With Bob Gibson pitching his second straight five-hit shutout, the Cardinals defeated the Mets, 4-0. Joe Torre drove in two runs with a double in the first inning to give Gibson an early lead over Ray Sadecki. Gibson tripled and scored on a bunt single by Lou Brock in the second. Matty Alou homered off Ron Taylor for the final run in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Monday, July      26, 1971 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    2  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4 11  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   0   1   1     0   2   .337      Boswell 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Alou 1b               5   2   2   1     0   0   .323      Garrett 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .455
Melendez rf           5   1   3   0     0   0   .277      Agee cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Torre 3b              4   0   3   2     0   0   .368      Jones lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .313
Simmons c             3   0   0   0     0   3   .295      Kranepool 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Javier 2b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .244      Marshall rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .240
Cruz cf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .247      Dyer c                3   0   0   0     1   2   .253
  Cardenal ph,cf      1   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Martinez ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Maxvill ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .233      Sadecki p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .292
Gibson p              4   1   1   0     0   1   .212        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .063
                                                            Singleton ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .241
                                                            Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               37   4  11   4     1  11             Totals               32   0   5   0     2   4

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance: 30,586
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Mets 7
DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 0
Doubles: Torre (21)
Triples: Gibson (1)
Home Runs: Alou (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Simmons (3)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson W(8-9)           9     5   0   0   2   4   0  34   3.41
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   4   0  34

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sadecki L(4-3)          7.1  10   3   3   1  10   0  33   2.52
Williams                0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   5.24
Taylor                  1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   3.28
Totals                  9    11   4   4   1  11   1  39

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Al Barlick


CARDINALS 1ST: 22 minute rain delay before start of game;
Brock was called out on strikes; Alou singled; Melendez singled
to left [Alou to second]; Torre doubled to left [Melendez
scored, Alou scored]; Simmons was called out on strikes; Javier
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Boswell flied to center; Garrett flied to right; Agee
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Cruz popped to second; Maxvill struck out; Gibson
tripled to center; On a bunt Brock singled [Gibson scored]; Alou
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Kranepool
flied to center; Marshall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre
grounded out (third to first); Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Dyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Martinez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sadecki singled to left;
Boswell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Javier grounded out (third to first); Cruz flied
to right; Maxvill singled to center; Gibson flied to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Agee grounded
out (pitcher to first); Jones lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou
lined to shortstop; Melendez singled to center; Torre singled to
left [Melendez to second]; Simmons struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Kranepool flied to left; Marshall singled to left;
Dyer struck out; Martinez singled to right [Marshall to second];
Sadecki popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Mets 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Javier struck out; Cruz struck out; Maxvill flied
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Boswell grounded out (second to first); Garrett lined
to left; Agee grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Gibson struck out; Brock struck out; Alou
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
3, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Jones struck out; Kranepool singled to right; Marshall
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Kranepool to second]; Dyer
walked; Martinez popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Melendez singled to left; Torre singled to center
[Melendez to second]; Simmons out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Torre to second, Melendez to third]; Javier was walked
intentionally; WILLIAMS REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING); CARDENAL
BATTED FOR CRUZ; Cardenal struck out; Maxvill flied to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: CARDENAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SINGLETON BATTED
FOR WILLIAMS; Singleton was called out on strikes; Boswell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett walked; Agee popped
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: TAYLOR REPLACED SINGLETON (PITCHING); Gibson
flied to center; Brock grounded out (second to first); Alou
homered; Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: Jones singled to center; Kranepool grounded out (first
unassisted) [Jones to second]; Marshall grounded out (second to
first) [Jones to third]; Dyer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Mets 0.