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Tom Seaver became a 20-game winner by pitching the Mets to a 6-1 victory over the Cardinals. The ace righthander fanned 13 to lead the league in strikeouts with 289 and also was the leader in earned-run average with a mark of 1.76. Ken Singleton backed Seaver with two homers, driving in the Mets' first four runs. [The Sporting News] New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 1Game Played on Thursday, September 30, 1971 (Night game) at Shea StadiumCardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 1 Mets 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 x - 6 8 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .313 Harrelson ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .252 Ramirez ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .273 Jorgensen cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Melendez rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .225 Jones lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .319 Hague 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .226 Kranepool 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .280 Roque cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .300 Singleton rf 4 2 3 4 0 1 .245 Santorini p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Garrett 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .213 Burda ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Grote c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .270 Kubiak 2b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .232 Foli 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .226 Stinson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Seaver p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .196 Javier 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Patterson p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Reuss p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .123 Cruz cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .274 Totals 33 1 7 1 1 13 Totals 31 6 8 6 4 3 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 42,344 Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Mets 5 DP: Cardinals 1, Mets 1 Errors: Brock Doubles: Brock (37), Jones (24) Triples: Cruz (2), Kubiak (2) Home Runs: Singleton 2 (13) Stolen Bases: Harrelson (28) GIDP: Melendez (7), Jorgensen (4) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Patterson L(0-1) 5.2 4 5 5 4 1 2 24 4.97 Reuss 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 4.78 Santorini 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.78 Totals 8 8 6 6 4 3 2 35 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver W(20-10) 9 7 1 1 1 13 0 34 1.76 Totals 9 7 1 1 1 13 0 34 Wild Pitches: Reuss (9) Balks: Seaver (1) Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt CARDINALS 1ST: Brock was called out on strikes; Ramirez grounded out (third to first); Melendez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Harrelson walked; Jorgensen grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Harrelson out at second]; Jones walked; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hague was called out on strikes; Roque struck out; Kubiak singled to right; Seaver balked [Kubiak to second]; Stinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Singleton struck out; Garrett flied to left; Grote grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Javier grounded out (shortstop to first); Patterson struck out; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Foli popped to shortstop; Seaver lined to third; Harrelson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Ramirez was called out on strikes; Melendez was called out on strikes; Hague singled to right; Roque flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Jorgensen flied to right; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Kranepool grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Kubiak singled to center; Stinson popped to shortstop; Javier popped to first in foul territory; Patterson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Singleton homered; Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); Grote singled to center; Foli popped to second; Seaver popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Brock flied to left; Ramirez walked; Melendez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ramirez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1. METS 6TH: Harrelson grounded out (third to first); Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted); Jones doubled to center; Kranepool was walked intentionally; Singleton homered [Jones scored, Kranepool scored]; REUSS REPLACED PATTERSON (PITCHING); Garrett walked (walk was charged to Patterson); Grote singled to center [Garrett to second]; Reuss threw a wild pitch [Grote to second, Garrett to third]; Foli singled to left [Grote scored, Garrett scored, Foli to second (error by Brock)]; Seaver was called out on strikes; 5 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 6. CARDINALS 7TH: Hague struck out; Roque struck out; Kubiak grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 6. METS 7TH: SANTORINI REPLACED ROQUE (PITCHING); CRUZ REPLACED REUSS (PLAYING CF); Harrelson singled; Harrelson stole second; Jorgensen was called out on strikes; Jones grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Harrelson to third]; Kranepool popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 6. CARDINALS 8TH: Stinson grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Javier was called out on strikes; Cruz tripled to right; Brock doubled to center [Cruz scored]; Ramirez singled [Brock to third]; Melendez was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 6. METS 8TH: Singleton singled; Garrett forced Singleton (first to shortstop); Grote lined to shortstop; Foli grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 6. CARDINALS 9TH: Hague grounded out (first unassisted); BURDA BATTED FOR SANTORINI; Burda grounded out (third to first); Kubiak tripled to right; Stinson flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 6. |
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