In keeping with Old-Timers Day at Shea Stadium, the Cardinals made the Mets look like their former inept selves by knocking out Tom Seaver and pounding their way to an 11-0 victory. The Cardinals scored three runs off Seaver in the first inning, added another tally in the fourth and forced the exit of the Mets' ace when Joe Torre singled, Ted Simmons doubled and Jose Cruz walked to load the bases in the fifth.

After Ray Sadecki relieved, Luis Melendez went to bat for Bernie Carbo and smashed a grand-slam homer. Seaver was charged with seven earned runs, the most he ever had given up in one game. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 11, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Saturday, June      24, 1972 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    3  0  0    1  5  2    0  0  0  -  11 17  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   1   3   1     0   0   .319      Agee cf               3   0   1   0     1   1   .256
Crosby 2b             4   1   2   1     1   1   .250      Martinez 2b,ss        4   0   1   0     0   1   .226
Alou 1b               5   2   2   1     0   1   .335      Marshall rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .115
  Clendenon 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .197      Milner lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .288
Torre 3b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .308      Dyer c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .317
Simmons c             5   2   3   1     0   0   .294      Fregosi 3b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .258
Cruz cf               4   1   0   0     1   2   .180      Kranepool 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .207
Carbo rf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .193      Harrelson ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .209
  Melendez ph,rf      3   1   2   5     0   0   .224        Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Maxvill ss            4   2   2   1     1   0   .183        Garrett ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .169
Cleveland p           3   0   2   0     0   0   .235        Capra p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Beauchamp ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
                                                          Seaver p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .171
                                                            Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Boswell 2b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .181

Totals               39  11  17  11     3   4             Totals               33   0   6   0     3   8

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 45,334
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Mets 9
DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 2
Errors: Sadecki
Doubles: Alou (7), Brock (6), Simmons (15), Maxvill (4)
Home Runs: Melendez (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Cleveland 2 (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Torre (3), Brock (2)
GIDP: Carbo (2), Crosby (6)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(7-4)        9     6   0   0   3   8   0  36   3.31
Totals                  9     6   0   0   3   8   0  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver L(9-4)           4    10   7   7   3   2   0  24   3.41
Sadecki                 1.2   5   4   2   0   1   1  11   4.74
Taylor                  1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.97
Capra                   2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   4.31
Totals                  9    17  11   9   3   4   1  46

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Ed Sudol


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Crosby singled to left
[Brock to second]; Alou doubled to right [Brock scored, Crosby
to third]; Torre hit a sacrifice fly to left [Crosby scored];
Simmons singled to center [Alou scored]; Cruz struck out; Carbo
flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Agee walked; Martinez popped to first in foul
territory; Marshall flied out to center; Milner singled to
center [Agee to second]; Dyer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Maxvill grounded out (second to first); Cleveland
singled to center; Brock doubled to left [Cleveland to third];
Crosby walked; Alou struck out; Torre popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Fregosi grounded out (third to first); Kranepool
popped to second; Harrelson grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons singled to center; Cruz flied out to
center; Carbo grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
pitcher) [Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Seaver struck out; Agee flied out to center; Martinez
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Maxvill walked; Cleveland out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Maxvill to second]; Brock grounded out
(second to first) [Maxvill to third]; Crosby singled to right
[Maxvill scored]; Alou flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cardinals 4, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Marshall struck out; Milner flied out to right; Dyer
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Torre singled to left; Simmons doubled to right
[Torre to third]; Cruz walked; SADECKI REPLACED SEAVER
(PITCHING); MELENDEZ BATTED FOR CARBO; Melendez homered [Torre
scored, Simmons scored, Cruz scored]; Maxvill doubled to left;
Cleveland out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Maxvill to
third]; Brock hit a sacrifice fly to center [Maxvill scored];
Crosby struck out; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 9, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Fregosi grounded
out (shortstop to first); Kranepool flied out to right;
Harrelson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
9, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Alou singled to center; Torre flied out to left;
On a bunt Simmons reached on an error by Sadecki [Alou to
second, Simmons to first]; Cruz popped to first; Melendez
singled to left [Alou scored (unearned), Simmons to third];
Maxvill singled to right [Simmons scored (unearned), Melendez to
third]; TAYLOR REPLACED HARRELSON (PITCHING); BOSWELL REPLACED
SADECKI (PLAYING 2B); MARTINEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
Cleveland forced Maxvill (shortstop to second); 2 R (0 ER), 3 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 11, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Boswell was called out on strikes; Agee singled to
left; Martinez popped to shortstop; Marshall singled to right
[Agee to second]; Milner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 11, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock singled to right; Crosby grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Brock out at
second]; Alou lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
11, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: CLENDENON REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING 1B); Dyer flied to
left in foul territory; Fregosi walked; Kranepool forced Fregosi
(first to shortstop); GARRETT BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Garrett struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 11, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: CAPRA REPLACED GARRETT (PITCHING); Torre popped
to second; Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); Cruz struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 11, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: Boswell flied out to left; Agee struck out; Martinez
singled to third; Marshall grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 11, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Maxvill grounded out (pitcher to first); Cleveland singled to
right; Brock popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 11, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: Milner singled to center; Dyer flied out to center;
Fregosi singled to left [Milner to second]; Kranepool walked
[Milner to third, Fregosi to second]; BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR
CAPRA; Beauchamp struck out; Boswell grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 11, Mets 0.