A crowd of only 3,380, the smallest since Busch Memorial opened May 12, 1966, turned out for a 12:30 p.m, "businessmen's special" and saw Al Santorini pitch the Cardinals to a 4-0 victory over the Mets in their final home game of the season. Ken Reitz, Redbird rookie third baseman, hit a pair of RBI singles. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1972 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0
Cardinals    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  2  x  -   4  9  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garrett 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .226      Brock lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .310
Boswell 2b            3   0   2   0     1   1   .206      Sizemore 2b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .263
Milner lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .247        Tyson pr,2b         1   1   1   0     0   0   .185
Staub rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .302      Cruz rf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .246
Kranepool 1b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .269      Torre 1b              3   1   1   1     0   0   .292
Schneck cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .179      Simmons c             3   1   2   0     1   1   .298
Sudakis c             3   0   0   0     1   2   .108      Reitz 3b              4   0   2   2     0   0   .356
Martinez ss           3   0   0   0     0   2   .231      Roque cf              3   0   0   1     0   0   .096
  Marshall ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Kelleher ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .146
McAndrew p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .048      Santorini p           3   0   1   0     0   1   .075
  Nolan ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Beauchamp ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .241

Totals               32   0   6   0     4  12             Totals               30   4   9   4     1   4

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance:  3,380
Left on Base: Mets 9, Cardinals 5
DP: Mets 1, Cardinals 2
Triples: Simmons (6)
Stolen Bases: Brock (61)
Sacrifice Flies: Torre (7)
GIDP: Milner (8), Sudakis (1)
Hit by Pitch: Sizemore (4,by McAndrew)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McAndrew L(11-7)        6     6   2   2   0   2   0  24   2.50
Sadecki                 2     3   2   2   1   2   0   9   3.13
Totals                  8     9   4   4   1   4   0  33

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Santorini W(8-10)       9     6   0   0   4  12   0  36   4.03
Totals                  9     6   0   0   4  12   0  36

Passed Balls: Simmons (15)
Hit by Pitch: McAndrew (4)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Ken Burkhart, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Andy Olsen


METS 1ST: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Boswell
singled to right; Milner grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Boswell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
was called out on strikes; Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

METS 2ND: Staub singled to left; Kranepool grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Staub to second]; Schneck struck out;
Sudakis walked; Martinez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre singled to center; Simmons singled to right
[Torre to third]; Reitz singled to left [Torre scored, Simmons
to third]; Roque forced Reitz (second to shortstop) [Simmons
scored]; Kelleher hit into a double play (right to first) [Roque
out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 2.

METS 3RD: McAndrew struck out; Garrett struck out; Boswell
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Santorini lined to pitcher; Brock singled to
right; Brock stole second; Sizemore popped to first in foul
territory; Cruz popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Cardinals 2.

METS 4TH: Milner grounded out (second to first); Staub flied out
to left; Kranepool singled to right; Schneck struck out but
Kranepool advanced to second and Schneck advanced to first on a
passed ball; Sudakis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre flied out to center; Simmons tripled to
right; Reitz popped to first; Roque popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 2.

METS 5TH: Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); McAndrew
struck out; Garrett walked; Boswell walked [Garrett to second];
Milner forced Boswell (first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Kelleher flied out to center; Santorini singled
to center; Brock grounded out (second to first) [Santorini to
second]; Sizemore was hit by a pitch; TYSON RAN FOR SIZEMORE;
Cruz popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 0, Cardinals 2.

METS 6TH: TYSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Staub singled to
center; Kranepool singled to center [Staub to second]; Schneck
popped to second; Sudakis grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to first) [Kranepool out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Torre grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons
struck out; Reitz popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Cardinals 2.

METS 7TH: Martinez struck out; NOLAN BATTED FOR MCANDREW; Nolan
walked; Garrett flied out to center; Boswell singled to center
[Nolan to second]; Milner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: SADECKI REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Roque grounded
out (third to first); Kelleher grounded out (second to first);
Santorini was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Cardinals 2.

METS 8TH: Staub popped to shortstop; Kranepool popped to
shortstop; Schneck lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Brock struck out; Tyson singled to left; Cruz
singled to center [Tyson to third]; Torre hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Tyson scored, Cruz to second]; Simmons was walked
intentionally; Reitz singled to left [Cruz scored, Simmons out
at third (left to third to second to third to first)]; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 4.

METS 9TH: Sudakis struck out; MARSHALL BATTED FOR MARTINEZ;
Marshall flied out to center; BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR SADECKI;
Beauchamp was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Cardinals 4.