Joe Torre smashed a homer in the 13th inning to give the Cardinals a 5-4 victory over the Mets, who were forced to mark time, one-half game behind the Pirates in the East division race. Joe Hague batted in the Cardinals' first four runs, hitting a homer with two men on base in the third inning and getting another RBI with a single in the fifth. St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Mets 4Game Played on Sunday, September 13, 1970 (Day game) at Shea StadiumCardinals 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 9 0 Mets 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 5 2 1 0 1 0 .307 Agee cf 4 1 0 0 2 0 .279 Javier 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .252 Garrett 3b 6 1 2 0 0 1 .246 Hague 1b 6 1 3 4 0 1 .273 Jones lf 6 1 2 0 0 2 .285 Torre 3b 5 1 1 1 1 3 .314 Shamsky rf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .304 Cardenal cf 6 0 1 0 0 1 .289 Swoboda ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Simmons c 5 0 0 0 1 1 .226 Clendenon 1b 6 0 1 1 0 0 .287 Lee rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .223 Boswell 2b 5 0 1 0 1 0 .251 Briles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Grote c 5 0 1 1 0 0 .255 Carl Taylor ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0 2 0 .239 Bertaina p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Nossek ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gentry p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .070 Linzy p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Marshall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Maxvill ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .206 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Torrez p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Kranepool ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Chuck Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .115 Stanton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGraw p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364 Melendez ph,rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Singleton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Herbel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 46 5 9 5 5 11 Totals 46 4 9 3 6 5 Time of Game: 3:36 Attendance: 43,592 Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Mets 10 DP: Cardinals 1, Mets 1 Errors: Garrett Doubles: Cardenal (31), Clendenon (16) Home Runs: Hague (14), Torre (20) Stolen Bases: Brock (48) Sacrifice Hits: Javier (9), Grote (5) GIDP: Brock (9), Jones (18) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrez 4.1 7 4 4 3 1 0 22 4.03 Chuck Taylor 0.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 3.01 Hilgendorf 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.50 Briles 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 6.46 Bertaina 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.66 Linzy W(5-6) 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 4.20 Totals 13 9 4 4 6 5 0 53 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gentry 4 4 3 3 2 4 1 18 3.72 Ryan 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 3.54 McGraw 6 3 0 0 1 5 0 22 3.58 Herbel L(9-6) 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 7 4.70 Totals 13 9 5 5 5 11 2 52 Passed Balls: Simmons (14) Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Javier grounded out (third to first); Hague singled to right; Torre struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Agee walked; Garrett forced Agee (second to shortstop); Jones forced Garrett (third to second); Shamsky singled to center [Jones to third]; Clendenon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Cardenal flied out to center; Simmons grounded out (second to first); Lee struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Boswell flied out to center; Grote singled to center; Harrelson forced Grote (first to shortstop); Gentry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Maxvill flied out to right; Torrez struck out; Brock singled to center; Brock stole second; Javier walked; Hague homered [Brock scored, Javier scored]; Torre popped to first in foul territory; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Agee walked; Garrett singled to center [Agee to third]; Jones grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Agee scored (no RBI), Garrett out at second]; Shamsky grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Cardenal doubled to left; Simmons popped to third in foul territory; Lee was called out on strikes; Maxvill was walked intentionally; Torrez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Clendenon lined to left; Boswell singled to center; Grote grounded out (second to first) [Boswell to second]; Harrelson walked; MARSHALL BATTED FOR GENTRY; Marshall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 1. CARDINALS 5TH: RYAN REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); Brock walked; Javier out on a sacrifice bunt (first to pitcher) [Brock to second]; Hague singled to right [Brock scored, Hague out at second (right to first)]; Torre walked; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett singled to right; Jones singled to center [Garrett to third]; Shamsky singled to right [Garrett scored, Jones to third]; CHUCK TAYLOR REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Clendenon doubled to left [Jones scored, Shamsky to third]; Boswell was walked intentionally; Grote out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Shamsky scored, Clendenon to third, Boswell to second]; Harrelson was walked intentionally; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR RYAN; HILGENDORF REPLACED CHUCK TAYLOR (PITCHING); STANTON BATTED FOR KRANEPOOL; Stanton flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. CARDINALS 6TH: MCGRAW REPLACED STANTON (PITCHING); Simmons flied out to right; Lee grounded out (second to first); Maxvill reached on an error by Garrett; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR HILGENDORF; Melendez forced Maxvill (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. METS 6TH: BRILES REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Agee flied out to center; Garrett was called out on strikes; Jones singled to center; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Jones to second]; Shamsky was walked intentionally; Clendenon flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. CARDINALS 7TH: Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); Javier flied out to center; Hague was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. METS 7TH: Boswell grounded out (second to first); Grote grounded out (first unassisted); Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. CARDINALS 8TH: Torre struck out; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. METS 8TH: McGraw flied out to right; Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. CARDINALS 9TH: CARL TAYLOR BATTED FOR BRILES; Carl Taylor singled to center; Maxvill forced Carl Taylor (pitcher to shortstop); Melendez singled to center [Maxvill to second]; Brock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Melendez out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. METS 9TH: BERTAINA REPLACED CARL TAYLOR (PITCHING); Jones struck out; SWOBODA BATTED FOR SHAMSKY; Swoboda grounded out (pitcher to first); Clendenon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. CARDINALS 10TH: SWOBODA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Javier singled to center; Hague forced Javier (first to shortstop); Torre struck out; Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. METS 10TH: Boswell flied out to center; Grote flied out to left; Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. CARDINALS 11TH: Simmons walked; NOSSEK BATTED FOR BERTAINA; Nossek forced Simmons (pitcher to shortstop); Maxvill flied out to right; Melendez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. METS 11TH: LINZY REPLACED NOSSEK (PITCHING); SINGLETON BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Singleton grounded out (second to first); Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. CARDINALS 12TH: HERBEL REPLACED SINGLETON (PITCHING); Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Javier was called out on strikes; Hague grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. METS 12TH: Jones struck out; Swoboda struck out; Clendenon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 4. CARDINALS 13TH: Torre homered; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons grounded out (second to first); Linzy struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Mets 4. METS 13TH: Boswell flied out to left; Grote grounded out (pitcher to first); JORGENSEN BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Jorgensen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Mets 4. |
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