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The anticipated pitching duel between Tom Seaver and Bob Gibson proved one-sided when the Mets walloped the Cardinals, 12-2. The Mets piled up 17 hits, 10 off Gibson, who was kayoed in the fourth inning. Seaver limited the Cards to seven hits, including a double and triple by Matty Alou. [The Sporting News] New York Mets 12, St. Louis Cardinals 2Game Played on Monday, April 26, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIMets 2 0 1 4 0 1 3 1 0 - 12 17 0
Cardinals 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 0
Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Agee cf 5 2 2 1 1 0 .238 Brock lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333
Harrelson ss 5 1 1 1 1 2 .302 Alou cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .302
Marshall rf 3 3 2 1 2 0 .391 Simmons c 3 0 0 1 0 0 .375
Jones lf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .259 Torre 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .363
Kranepool 1b 5 2 4 2 0 0 .423 Cardenal rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .229
Boswell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Melendez rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .417
Foli 2b 2 1 1 1 1 0 .214 Hague 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .192
Aspromonte 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .250 Sizemore ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .214
Grote c 4 2 1 1 1 1 .302 Javier 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .160
Seaver p 5 0 1 1 0 1 .231 Gibson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .308
Brunet p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Lee ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Norman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Burda ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .400
Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 41 12 17 10 6 4 Totals 33 2 7 2 0 8
Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 20,402
Left on Base: Mets 8, Cardinals 5
DP: Mets 0, Cardinals 3
Doubles: Agee (2), Harrelson (3), Grote (2), Marshall (2), Foli (2), Alou (6)
Triples: Alou (2)
Home Runs: Agee (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Simmons (1)
GIDP: Boswell (1), Aspromonte (1), Harrelson (2)
Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Seaver W(4-0) 9 7 2 2 0 8 0 34 1.37
Totals 9 7 2 2 0 8 0 34
Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Gibson L(3-2) 3.2 10 7 7 2 2 0 22 3.38
Brunet 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5.19
Norman 1.1 4 4 4 3 1 1 11 12.27
Taylor 1.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 7 3.86
Drabowsky 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.25
Totals 9 17 12 12 6 4 1 47
Passed Balls: Simmons 2 (3)
Wild Pitches: Gibson (3), Norman 2 (3)
Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Tony Venzon, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Mel Steiner
METS 1ST: Agee doubled to right; Harrelson doubled to right
[Agee scored]; Marshall singled to right [Harrelson to third];
Jones reached on a fielder's choice [Harrelson out at home
(pitcher unassisted), Marshall to second]; Kranepool singled to
center [Jones to third, Marshall scored]; Boswell grounded into
a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Kranepool out at
second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Alou flied out to left; Simmons
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0.
METS 2ND: Aspromonte grounded out (shortstop to first); Grote
struck out; Seaver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
struck out; Hague popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets
2, Cardinals 0.
METS 3RD: Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Marshall walked; Jones
singled to center [Marshall to second]; Kranepool singled to
right [Jones to third, Marshall scored]; Boswell flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Sizemore grounded out (pitcher to first); Javier
singled to center; Gibson struck out; Brock singled to left
[Javier to second]; Alou doubled to left [Brock to third, Javier
scored]; Simmons popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 1.
METS 4TH: Aspromonte singled to center; Grote doubled to right
[Aspromonte scored]; On a bunt Seaver struck out; Agee grounded
out (third to first); Harrelson walked; Simmons allowed a passed
ball [Harrelson to second, Grote to third]; Gibson threw a wild
pitch [Harrelson to third, Grote scored]; Marshall doubled to
right [Harrelson scored]; Jones singled to center [Marshall
scored]; BRUNET REPLACED GIBSON (PITCHING); Kranepool popped to
shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 7, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 4TH: FOLI REPLACED BOSWELL (PLAYING 2B); Torre
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal flied out to right;
Hague struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Cardinals 1.
METS 5TH: Foli walked; Aspromonte grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Foli out at second]; Grote flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 5TH: Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Javier
popped to second; LEE BATTED FOR BRUNET; Lee struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Cardinals 1.
METS 6TH: NORMAN REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); MELENDEZ REPLACED
CARDENAL (PLAYING RF); Seaver popped to second; Agee homered;
Harrelson struck out; Marshall walked; Jones forced Marshall
(third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 8, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 6TH: Brock grounded out (catcher to first); Alou flied
out to center; Simmons flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 8, Cardinals 1.
METS 7TH: Kranepool singled to left; Norman threw a wild pitch
[Kranepool to second]; Foli doubled to right [Kranepool scored];
Simmons allowed a passed ball [Foli to third]; Aspromonte popped
to second; Grote walked; Seaver singled to right [Grote to
third, Foli scored]; Norman threw a wild pitch [Seaver to
second, Grote scored]; Agee walked; TAYLOR REPLACED NORMAN
(PITCHING); Harrelson grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Agee out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 11, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 7TH: Torre singled to center; Melendez flied out to
center; Hague forced Torre (second to shortstop); Sizemore was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 11, Cardinals
1.
METS 8TH: Marshall flied out to left; Jones singled to right;
Kranepool singled to right [Jones to third]; Foli reached on a
fielder's choice [Jones out at home (pitcher to catcher),
Kranepool to third]; Aspromonte singled to first [Foli to
second, Kranepool scored]; Grote forced Aspromonte (first to
shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 12, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 8TH: Javier popped to second; BURDA BATTED FOR TAYLOR;
Burda was called out on strikes; Brock grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 12, Cardinals 1.
METS 9TH: DRABOWSKY REPLACED BURDA (PITCHING); Seaver flied out
to center; Agee grounded out (second to first); Harrelson struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 12, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 9TH: Alou tripled to center; Simmons hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Alou scored]; Torre was called out on strikes;
Melendez singled; Hague singled [Melendez to second]; Sizemore
forced Hague (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets
12, Cardinals 2.
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