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The Cardinals, after failing to hold a 4-0 lead, came back to beat the Mets, 6-5, when Matty Alou singled and Luis Melendez homered in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News] St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 5Game Played on Tuesday, August 8, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIMets 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 10 1
Cardinals 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 x - 6 10 1
Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Agee rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .248 Brock lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .315
Garrett 3b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .214 Sizemore 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .261
Mays cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .249 Carbo rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .267
Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .233 Torre 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .305
Milner lf 5 2 2 2 0 3 .257 Simmons c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .294
Boswell 2b 3 1 2 0 2 0 .174 Alou 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .320
Dyer c 3 0 0 0 2 3 .251 Cruz cf 1 0 0 1 0 0 .213
Martinez ss 4 0 1 2 0 1 .225 Melendez ph,cf 2 1 1 2 0 0 .238
Gentry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Maxvill ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .223
Sadecki p 3 1 1 0 0 0 .222 Wise p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .190
Frisella p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Grzenda p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cumberland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091
Roque ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083
Higgins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 5 10 5 7 8 Totals 32 6 10 5 2 2
Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 22,272
Left on Base: Mets 11, Cardinals 5
DP: Mets 2, Cardinals 1
Errors: Garrett, Cruz
Doubles: Boswell (4), Garrett (7)
Triples: Garrett (2)
Home Runs: Milner (10), Melendez (4)
Stolen Bases: Boswell (2), Brock (45)
Sacrifice Flies: Kranepool (3), Cruz (3)
GIDP: Simmons (11), Carbo (4)
Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Gentry 0.2 4 4 1 1 0 0 8 3.83
Sadecki 5.1 4 0 0 0 1 0 19 2.70
Frisella L(4-7) 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 8 2.87
Totals 8 10 6 3 2 2 1 35
Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Wise 3.2 6 4 4 2 1 1 19 3.73
Grzenda 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 4.08
Drabowsky 0.2 2 1 1 2 1 0 6 2.70
Cumberland 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8.03
Higgins W(1-2) 3 0 0 0 3 5 0 12 4.26
Totals 9 10 5 5 7 8 1 43
Wild Pitches: Gentry (6), Wise (3)
Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Bruce Froemming
METS 1ST: Agee grounded out (pitcher to first); Garrett tripled
to right; Mays grounded out (shortstop to first); Kranepool
flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second;
Sizemore reached on an error by Garrett [Brock scored (no RBI),
Sizemore to second]; Carbo singled to left [Sizemore scored
(unearned)]; Torre singled to center [Carbo to second]; Gentry
threw a wild pitch [Carbo to third, Torre to second]; Simmons
walked; Alou popped to shortstop; Cruz hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Carbo scored (unearned)]; Maxvill singled to right [Torre
scored (unearned), Simmons to third]; SADECKI REPLACED GENTRY
(PITCHING); Wise struck out; 4 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets
0, Cardinals 4.
METS 2ND: Milner homered; Boswell popped to shortstop; Dyer was
called out on strikes; Martinez grounded out (pitcher to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 2ND: Brock flied to center; Sizemore flied to right;
Carbo flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals
4.
METS 3RD: Sadecki flied to center; Agee flied to center; Garrett
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 3RD: Torre singled to left; Simmons flied to right;
Alou singled to right [Torre to second]; Cruz popped to first in
foul territory; Maxvill lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 1, Cardinals 4.
METS 4TH: Mays grounded out (shortstop to first); Kranepool
singled to center; Wise threw a wild pitch [Kranepool to
second]; Milner singled to right [Kranepool scored]; Boswell
doubled to right [Milner to third]; Dyer walked; Martinez
singled to center [Milner scored, Boswell scored, Dyer to
second]; Sadecki flied to left; Agee walked [Dyer to third,
Martinez to second]; GRZENDA REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Garrett
flied to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 4TH: Grzenda grounded out (second to first); Brock
singled to left; Sizemore popped to first in foul territory;
Carbo flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals
4.
METS 5TH: Mays popped to second; Kranepool singled to center;
Milner was called out on strikes; Boswell singled to center
[Kranepool to third, Boswell to second (error by Cruz)];
DRABOWSKY REPLACED GRZENDA (PITCHING); Dyer was walked
intentionally; Martinez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets
4, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 5TH: Torre singled to left; Simmons grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Torre out at
second]; Alou flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4,
Cardinals 4.
METS 6TH: Sadecki singled to right; Agee popped to first;
Garrett doubled to right [Sadecki to third]; Mays was walked
intentionally; CUMBERLAND REPLACED DRABOWSKY (PITCHING);
Kranepool sacrifice flied into a double play to center [Sadecki
scored, Garrett to third, Mays out at second (center to
shortstop to first)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 6TH: MELENDEZ BATTED FOR CRUZ; Melendez flied to
center; Maxvill flied to right; ROQUE BATTED FOR CUMBERLAND;
Roque flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 4.
METS 7TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HIGGINS REPLACED
ROQUE (PITCHING); Milner struck out; Boswell walked; Boswell
stole second; Dyer was called out on strikes; Martinez grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5,
Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 7TH: FRISELLA REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING); Brock
struck out; Sizemore walked; Carbo grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 4.
METS 8TH: Frisella lined to first; Agee flied to center; Garrett
walked; Mays was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 5, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 8TH: Torre flied to center; Simmons lined to right;
Alou singled to left; Melendez homered [Alou scored]; Maxvill
flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 6.
METS 9TH: Kranepool grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner
was called out on strikes; Boswell walked; Dyer struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 6.
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