triples: Jones (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Boswell (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Clendenon (7), Singleton (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(5-8)            7     3   1   1   3   6   0  27   4.71
Cleveland               1     2   2   0   1   0   0   7   7.50
Totals                  8     5   3   1   4   6   0  34

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McAndrew W(10-11)       9     5   0   0   1   4   0  30   3.46
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   4   0  30

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Tom Gorman


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

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

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre flied to center; Cardenal grounded out
(third to first); Carl Taylor grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Clendenon flied to center; Singleton flied to center;
Foli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons flied to center; Maxvill flied to right;
Reuss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Dyer grounded out (third to first); Harrelson walked;
McAndrew popped to pitcher; Agee forced Harrelson (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock popped to pitcher; Javier singled to left;
Hague flied to left; Torre singled to shortstop [Javier out at
third (shortstop to third)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Boswell grounded out (first to pitcher); Jones tripled
to right; Clendenon hit a sacrifice fly to left [Jones scored];
Singleton walked; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cardenal doubled to left; Carl Taylor flied into
a double play (left to third) [Cardenal out at third]; Simmons
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Dyer struck out; Harrelson flied to center; McAndrew
singled; Agee flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Maxvill flied to center; Reuss struck out; Brock
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Boswell grounded out (first to pitcher); Jones was
called out on strikes; Clendenon walked; Singleton forced
Clendenon (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Javier singled; Hague lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Javier out at first]; Torre walked; Cardenal
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Mets 1.

METS 7TH: Foli singled to left; Dyer struck out; Harrelson lined
to left; McAndrew struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Carl Taylor grounded out (third to first);
Simmons singled to center; MELENDEZ RAN FOR SIMMONS; DAVALILLO
BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Davalillo flied to center; LEE BATTED FOR
REUSS; Lee grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

METS 8TH: DAVANON REPLACED DAVALILLO (PLAYING 3B); CROSBY
REPLACED MELENDEZ (PLAYING SS); TORRE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
C ); CLEVELAND REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Agee singled to right;
Boswell out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Agee to
second]; Jones was walked intentionally; Clendenon reached on an
error by Crosby [Jones to second, Agee to third]; Singleton hit
a sacrifice fly to left [Agee scored (unearned)]; Foli singled
to center [Jones scored (unearned), Clendenon to third (error by
Cardenal), Foli to second]; Dyer grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: SWOBODA REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING RF); Brock
struck out; Javier flied to center; Hague flied to right in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 3.



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