A wild pitch by Jerry Koosman allowed Lou Brock to score in the seventh inning and gave the Cardinals a 3-2 victory over the Mets. Both of the Mets' runs in the third were unearned as the result of an error by Ted Simmons, who dropped a throw to the plate in a collision with Jerry Grote. The Cards came right back with the tying pair on a single by Brock, safe bunt by Ted Sizemore, a double steal and single by Julian Javier. St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Mets 2Game Played on Monday, August 30, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIMets 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 2 Cardinals 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 x - 3 9 2 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Martinez ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 .276 Brock lf 4 2 3 0 0 0 .323 Boswell 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .279 Sizemore rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .268 Jones lf 3 0 2 0 1 1 .329 Javier 2b 4 0 1 2 0 1 .261 Clendenon 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .244 Torre 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .362 Agee rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Simmons c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .232 Hague 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .236 Garrett 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Cruz cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .245 Grote c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .263 Maxvill ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .218 Hahn cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .223 Carlton p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Singleton ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .247 Harrelson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Koosman p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Dyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Marshall pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Totals 33 2 9 1 3 4 Totals 32 3 9 2 1 5 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 15,257 Left on Base: Mets 8, Cardinals 6 DP: Mets 1, Cardinals 1 Errors: Jones, Koosman, Simmons, Maxvill Stolen Bases: Sizemore (3), Brock 2 (51) Caught Stealing: Clendenon (2) Sacrifice Hits: Koosman (6) GIDP: Aspromonte (15) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman L(5-9) 8 9 3 2 1 5 0 33 2.69 Totals 8 9 3 2 1 5 0 33 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Carlton W(18-7) 9 9 2 0 3 4 0 37 3.29 Totals 9 9 2 0 3 4 0 37 Wild Pitches: Koosman 2 (5), Carlton (11) Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt METS 1ST: Martinez struck out; Boswell flied to center; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied to left; Sizemore singled to left; Koosman threw a wild pitch [Sizemore to second]; Javier struck out; Torre walked; Simmons flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 2ND: Clendenon singled to left; Agee struck out; Aspromonte grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Clendenon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hague was called out on strikes; Cruz grounded out (second to first); Maxvill flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 3RD: Grote singled to center; Hahn flied to right; Koosman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Grote to second]; Martinez singled to right [Grote scored (error by Simmons; assist by Sizemore) (unearned), Martinez to second (on throw)]; Boswell singled to left [Martinez scored (unearned)]; Jones singled to shortstop [Boswell to third (error by Maxvill)]; Clendenon forced Jones (shortstop to second); 2 R (0 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Carlton flied to center; Brock singled to shortstop; On a bunt Sizemore singled [Brock to second]; Brock stole third and Sizemore stole second; Javier singled to left [Sizemore scored, Brock scored]; Torre grounded out (shortstop to second to first) [Javier to second]; Simmons popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. METS 4TH: Agee popped to first in foul territory; Aspromonte walked; Grote forced Aspromonte (first to shortstop); Hahn singled to shortstop [Grote to second]; Koosman flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Hague flied to right; Cruz singled to right; Maxvill singled to center [Cruz to second]; Carlton hit into a double play (second to shortstop) [Cruz out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. METS 5TH: Martinez struck out; Boswell flied to right; Jones walked; Clendenon singled to left [Jones to second]; Clendenon was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Brock singled to shortstop; Brock stole second [Brock to third (error by Koosman)]; Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Javier reached on a fielder's choice [Brock out at home (third to catcher)]; Torre popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. METS 6TH: Agee flied to right in foul territory; Aspromonte grounded out (first to pitcher); Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons flied to left; Hague struck out; Cruz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. METS 7TH: Hahn popped to second; Koosman popped to second; Martinez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Maxvill flied to right; Carlton grounded out (first unassisted); Brock singled to left [Brock to second (error by Jones)]; Sizemore singled to left [Brock to third]; Koosman threw a wild pitch [Brock scored (unearned), Sizemore to second]; Javier popped to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 3. METS 8TH: Boswell flied to center; Jones singled to center; Clendenon singled to left [Jones to second]; Agee grounded out (third to first) [Jones to third, Clendenon to second]; Aspromonte flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 8TH: GARRETT REPLACED ASPROMONTE (PLAYING 3B); Torre struck out; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Hague grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 3. METS 9TH: Grote grounded out (second to first); SINGLETON BATTED FOR HAHN; Singleton walked; HARRELSON RAN FOR SINGLETON; DYER BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Dyer forced Harrelson (shortstop to second); MARSHALL RAN FOR DYER; Carlton threw a wild pitch [Marshall to second]; Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 3. |
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