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 5
Game Played on Tuesday, August    8, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Mets         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.