Lou Brock stole his 102nd and 103rd bases of the season, but the Cardinals were victims of a three-run homer by Wayne Garrett and lost to the Mets, 5-3. Tom Seaver, who was locked in a 1-1 duel with Lynn McGlothen, helped start himself off to victory with a single in the eighth inning. After a sacrifice by Bud Harrelson, Seaver scored the tie-breaking tally on a single by Ed Kranepool, who advanced to second on the throw to the plate. The Cardinals then passed John Milner intentionally in a move that backfired when Garrett followed with his homer.

The Cardinals tried to pull the game out of the fire in their half of the eighth, but had to settle for only two runs on a walk to Jim Dwyer, forceout by Brock, Lou's second theft of the game, an infield hit by Ron Hunt and double by Ted Simmons. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Game Played on Sunday, September 8, 1974 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 5 8 0 Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 8 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harrelson ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .230 Brock lf 3 2 0 0 0 1 .314 Millan 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .261 Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Kranepool lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .310 Herndon pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Gosger pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .097 Heidemann ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Milner 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .253 Smith rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .319 Garrett 3b 3 1 1 3 1 1 .223 Simmons c 4 0 3 3 0 0 .264 Boswell rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Torre 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .291 Jones lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 McBride cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Hahn cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .270 Reitz 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .280 Dyer c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .176 Tyson ss,2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Seaver p 4 1 1 0 0 2 .083 Hernandez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .364 McGlothen p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Dwyer ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .295 Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Totals 32 5 8 5 3 5 Totals 33 3 8 3 2 3 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 34,304 Left on Base: Mets 4, Cardinals 6 DP: Mets 2, Cardinals 2 Doubles: Millan (12), Simmons 2 (29) Triples: Reitz (2), Hernandez (1) Home Runs: Garrett (11) Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (103) Sacrifice Hits: Harrelson (7) GIDP: Hahn (8), Dyer (4), McGlothen (1) Hit by Pitch: Brock (1,by Seaver) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver W(10-8) 9 8 3 3 2 3 0 36 3.28 Totals 9 8 3 3 2 3 0 36 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGlothen L(16-9) 8 8 5 5 3 4 1 33 2.69 Garman 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.67 Totals 9 8 5 5 3 5 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Seaver (3) Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Dick Stello METS 1ST: Harrelson singled to center; Millan popped to shortstop; Kranepool grounded out (shortstop to first) [Harrelson to second]; Milner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock was hit by a pitch; Brock stole second; Hunt grounded out (second to first) [Brock to third]; Smith struck out; Simmons singled to right [Brock scored]; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 1. METS 2ND: Garrett walked; Boswell singled to right [Garrett to second]; Hahn grounded into a double play (third to third to first) [Boswell to second, Garrett out at third]; Dyer walked; Seaver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 2ND: McBride flied to center; Reitz tripled to left; On a bunt Tyson hit into a double play (third unassisted) [Reitz out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 1. METS 3RD: Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan doubled to right; Kranepool singled to left [Millan scored]; Milner was called out on strikes; Garrett was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 3RD: McGlothen grounded out (third to first); Brock struck out; Hunt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 1. METS 4TH: Boswell grounded out (first unassisted); Hahn singled to left; Dyer grounded into a double play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Hahn out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Smith lined to second; Simmons flied to left; Torre singled to left; McBride forced Torre (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 1. METS 5TH: Seaver struck out; Harrelson grounded out (second to first); Millan popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz singled to shortstop; Tyson flied to right; McGlothen grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Reitz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 1. METS 6TH: Kranepool grounded out (first to pitcher); Milner grounded out (first to pitcher); Garrett flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Hunt grounded out (first unassisted); Smith walked; Simmons doubled to left [Smith to third]; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 1. METS 7TH: Boswell grounded out (first unassisted); Hahn grounded out (third to first); Dyer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 7TH: McBride flied to right; Reitz flied to center; Tyson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 1. METS 8TH: Seaver singled to center; Harrelson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Seaver to second]; Millan flied to right; Kranepool singled to center [Seaver scored, Kranepool to second (on throw to home)]; GOSGER RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; Milner was walked intentionally; Garrett homered [Gosger scored, Milner scored]; Boswell grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: GOSGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); JONES REPLACED BOSWELL (PLAYING LF); DWYER BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Dwyer walked; Brock forced Dwyer (shortstop to second); Brock stole second; Hunt singled to shortstop [Brock stayed at second]; HERNDON RAN FOR HUNT; Smith struck out; Simmons doubled to left [Brock scored, Herndon scored]; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 3. METS 9TH: HEIDEMANN REPLACED HERNDON (PLAYING SS); TYSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); GARMAN REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Hahn struck out; Dyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Seaver popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 9TH: McBride grounded out (second to first); Reitz flied to center; HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR TYSON; Hernandez tripled to right; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR GARMAN; Scheinblum popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 3.

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