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Sunday May 28, 1972
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Ending his personal three-game losing streak, Reggie Cleveland pitched the Cardinals to an 8-3 victory over the Mets. Cleveland also collected three of the Cardinals' 16 hits and drove in two runs. John Milner homered for the Mets' runs with two men on base in the ninth inning. [The Sporting News]


St. Louis Cardinals 8, New York Mets 3

Game Played on Sunday, May 28, 1972 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  8  0
Cardinals    0  2  0    1  1  0    4  0  x  -   8 16  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Martinez ss           3   0   0   0     1   1   .271      Brock lf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .300
Boswell 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .177      Sizemore 2b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .272
Agee cf               4   1   1   0     0   2   .300      Alou 1b               5   2   2   0     0   0   .346
Staub rf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .306        Fiore 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Milner lf             4   1   1   3     0   0   .255      Torre 3b              5   2   3   0     0   0   .371
Garrett 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .190      Simmons c             5   2   3   2     0   1   .290
Kranepool 1b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .239      Carbo rf              3   2   1   1     1   2   .192
Dyer c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .313      Melendez cf           4   0   2   2     0   1   .200
Gentry p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .100      Crosby ss             2   0   0   0     1   1   .257
  Taylor p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Maxvill ss          1   0   1   1     0   0   .100
  Koosman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Cleveland p           3   0   3   2     1   0   .182
  Marshall ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   8   3     1   6             Totals               38   8  16   8     3   6

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 14,690
Left on Base: Mets 5, Cardinals 9
DP: Mets 2, Cardinals 2
Errors: Cleveland
Doubles: Kranepool (4), Maxvill (2)
Home Runs: Milner (2)
GIDP: Agee (7), Alou (8), Brock (4)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gentry L(3-2)           3.1   6   3   3   3   2   0  18   2.47
Taylor                  3    10   5   5   0   2   0  18   4.79
Koosman                 0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   6.75
Frisella                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.77
Totals                  8    16   8   8   3   6   0  41

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(4-3)        9     8   3   3   1   6   1  35   4.14
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   6   1  35

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Shag Crawford


METS 1ST: Martinez struck out; Boswell singled to center; Agee
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Boswell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
popped to catcher in foul territory; Alou popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

METS 2ND: Staub flied to left; Milner grounded out (second to
first); Garrett popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre singled to shortstop; Simmons singled to
right [Torre to third, Simmons to second (on throw)]; Carbo was
called out on strikes; Melendez singled to center [Torre scored,
Simmons scored]; Crosby struck out; Cleveland singled to right
[Melendez to third]; Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 2.

METS 3RD: Kranepool doubled to left; Dyer was called out on
strikes; Gentry struck out; Martinez walked; Boswell grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals
2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Sizemore singled to right; Alou grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Sizemore out at
second]; Torre grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 2.

METS 4TH: Agee was called out on strikes; Staub singled to
right; Milner reached on an error by Cleveland [Staub to third];
Garrett hit into a double play (first to first to catcher to
third to catcher) [Staub out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons flied to right; Carbo walked; Melendez
singled to center [Carbo to second]; Crosby walked [Carbo to
third, Melendez to second]; Cleveland walked [Carbo scored,
Melendez to third, Crosby to second]; TAYLOR REPLACED GENTRY
(PITCHING); Brock flied to left; Sizemore popped to first; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 3.

METS 5TH: Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Dyer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Taylor grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Alou singled to shortstop; Torre singled to
center [Alou to third]; Simmons singled to shortstop [Alou
scored, Torre to second]; Carbo struck out; Melendez struck out;
Crosby flied to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals
4.

METS 6TH: MAXVILL REPLACED CROSBY (PLAYING SS); Martinez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Boswell singled to center;
Agee struck out; Staub popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Cleveland singled to right; Brock grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Cleveland out at
second]; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 4.

METS 7TH: Milner grounded out (second to first); Garrett struck
out; Kranepool singled to center; Dyer flied to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Alou singled to shortstop; Torre singled to right
[Alou to third]; Simmons singled to right [Alou scored, Torre to
second]; Carbo singled to center [Torre scored, Simmons to
second]; Melendez flied to center; Maxvill doubled to left
[Simmons scored, Carbo to third]; Cleveland singled to center
[Carbo scored, Maxvill to third]; KOOSMAN REPLACED TAYLOR
(PITCHING); Brock struck out; Sizemore popped to second; 4 R, 6
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 8.

METS 8TH: MARSHALL BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Marshall flied to center;
Martinez flied to left; Boswell popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 8TH: FRISELLA REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); Alou
grounded out (first to pitcher); Torre flied to center; Simmons
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 8.

METS 9TH: FIORE REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING 1B); Agee singled to
center; Staub singled to left [Agee to second]; Milner homered
[Agee scored, Staub scored]; Garrett grounded out (second to
first); Kranepool flied to right; Dyer flied to center; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 8.



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