Tom Seaver, who pitched five innings before leaving the game with a sore muscle, gained credit for the victory when the Mets defeated the Cardinals, 3-2. Rick Wise, who was the loser, continued to have bad luck in close games. The defeat was the Cardinal righthander's 11th by a one-run margin this season. New York Mets 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2Game Played on Sunday, September 10, 1972 (Day game) at Shea StadiumCardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 7 0 Mets 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 x - 3 9 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 5 0 3 0 0 0 .304 Agee cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .231 Sizemore 2b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .258 Boswell 2b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .188 Cruz cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Sadecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Melendez ph,cf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .248 Strom p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torre 1b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .290 Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Simmons c 2 0 1 1 2 0 .299 Milner lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .261 Carbo rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .261 Marshall rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .256 Anderson ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 .257 Jones rf,lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .253 Wise p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .198 Garrett 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .210 Roque ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .094 Dyer c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .245 Durham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Harrelson ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Grzenda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Seaver p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .173 Jutze ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Martinez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Totals 33 2 7 2 6 11 Totals 30 3 9 3 2 5 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 24,185 Left on Base: Cardinals 11, Mets 6 DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 0 Errors: Milner Doubles: Brock (20), Anderson (3), Kranepool (11) Triples: Seaver (1) Home Runs: Milner (16) Stolen Bases: Brock (57) Caught Stealing: Jones (6) Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (6) Sacrifice Flies: Melendez (1) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise L(14-15) 6 7 3 3 2 5 1 25 3.30 Durham 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.34 Grzenda 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 Totals 8 9 3 3 2 5 1 33 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver W(17-11) 5 1 0 0 2 7 0 18 2.93 Sadecki 2.1 5 1 1 2 1 0 14 2.87 Strom 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 6 6.38 Rauch SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.91 Totals 9 7 2 2 6 11 0 40 Passed Balls: Simmons (14) Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Ken Burkhart, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Bob Engel CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second; Sizemore popped to catcher in foul territory; Cruz struck out; Torre struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); Boswell singled to center; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Boswell to second]; Milner popped to shortstop; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons walked; Carbo struck out; Reitz popped to second in foul territory; Anderson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Jones singled to left; Jones was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Garrett walked; Dyer struck out; Harrelson forced Garrett (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Wise struck out; Brock flied to left in foul territory; Sizemore walked; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Seaver tripled to center; Agee struck out; Boswell grounded out (second to first) [Seaver scored]; Milner grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Torre popped to first in foul territory; Simmons lined to center; Carbo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Kranepool doubled to right; Jones singled to right [Kranepool scored, Jones out at second (right to first to shortstop to second)]; Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); Dyer grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz popped to shortstop; Anderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Wise struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 2. METS 5TH: On a bunt Harrelson singled to third; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Harrelson to second]; Agee struck out; Boswell was called out on strikes; Ken Boswell ejected by HP umpire John McSherry Tom Seaver aggravated his hip muscle hurt against Cubs; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 2. CARDINALS 6TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED SEAVER (PLAYING 2B); SADECKI REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Brock doubled to left; Sizemore grounded out (second to first) [Brock to third]; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR CRUZ; Melendez grounded out (third to first); Torre walked; Simmons walked [Torre to second]; Carbo flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 2. METS 6TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Milner homered; Kranepool flied out to center; Jones flied out to center; Garrett walked; Dyer struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz flied out to right; Anderson doubled to left; ROQUE BATTED FOR WISE; Roque was called out on strikes; Brock flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 3. METS 7TH: DURHAM REPLACED ROQUE (PITCHING); Harrelson flied out to left; Martinez grounded out (third to first); Agee flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 3. CARDINALS 8TH: Sizemore singled to third; Melendez singled to catcher [Sizemore to second]; Torre flied out to center [Sizemore to third]; Simmons singled to left [Sizemore scored, Melendez to third (error by Milner), Simmons to second]; STROM REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING); Carbo struck out; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 3. METS 8TH: Strom popped to shortstop; Milner singled to right; Kranepool singled to right [Milner to third]; Jones popped to first; GRZENDA REPLACED DURHAM (PITCHING); Garrett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 3. CARDINALS 9TH: JONES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MARSHALL REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING RF); Anderson walked; JUTZE BATTED FOR GRZENDA; Jutze struck out; Brock singled to center [Anderson to second]; Sizemore walked [Anderson to third, Brock to second]; RAUCH REPLACED STROM (PITCHING); Melendez hit a sacrifice fly to left [Anderson scored, Brock to third]; Torre struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 3. |
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