Steve Carlton, beaten by the Mets in three previous meetings this season, switched from a fastball to a curve for his main delivery and pitched the Cardinals to a 6-3 victory. The Cardinals' attack in support of their southpaw included a homer by Joe Torre with a man on base in the fifth inning and a solo shot by Jose Cruz in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Wednesday, July      28, 1971 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    0  3  0    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   6  8  0
Mets         0  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              3   1   0   1     2   0   .333      Hahn cf               3   0   1   0     2   2   .257
Javier 2b             5   0   1   1     0   0   .243      Martinez ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Melendez rf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .267        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Torre 3b              4   1   1   2     1   0   .368        Grote ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Beauchamp 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .266        McAndrew p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .077
  Hague ph,1b         3   0   1   0     1   0   .222      Agee rf               4   1   1   0     0   2   .287
McNertney c           4   1   1   0     0   0   .287      Jones lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .315
Cruz cf               3   1   1   1     1   1   .239      Clendenon 1b          3   1   0   0     0   0   .229
Maxvill ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .230      Aspromonte 3b         2   0   0   0     2   0   .242
Carlton p             3   0   1   0     1   1   .194      Dyer c                4   0   2   2     0   0   .267
                                                          Foli 2b,ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .232
                                                          Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Singleton ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .238
                                                            Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .063
                                                            Boswell ph,2b       3   0   2   0     0   1   .267

Totals               34   6   8   5     7   2             Totals               31   3   8   2     5   7

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 30,796
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Mets 7
DP: Cardinals 2, Mets 0
Errors: Hahn
Doubles: Agee (13), Hahn (4)
Home Runs: Torre (17), Cruz (2)
Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (27)
Caught Stealing: Brock (10), Hahn (3)
GIDP: Aspromonte (13), Grote (13)
Hit by Pitch: Clendenon (1,by Carlton)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton W(14-6)         9     8   3   3   5   7   0  37   3.83
Totals                  9     8   3   3   5   7   0  37

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(0-2)          1.2   3   3   3   3   1   0  11   5.40
Taylor                  1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.20
Williams                2     2   2   2   3   1   1  10   5.37
McGraw                  2     0   0   0   1   0   0   7   1.93
McAndrew                2     2   1   1   0   0   1   8   5.11
Totals                  9     8   6   6   7   2   2  41

Hit by Pitch: Carlton (4)

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Brock stole second; Brock stole
third; Javier popped to pitcher; Melendez grounded out (third to
first); Torre walked; Beauchamp flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Hahn walked; Hahn was picked off and caught stealing
second (catcher to second to first to shortstop); Martinez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Agee was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: McNertney singled to left; Cruz struck out;
Maxvill singled to right [McNertney to third]; Carlton walked
[Maxvill to second]; Brock forced Carlton (pitcher to shortstop
to second) [Maxvill to third, McNertney scored]; Javier singled
to center [Maxvill scored, Brock scored (error by Hahn), Javier
to second (on throw)]; TAYLOR REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING);
Melendez singled [Javier to third]; Torre flied to center; 3 R,
4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Jones singled to right; Clendenon forced Jones (third
to second); Aspromonte grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Clendenon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: HAGUE BATTED FOR BEAUCHAMP; Hague grounded out
(second to first); McNertney flied to left; Cruz grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: HAGUE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Dyer singled to
center; Foli singled to left [Dyer to third, Foli out at second
(left to shortstop to second)]; SINGLETON BATTED FOR TAYLOR;
Singleton struck out; Hahn struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED SINGLETON (PITCHING); Maxvill
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carlton struck out; Brock
walked; Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Martinez struck out; Agee doubled to center; Jones
grounded out (second to first) [Agee to third]; Clendenon was
hit by a pitch; Aspromonte walked [Clendenon to second]; Dyer
singled to left [Aspromonte to third, Clendenon scored, Agee
scored]; Foli forced Dyer (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Javier grounded out (third to first); Melendez
walked; Torre homered [Melendez scored]; Hague singled to right;
McNertney flied to left in foul territory [Hague to second];
Cruz was walked intentionally; Maxvill popped to catcher in foul
territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Boswell struck out; Hahn
doubled to left; Martinez flied to center [Hahn to third]; Agee
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Mets 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: BOSWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FOLI CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); MCGRAW REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING);
Carlton grounded out (second to first); Brock flied to center;
Javier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Jones popped to shortstop; Clendenon grounded out
(third to first); Aspromonte walked; Dyer grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Melendez popped to second; Torre popped to first
in foul territory; Hague walked; McNertney grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: Foli walked; Boswell singled [Foli to second]; Hahn
walked [Foli to third, Boswell to second]; GROTE BATTED FOR
MCGRAW; Grote grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Boswell to third, Foli scored (no RBI), Hahn out at
second]; Agee grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: MCANDREW REPLACED GROTE (PITCHING); Cruz homered;
Maxvill grounded out (first unassisted); Carlton singled to
left; Brock flied to left; Javier grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: Jones flied to center; Clendenon flied to right;
Aspromonte flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6,
Mets 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: Melendez flied to right; Torre flied to right;
Hague grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Mets 3.

METS 9TH: Dyer popped to first in foul territory; Foli popped to
first in foul territory; Boswell singled to center; Hahn was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets
3.