Led by Tim Foli, who drove in four runs with a triple and double his first two times at bat, the Mets built a nine-run lead and defeated the Cardinals, 9-5. Foli tripled to produce one of the Mets' two runs in the first inning and doubled with the bases loaded in the second. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 9, St. Louis Cardinals 5
Game Played on Sunday, May       9, 1971 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  2  -   5 14  2
Mets         2  3  1    1  0  2    0  0  x  -   9 12  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   1   1   0     0   3   .359      Harrelson ss          3   2   1   0     1   0   .320
Alou cf               5   0   3   1     0   0   .297        Boswell 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Simmons c             5   0   1   0     0   0   .337      Foli 2b,ss            4   2   3   4     1   0   .333
Torre 3b              4   0   1   2     1   0   .333      Jones lf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .252
Cardenal rf           4   1   0   0     1   0   .191      Clendenon 1b          4   1   2   1     1   0   .281
Beauchamp 1b          5   1   2   0     0   0   .286      Aspromonte 3b         3   1   3   2     1   0   .274
Javier 2b             1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Singleton rf          3   1   0   0     1   0   .178
  Sizemore 2b         3   0   2   1     0   1   .209      Grote c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .349
Maxvill ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .148      Hahn cf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .222
  Melendez ph         1   1   1   1     0   0   .286      Koosman p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  Shaw p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Taylor p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Hague ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .169        Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
Carlton p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Torrez p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Zachary p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .667
  Schofield ph,ss     2   1   2   0     0   0   .190

Totals               40   5  14   5     2   6             Totals               32   9  12   7     7   3

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 27,189
Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Mets 7
DP: Cardinals 3, Mets 1
Errors: Cardenal, Beauchamp
Doubles: Grote (9), Foli (4)
Triples: Foli (1)
Home Runs: Clendenon (3), Aspromonte (2)
Stolen Bases: Hahn (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Koosman (1)
GIDP: Simmons (1), Clendenon 2 (3), Foli (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(5-2)          1.1   6   5   5   2   0   0  11   2.66
Torrez                  2     2   2   1   4   1   0  11   5.55
Drabowsky               0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.22
Zachary                 2     2   2   2   1   0   2   9   4.66
Shaw                    1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   0.00
Linzy                   1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.76
Totals                  8    12   9   8   7   3   2  40

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(2-1)          6.1   9   3   3   1   6   0  29   2.21
Taylor                  1.2   4   2   2   1   0   0   9   1.80
Frisella SV(4)          1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.14
Totals                  9    14   5   5   2   6   0  42

Wild Pitches: Carlton (5)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Tom Gorman


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock was called out on strikes; Alou grounded
out (first unassisted); Simmons singled to right; Torre popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson singled to left; Foli tripled to left
[Harrelson scored]; Jones walked; Clendenon grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Foli scored (no
RBI), Jones out at second]; Aspromonte singled to right; Carlton
threw a wild pitch [Aspromonte to second]; Singleton grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Mets 2.

CARDINALS 2ND: Cardenal popped to second; Beauchamp singled to
left; Javier singled to right [Beauchamp to second]; Maxvill
popped to first in foul territory; Carlton was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 2.

METS 2ND: Grote doubled to left; Hahn singled to right [Grote to
third]; Hahn stole second; Koosman popped to third in foul
territory; Harrelson walked; Foli doubled to left [Harrelson
scored, Hahn scored, Grote scored]; TORREZ REPLACED CARLTON
(PITCHING); Jones flied out to center; Clendenon walked;
Aspromonte walked [Foli to third, Clendenon to second];
Aspromonte was picked off first (catcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 5.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock was called out on strikes; Alou singled to
left; Simmons forced Alou (shortstop to second); Torre grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets
5.

METS 3RD: SIZEMORE REPLACED JAVIER (PLAYING 2B); Singleton
walked; Grote singled to right [Singleton scored (error by
Cardenal) (unearned), Grote to second]; Hahn grounded out
(pitcher to first); Koosman grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Grote to third]; Harrelson flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 6.

CARDINALS 4TH: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first);
Beauchamp popped to second; Sizemore was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 6.

METS 4TH: Foli walked; Jones was called out on strikes;
Clendenon singled to center [Foli to third]; DRABOWSKY REPLACED
TORREZ (PITCHING); Aspromonte singled to right [Clendenon to
third, Foli scored]; Singleton popped to shortstop; Grote flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 7.

CARDINALS 5TH: Maxvill flied out to right; LEE BATTED FOR
DRABOWSKY; Lee struck out; Brock was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 7.

METS 5TH: ZACHARY REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Hahn walked; Koosman
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hahn to second];
Harrelson reached on an error by Beauchamp [Hahn to third]; Foli
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Harrelson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Mets 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: Alou grounded out (second to first); Simmons
grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 7.

METS 6TH: Jones flied out to center; Clendenon homered;
Aspromonte homered; Singleton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Grote grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 9.

CARDINALS 7TH: BOSWELL REPLACED HARRELSON (PLAYING 2B); FOLI
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Cardenal walked; Beauchamp
singled to third [Cardenal to second]; Sizemore singled to left
[Beauchamp to second, Cardenal scored]; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR
MAXVILL; Melendez singled to left [Sizemore to second, Beauchamp
scored]; SCHOFIELD BATTED FOR ZACHARY; Schofield singled to
shortstop [Melendez to second, Sizemore to third]; Brock forced
Sizemore (pitcher to catcher) [Schofield to second, Melendez to
third]; Alou singled to center [Brock to second, Schofield to
third, Melendez scored]; TAYLOR REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING);
Simmons grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Alou out at second]; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Mets 9.

METS 7TH: SHAW REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); SCHOFIELD STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Hahn struck out; Taylor struck out; Boswell
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 9.

CARDINALS 8TH: Torre walked; Cardenal flied out to center;
Beauchamp flied out to center; Sizemore singled to left [Torre
to second]; HAGUE BATTED FOR SHAW; Hague grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 9.

METS 8TH: LINZY REPLACED HAGUE (PITCHING); Foli singled to
right; Jones forced Foli (third to second); Clendenon grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Jones out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 9.

CARDINALS 9TH: Schofield singled to right; Brock singled to left
[Schofield to second]; Alou singled to center [Brock to second,
Schofield to third]; FRISELLA REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING);
Simmons popped to shortstop; Torre singled to left [Alou to
second, Brock scored, Schofield scored]; Cardenal grounded out
(third to first) [Torre to second, Alou to third]; Beauchamp
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Mets 9.