Jerry Grote and Tommie Agee drove in two runs apiece in support of Jim McAndrew, who pitched the Mets to a 4-1 victory over the Cardinals. Grote's RBIs came on a single in the fifth inning after the Mets loaded the bases on a double by Cleon Jones, pass to John Milner and single by Wayne Garrett. New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1Game Played on Saturday, May 27, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIMets 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 - 4 8 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Brock lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .309 Fregosi 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .256 Sizemore 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .275 Agee cf 5 0 3 2 0 1 .302 Alou 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .344 Staub rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .301 Torre 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .362 Jones 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .268 Simmons c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .279 Milner lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .255 Carbo rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .184 Garrett 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .235 Melendez cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .183 Grote c 3 1 2 2 1 0 .258 Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .077 McAndrew p 2 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Crosby ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Santorini p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .143 Cloninger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hudson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fiore ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 4 8 4 5 3 Totals 33 1 6 1 1 5 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 27,739 Left on Base: Mets 10, Cardinals 6 DP: Mets 0, Cardinals 0 Errors: Alou Doubles: Jones (3), Garrett (2) Caught Stealing: Agee (3) Sacrifice Hits: McAndrew (2) Hit by Pitch: McAndrew (1,by Cloninger) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McAndrew W(3-1) 9 6 1 1 1 5 0 34 2.67 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 5 0 34 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Santorini L(2-6) 6 6 4 4 3 2 0 26 5.46 Cloninger 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.65 Hudson 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00 Drabowsky 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 2.61 Totals 9 8 4 4 5 3 0 41 Hit by Pitch: Cloninger (1) Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Jerry Dale METS 1ST: 36-minute rain delay before start of game; Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Fregosi flied to left; Agee singled to left; Agee was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied to center; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou singled; Torre flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (second to first); Jones flied to center; Milner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied to right; Carbo singled to right; Melendez walked [Carbo to second]; Maxvill flied to right; Santorini was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 3RD: Garrett popped to second; Grote grounded out (second to first); McAndrew lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock flied to left; Sizemore struck out; Alou grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 4TH: Harrelson flied to center; Fregosi flied to center; Agee singled to left; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons popped to second; Carbo grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 5TH: Jones doubled to left; Milner walked; Garrett singled to right [Jones to third, Milner to second]; Grote singled to left [Jones scored, Milner scored, Garrett to second]; McAndrew out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Garrett to third, Grote to second]; Harrelson was walked intentionally; Fregosi struck out; Agee struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Melendez popped to second; Maxvill flied to right; Santorini singled to center; Brock lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0. METS 6TH: Staub grounded out (first unassisted); Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore singled to left; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first) [Sizemore to second]; Torre grounded out (third to first) [Sizemore to third]; Simmons singled to right [Sizemore scored]; Carbo struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 1. METS 7TH: Garrett walked; Grote singled to left [Garrett to second]; CLONINGER REPLACED SANTORINI (PITCHING); McAndrew was hit by a pitch [Garrett to third, Grote to second]; Harrelson forced Garrett (third to catcher) [Grote to third, McAndrew to second]; Fregosi struck out; Agee singled to center [Grote scored, McAndrew scored, Harrelson to third]; HUDSON REPLACED CLONINGER (PITCHING); Staub walked [Agee to second]; Jones grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Melendez flied to center; CROSBY BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Crosby popped to catcher; FIORE BATTED FOR HUDSON; Fiore popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. METS 8TH: CROSBY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); DRABOWSKY REPLACED FIORE (PITCHING); Milner grounded out (second to first); Garrett doubled to left; Grote walked; On a bunt McAndrew forced Garrett (first to third) [Grote to second]; Harrelson reached on an error by Alou [Grote to third, McAndrew to second]; Fregosi flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Sizemore singled to left; Alou struck out; Torre struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. METS 9TH: Agee flied to center; Staub flied to center; Jones grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); Carbo lined to second; Melendez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 1. |
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