When Cleon Jones missed an attempted shoestring catch of a line drive, Ted Sizemore raced around the bases for an inside-the-park homer in the 13th inning to bring the Cardinals a 3-2 victory over the Mets. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Mets 2
Game Played on Monday, August    7, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Mets         1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  -   2  9  1
Cardinals    1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   3  8  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Agee cf               4   0   0   0     2   2   .252      Brock lf              5   1   1   0     1   1   .313
Garrett 3b            4   1   2   1     2   0   .206      Sizemore 2b           5   1   3   1     1   1   .264
Marshall rf           6   0   0   0     0   2   .223      Carbo rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .267
Jones lf              4   0   0   0     2   2   .276        Melendez ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   1   .236
Milner 1b             5   0   1   0     1   0   .254      Torre 3b              5   1   2   1     0   2   .300
Boswell 2b            6   1   2   0     0   0   .167      Simmons c             5   0   1   0     0   1   .297
Dyer c                6   0   3   1     0   2   .256      Alou 1b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .318
Martinez ss           6   0   0   0     0   2   .224      Cruz cf               4   0   0   0     1   2   .214
Seaver p              3   0   1   0     0   2   .155      Maxvill ss            4   0   0   1     1   2   .223
  McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .077      Gibson p              4   0   0   0     0   2   .190
                                                            Segui p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .091

Totals               45   2   9   2     7  13             Totals               43   3   8   3     4  15

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 25,509
Left on Base: Mets 12, Cardinals 8
DP: Mets 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Jones
Doubles: Seaver (3), Boswell (3), Dyer 2 (11), Brock (14)
Home Runs: Garrett (2), Sizemore (2)
Stolen Bases: Boswell (1), Brock (44)
Caught Stealing: Alou (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (4)
GIDP: Boswell (10)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver                  8     7   2   2   3   9   0  33   3.19
McGraw L(4-5)           4     1   1   1   1   6   1  14   1.86
Totals                 12     8   3   3   4  15   1  47

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson                 10     7   2   2   5   8   1  42   2.65
Segui W(3-1)            3     2   0   0   2   5   0  11   2.94
Totals                 13     9   2   2   7  13   1  53

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Satch Davidson


METS 1ST: Agee was called out on strikes; Garrett homered;
Marshall flied to left; Jones walked; Milner popped to third in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Brock stole second; Sizemore struck
out; Carbo struck out; Torre singled to center [Brock scored];
Simmons popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Cardinals 1.

METS 2ND: Boswell popped to shortstop; Dyer singled to right;
Martinez flied to center; Seaver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Alou singled to center; Cruz was called out on
strikes; Maxvill struck out while Alou was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Cardinals 1.

METS 3RD: Agee grounded out (pitcher to first); Garrett singled
to third; Marshall flied to center; Jones walked [Garrett to
second]; Milner walked [Garrett to third, Jones to second];
Boswell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Mets 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Gibson grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock
flied to left; Sizemore singled to center; Carbo grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 1.

METS 4TH: Dyer was called out on strikes; Martinez struck out;
Seaver doubled to left; Agee popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre singled to right; Simmons singled to right
[Torre to second]; Alou flied to right; Cruz walked [Torre to
third, Simmons to second]; Maxvill walked [Torre scored, Simmons
to third, Cruz to second]; Gibson was called out on strikes;
Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Mets 1, Cardinals 2.

METS 5TH: Garrett flied to center; Marshall flied to center;
Jones grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Sizemore singled to left [Sizemore to second
(error by Jones)]; Carbo struck out; Torre struck out; Simmons
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Cardinals 2.

METS 6TH: Milner flied to right; Boswell singled to center;
Boswell stole second; Dyer popped to first in foul territory;
Martinez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz was
called out on strikes; Maxvill struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 1, Cardinals 2.

METS 7TH: Seaver was called out on strikes; Agee was called out
on strikes; Garrett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Gibson flied to right; Brock doubled to right;
Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Cardinals 2.

METS 8TH: Marshall struck out; Jones grounded out (pitcher
unassisted); Milner flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Torre grounded out (third to first); Simmons
grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou flied to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 2.

METS 9TH: Boswell doubled to center; Dyer doubled to right
[Boswell scored]; Martinez reached on a fielder's choice [Dyer
out at third (pitcher to third)]; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher unassisted) [Martinez to second]; Agee walked; Garrett
walked [Martinez to third, Agee to second]; Marshall flied to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED SEAVER (PITCHING); Cruz grounded
out (first unassisted); Maxvill flied to center; Gibson struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Cardinals 2.

METS 10TH: Jones was called out on strikes; Milner grounded out
(second to first); Boswell flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 10TH: Brock struck out; Sizemore walked; MELENDEZ
BATTED FOR CARBO; Melendez struck out; Torre struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Cardinals 2.

METS 11TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SEGUI REPLACED
GIBSON (PITCHING); Dyer struck out; Martinez popped to catcher
in foul territory; McGraw was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 11TH: Simmons struck out; Alou flied to left; Cruz
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Cardinals 2.

METS 12TH: Agee walked; Garrett walked [Agee to second]; Agee
was picked off second (catcher to shortstop); Marshall struck
out; Jones was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 12TH: Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); Segui
struck out; Brock flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
2, Cardinals 2.

METS 13TH: Milner singled to right; Boswell grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Milner out at
second]; Dyer doubled to right; Martinez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 13TH: Sizemore hit an inside the park homer to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Cardinals 3.