The Cardinals broke a tight game apart with a five-run outburst in the 10th inning and defeated the Mets, 6-1. Matty Alou drove in the first two runs with a pinch-double after the Cardinals had loaded the bases on a single by Joe Torre and two walks.

Bob Burda drew a pass to fill the sacks again and Lou Brock was hit by a pitch to force in a third run. A single by Luis Melendez added the last two tallies. [The Sporting News]
St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 1

Game Played on Monday, September 27, 1971 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0    5  -   6  5  2
Mets         0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   1  6  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   1   2     1   1   .313      Harrelson ss          4   1   2   0     1   0   .252
  Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Jorgensen 1b          4   0   1   0     1   0   .228
Ramirez ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Jones lf              5   0   1   1     0   2   .317
  Cruz ph,lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Agee cf               4   0   0   0     0   3   .285
Melendez rf           4   0   1   2     1   0   .231        Hahn cf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Torre 3b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .363      Singleton rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .240
Roque cf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .429      Garrett 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .216
Hague 1b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .228      Dyer c                3   0   0   0     0   2   .231
Kubiak 2b             3   1   0   0     1   2   .226        Milner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Stinson c             3   1   1   0     0   1   .267        Grote c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .268
  Alou ph             1   1   1   2     0   0   .315      Foli 2b               4   0   0   0     0   3   .229
  McNertney c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Sadecki p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Guzman p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Marshall ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
  Beauchamp ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .235        Capra p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .087
  Burda ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .300
  Javier pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .262
  Maxvill ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .224

Totals               32   6   5   6     6   7             Totals               37   1   6   1     2  11

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 11,331
Left on Base: Cardinals 4, Mets 8
DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 1
Errors: Melendez, Torre, Garrett
Doubles: Alou (28)
Stolen Bases: Harrelson (27)
Caught Stealing: Harrelson (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Guzman (1), Roque (1)
GIDP: Torre (17)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guzman                  8     6   1   0   2  10   0  33   0.00
Williams W(3-0)         1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.77
Drabowsky SV(8)         1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.43
Totals                 10     6   1   0   2  11   0  39

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sadecki                 9     2   1   1   2   7   0  30   2.92
Capra L(0-1)            0.1   2   5   5   4   0   0   7   8.44
Williams                0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.78
Totals                 10     5   6   6   6   7   0  40

Balks: Guzman (1)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Bruce Froemming


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied to left; Ramirez flied to left;
Melendez reached on an error by Garrett; Torre flied to center;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson singled to center; Harrelson stole second;
Jorgensen flied to right; Jones struck out; Agee struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Roque struck out; Hague grounded out (first to
pitcher); Kubiak popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Singleton struck out; Garrett singled to center; Dyer
struck out; Foli was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Stinson was called out on strikes; Guzman struck
out; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Sadecki grounded out (second to first); Harrelson
walked; Jorgensen walked [Harrelson to second]; Harrelson was
picked off and caught stealing third but was safe at third
(error by Torre; assist by Guzman) [Jorgensen to second (on
throw)]; Jones singled [Jorgensen to third, Harrelson scored
(unearned)]; Agee struck out; Singleton flied to left; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Ramirez flied out to right; Melendez grounded out
(third to first); Torre popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Garrett reached on an error by Melendez [Garrett to
second]; Guzman balked [Garrett to third]; Dyer grounded out
(third to first); Foli struck out; Sadecki grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Roque flied to right; Hague flied to center;
Kubiak was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Harrelson singled to left; Jorgensen forced Harrelson
(first to shortstop); Jones grounded out (second to first)
[Jorgensen to second]; Agee struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Stinson singled to right; Guzman out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Stinson to second]; Brock
singled to left [Stinson scored, Brock out at second (left to
third to second)]; Ramirez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Singleton popped to shortstop; Garrett singled to
right; Dyer struck out; Foli struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Melendez walked; Torre grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Melendez out at second];
Roque flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 1.

METS 7TH: Sadecki popped to first; Harrelson flied to right;
Jorgensen singled to right; Jones flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Hague struck out; Kubiak was called out on
strikes; Stinson lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Mets 1.

METS 8TH: Agee flied to left; Singleton popped to catcher in
foul territory; Garrett flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: HAHN REPLACED AGEE (PLAYING CF); BEAUCHAMP BATTED
FOR GUZMAN; Beauchamp popped to second; Brock was called out on
strikes; Ramirez walked; Melendez forced Ramirez (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 1.

METS 9TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED BEAUCHAMP (PITCHING); MILNER BATTED
FOR DYER; Milner popped to catcher in foul territory; Foli
grounded out (shortstop to first); MARSHALL BATTED FOR SADECKI;
Marshall grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 10TH: GROTE REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING C ); CAPRA
REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); Torre singled to center; Roque out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Torre to second]; Hague
was walked intentionally; Kubiak walked [Torre to third, Hague
to second]; ALOU BATTED FOR STINSON; Alou doubled to right
[Kubiak to third, Hague scored, Torre scored]; BURDA BATTED FOR
WILLIAMS; Burda walked; JAVIER RAN FOR BURDA; Brock walked
[Kubiak scored, Alou to third, Javier to second]; WILLIAMS
REPLACED CAPRA (PITCHING); CRUZ BATTED FOR RAMIREZ; Cruz popped
to shortstop; Melendez singled to center [Brock to third, Javier
scored, Alou scored]; Torre grounded out (third to first); 5 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets 1.

METS 10TH: DRABOWSKY REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); CRUZ STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); MCNERTNEY REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING C ); MAXVILL
REPLACED JAVIER (PLAYING SS); Harrelson popped to shortstop;
Jorgensen flied to center; Jones was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets 1.
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