Bob Apodaca, making his first major league start, needed late-inning help but beat the Cardinals and Bob Gibson with the help of the long ball, 5-3. Cleon Jones, who drove in the first Met run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning, socked a two-out homer in the third after Ken Boswell's single. The Mets kayoed Gibson in the seventh when Dave Schneck doubled and Jerry Grote followed with his fourth round-tripper of the season.

The Cardinals scored single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh, with Ted Sizemore, Ken Reitz and Lou Brock getting the RBIs. Apodaca left the game in the sixth after developing a blister on his pitching hand. Harry Parker allowed the final St. Louis run in the seventh, giving up a pinch-triple to Jose Cruz, who scored when Brock grounded out. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Game Played on Monday, May 13, 1974 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Mets         1  0  2    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   5 10  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  1  1    1  0  0  -   3 10  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          5   1   2   0     0   0   .260      Brock lf              5   0   0   1     0   2   .318
Boswell 2b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .417      Sizemore 2b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .317
  Millan 2b           1   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Smith rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .376
Jones lf              4   1   1   3     0   1   .269      Simmons c             3   1   1   0     1   0   .280
  Hahn cf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .314      McBride cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Staub rf              3   0   0   0     2   0   .266      McCarver 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .222
Milner 1b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .231      Reitz 3b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .358
Schneck cf,lf         4   1   1   0     0   1   .256      Alvarado ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .091
Garrett 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .159        Melendez ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .346
Grote c               3   1   1   2     1   0   .256      Gibson p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .235
Apodaca p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Parker p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cruz ph             1   1   1   0     0   0   .217
                                                            Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hickman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .261

Totals               36   5  10   5     4   3             Totals               35   3  10   3     2   3

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 12,653
Left on Base: Mets 9, Cardinals 7
DP: Mets 1, Cardinals 0
Errors: Grote
Doubles: Schneck (2), Alvarado (1)
Triples: Cruz (1)
Home Runs: Jones (2), Grote (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Jones (2)
GIDP: Hickman (2)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Apodaca W(1-2)          5     6   2   2   1   2   0  22   6.32
Parker SV(1)            4     4   1   1   1   1   0  15   3.66
Totals                  9    10   3   3   2   3   0  37

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson L(2-3)           6.2   8   5   5   0   0   2  28   5.01
Folkers                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.61
Richert                 0     0   0   0   2   0   0   2   4.91
Hrabosky                2     1   0   0   2   3   0   9   4.58
Totals                  9    10   5   5   4   3   2  41

Wild Pitches: Apodaca (2), Parker 2 (2), Hrabosky (2)

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Dutch Rennert


METS 1ST: Harrelson singled to right; Boswell singled to right
[Harrelson to third]; Jones hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Harrelson scored]; Staub flied to left; Milner grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith singled to center;
Simmons forced Smith (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

METS 2ND: Schneck popped to shortstop; Garrett flied to left;
Grote grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: McBride grounded out (second to first); McCarver
flied to center; Reitz singled to left; Alvarado flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

METS 3RD: Apodaca grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson
flied to center; Boswell singled to right; Jones homered
[Boswell scored]; Staub flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 3, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Gibson struck out; Brock grounded out (second to
first); Sizemore singled to left; Smith singled to right
[Sizemore to second]; Simmons flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 0.

METS 4TH: Milner singled to center; Schneck flied to center;
Garrett popped to third; Grote grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: McBride grounded out (shortstop to first);
McCarver grounded out (second to first); Reitz grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 0.

METS 5TH: Apodaca flied to center; Harrelson lined to shortstop;
Boswell flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Alvarado doubled to left; Gibson grounded out
(third to first); Brock grounded out (first unassisted)
[Alvarado to third]; Sizemore singled to center [Alvarado
scored]; Smith popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3,
Cardinals 1.

METS 6TH: Jones flied to right; Staub grounded out (first
unassisted); Milner flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
3, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons walked; Apodaca threw a wild pitch
[Simmons to second]; PARKER REPLACED APODACA (PITCHING); Parker
threw a wild pitch [Simmons to third]; McBride popped to
shortstop; McCarver walked; Reitz singled to right [Simmons
scored, McCarver out at third (right to third)]; Parker threw a
wild pitch [Reitz to third (error by Grote)]; Alvarado grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3,
Cardinals 2.

METS 7TH: Schneck doubled to right; Garrett flied to left; Grote
homered [Schneck scored]; Parker grounded out (first to
pitcher); Harrelson singled to center; FOLKERS REPLACED GIBSON
(PITCHING); Boswell singled to center [Harrelson to second];
Jones forced Boswell (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 5, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: MILLAN REPLACED BOSWELL (PLAYING 2B); CRUZ BATTED
FOR FOLKERS; Cruz tripled to right; Brock grounded out (second
to first) [Cruz scored]; Sizemore grounded out (pitcher to
first); Smith flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5,
Cardinals 3.

METS 8TH: RICHERT REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Staub walked; Milner
walked [Staub to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED RICHERT (PITCHING);
Schneck struck out; Garrett struck out; Hrabosky threw a wild
pitch [Milner to second, Staub to third]; Grote was walked
intentionally; Parker forced Grote (third to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 5, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: Simmons singled to right; McBride forced Simmons
(second to shortstop); McCarver forced McBride (second to
shortstop); Reitz forced McCarver (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Cardinals 3.

METS 9TH: Harrelson popped to shortstop; Millan singled to left;
Jones struck out; Staub walked [Millan to second]; Milner flied
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 5, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: HAHN REPLACED JONES (PLAYING CF); SCHNECK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MELENDEZ BATTED FOR ALVARADO; Melendez
singled to left; HICKMAN BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Hickman grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Melendez out at
second]; Brock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5,
Cardinals 3.

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