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The longest night game in major league history ended after 25 innings with the Cardinals scoring on two errors to defeat the Mets, 4-3. The marathon contest lasted seven hours, four minutes. The Cardinals began the game with a run in the first on two walks and a single by Joe Torre. The Mets came back with a marker in their half. Felix Millan was safe on an error by Mike Tyson and was forced by Cleon Jones. After a wild pitch, Jones scored on a double by John Milner. Millan singled in the fifth and Jones homered to put the Mets ahead, but the Cardinals tied the score in the ninth when Ted Simmons beat out an infield hit and Ken Reitz hit for the circuit with two out. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn and Mrs. Kuhn were among the faithful who stuck it out through hour after hour until the end came in the 25th. Bake McBride led off with an infield hit for the Cardinals. When Hank Webb threw wildly on a pickoff attempt, McBride raced to third and then headed home. Milner recovered the ball in foul territory and threw to Ron Hodges, who dropped the throw, allowing McBride to score. [The Sporting News] |
St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Wednesday, September 11, 1974 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 18 2 Mets 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 16 4 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 9 0 1 0 0 2 .310 Harrelson ss 7 0 0 0 1 0 .227 Godby lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .111 Boswell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Sizemore 2b 0 1 1 0 1 0 .249 Millan 2b 0 1 4 0 1 0 .260 Smith rf 8 0 1 0 3 1 .314 Jones lf 9 2 3 2 1 1 .282 xTorre 1b 9 0 2 1 1 2 .000 Webb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Simmons c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .263 Pemberton ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Herndon pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Milner 1b 0 0 2 1 2 3 .254 Hill c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Garrett 3b,ss 0 0 0 0 1 4 .220 Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .170 Schneck cf,rf,cf 1 0 2 0 0 3 .211 Billings c 5 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Ayala rf 2 0 1 0 1 1 .211 McBride cf 0 1 4 0 0 1 .306 Hahn cf 6 0 0 0 1 2 .258 Reitz 3b 0 1 4 2 1 0 .281 Gosger ph,lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .097 Tyson ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 .222 Dyer c 9 0 2 0 1 0 .184 Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Boisclair pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Folkers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Hodges c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Koosman p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Bare p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Martinez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Osteen p 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Parker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Siebert p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .116 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Melendez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Theodore ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .152 Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Apodaca p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .150 Hunt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Cram p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Staub ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Dwyer ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Heidemann ss 6 0 3 0 0 1 .258 Totals 86 4 18 3 8 12 Totals 89 3 16 3 11 16 Time of Game: 7:04 Attendance: 13,460 Left on Base: Cardinals 20, Mets 25 DP: Cardinals 1, Mets 2 Errors: Tyson, Osteen, Webb, Schneck, Dyer, Hodges Doubles: Milner (17), Schneck 2 (11) Home Runs: Reitz (6), Jones (13) Stolen Bases: McBride (24) Caught Stealing: Brock (30) Sacrifice Hits: Forsch (5), McBride (5), Koosman (10), Millan (23), Jones (2) GIDP: Sizemore (9), Koosman (2) Hit by Pitch: Tyson (2,by Koosman), Dwyer (1,by Parker) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch 6 5 3 2 4 3 1 27 2.82 Garman 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 2.58 Hrabosky 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 11 2.82 Folkers 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 10 2.71 Bare 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7.63 Osteen 9.1 4 0 0 2 5 0 35 3.73 Siebert W(8-8) 2.1 2 0 0 3 1 0 12 3.62 Totals 25 16 3 2 11 16 1 103 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman 9 5 3 3 4 5 1 36 3.29 Parker 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.61 Miller 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 3.38 Apodaca 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 12 4.02 Cram 8 7 0 0 2 4 0 32 0.64 Webb L(0-1) 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0.00 Totals 25 18 4 3 8 12 1 99 Passed Balls: Simmons (11) Hit by Pitch: Koosman (7), Parker (2) Wild Pitches: Forsch (6), Koosman (6), Cram (1) Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Frank Pulli CARDINALS 1ST: Brock lined to shortstop; Sizemore walked; Smith walked [Sizemore to second]; Torre singled to left [Sizemore scored, Smith to second]; Simmons lined into a double play (second to second to first) [Torre out at first]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Harrelson flied to center; Millan reached on an error by Tyson; Jones forced Millan (second to shortstop); Forsch threw a wild pitch [Jones to second]; Milner doubled to right [Jones scored (unearned)]; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Milner to third]; Garrett walked; Schneck flied to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 1. CARDINALS 2ND: McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz grounded out (third to first); Tyson walked; Forsch grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 1. METS 2ND: Ayala walked; Dyer singled to center [Ayala to third]; Koosman reached on a fielder's choice [Ayala out at home (second to catcher), Dyer to second]; Harrelson forced Koosman (shortstop to second) [Dyer to third]; Millan flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock popped to shortstop in foul territory; Sizemore flied to right; Smith popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 1. METS 3RD: Jones flied to center; Milner walked; Garrett was called out on strikes; Schneck grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Torre struck out; Simmons flied to left; McBride grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Ayala singled to center; Dyer flied to right; Koosman out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Ayala to second]; Harrelson flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz singled to center; Tyson popped to first; Forsch out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Reitz to second]; Brock flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Millan singled to shortstop; Jones homered [Millan scored]; Milner grounded out (first to pitcher); Garrett was called out on strikes; Schneck grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 3. CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore lined to third; Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Torre popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 3. METS 6TH: Ayala struck out; Dyer walked; Koosman grounded into a double play (second to first to shortstop) [Dyer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons walked; McBride singled to center [Simmons to third, McBride to second (error by Schneck)]; Reitz popped to catcher in foul territory; Tyson struck out; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR FORSCH; Melendez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 3. METS 7TH: GARMAN REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Millan grounded out (third to first); Jones flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 3. CARDINALS 8TH: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Sizemore popped to second; Smith flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 3. METS 8TH: Milner struck out; Garrett struck out; Schneck grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 3. CARDINALS 9TH: HAHN REPLACED AYALA (PLAYING CF); SCHNECK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Torre struck out; Simmons singled to shortstop; HERNDON RAN FOR SIMMONS; Koosman threw a wild pitch [Herndon to second]; McBride was called out on strikes; Reitz homered [Herndon scored]; Tyson was hit by a pitch; HUNT BATTED FOR GARMAN; Hunt flied to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 9TH: HILL REPLACED HERNDON (PLAYING C ); HRABOSKY REPLACED HUNT (PITCHING); Hahn was called out on strikes; Dyer grounded out (pitcher to first); MARTINEZ BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Martinez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 10TH: PARKER REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Brock singled to third; Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Sizemore flied to center; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 10TH: Harrelson popped to third; Millan singled to left; Jones struck out; Milner singled to right [Millan to third]; Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 11TH: Torre grounded out (third to first); Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); McBride singled to left; McBride stole second; Reitz flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 11TH: Schneck was called out on strikes; Hahn flied to right; Dyer flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 12TH: HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR TYSON; Hernandez flied to right; DWYER BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Dwyer was hit by a pitch; Brock grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dwyer to second]; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 12TH: FOLKERS REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); HEIDEMANN REPLACED DWYER (PLAYING SS); KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR PARKER; Kranepool grounded out (first unassisted); Harrelson flied to right; Millan singled to right; Jones singled to center [Millan to second]; Milner struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 13TH: MILLER REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Smith struck out; Torre walked; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR HILL; Scheinblum flied to left; McBride singled to left [Torre out at home (left to third to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 13TH: BILLINGS REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PLAYING C ); Garrett struck out; Schneck doubled to left; Hahn was walked intentionally; Dyer flied to center; THEODORE BATTED FOR MILLER; Theodore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 14TH: APODACA REPLACED THEODORE (PITCHING); Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); CRUZ BATTED FOR FOLKERS; Cruz flied to left; Heidemann singled to left; Brock forced Heidemann (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 14TH: BARE REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Harrelson walked; Millan out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Harrelson to second]; OSTEEN REPLACED BARE (PITCHING); Jones was walked intentionally; Milner popped to second; Garrett grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 15TH: Sizemore flied to left; Smith grounded out (first to pitcher); Torre grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 15TH: Schneck popped to catcher in foul territory; Hahn flied to left; Dyer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 16TH: Billings singled to left; McBride out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Billings to second]; Reitz was walked intentionally; Osteen flied to left; Heidemann struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 16TH: Apodaca struck out; Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 17TH: CRAM REPLACED APODACA (PITCHING); BOSWELL REPLACED HARRELSON (PLAYING 3B); GARRETT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Brock struck out; Sizemore singled to center; Cram threw a wild pitch [Sizemore to second]; Smith was walked intentionally; Torre forced Smith (shortstop to second) [Sizemore to third]; Billings forced Torre (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 17TH: Jones singled to right; Milner popped to third; Garrett forced Jones (second to shortstop); Schneck struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 18TH: McBride grounded out (pitcher to first); Reitz grounded out (third to first); Osteen flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 18TH: Hahn was called out on strikes; Dyer flied to left; Cram singled to center; Boswell flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 19TH: Heidemann singled to left; Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Heidemann out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 19TH: GODBY REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Millan flied to left; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 20TH: Smith singled to center; Torre reached on catcher's interference by Dyer [Smith to second]; Smith was picked off second (catcher to shortstop); Billings flied to right; McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 20TH: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Mets Manager Yogi Berra ejected by HP umpire Ed Sudol at 1:30 AM; Schneck grounded out (second to first); Hahn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 21ST: Reitz singled to shortstop; Osteen forced Reitz (second to shortstop); Heidemann flied to center; Godby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 21ST: Dyer grounded out (third to first); Cram struck out; Boswell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 22ND: Sizemore flied to center; Smith flied to right; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 22ND: Millan singled to left; Jones out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Millan to second]; Milner was walked intentionally; Garrett flied to left; Schneck struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 23RD: Billings struck out (catcher to first); McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz singled to left; Osteen forced Reitz (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 23RD: Hahn flied to center; Dyer singled to center; BOISCLAIR RAN FOR DYER; Cram reached on an error by Osteen [Boisclair to second]; Debut game for Bruce Boisclair; Boswell lined to first; SIEBERT REPLACED OSTEEN (PITCHING); Millan walked [Boisclair to third, Cram to second]; Jones flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 24TH: HODGES REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PLAYING C ); Heidemann singled to right; Godby popped to first; Sizemore grounded out (third to first) [Heidemann to second]; Smith was walked intentionally; Torre singled to third [Heidemann to third, Smith to second]; Billings forced Torre (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. METS 24TH: Milner grounded out (second to first); Garrett flied to right; Schneck doubled to left; GOSGER BATTED FOR HAHN; Gosger was walked intentionally; Hodges walked [Schneck to third, Gosger to second]; STAUB BATTED FOR CRAM; Staub grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 3. CARDINALS 25TH: STAUB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GOSGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SCHNECK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); WEBB REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); McBride singled to shortstop; McBride was picked off first but was safe on an error by Webb [McBride scored (error by Hodges) (unearned)]; wild throw on pickoff; 2B umpire Bob Engel called a balk but a recent rule change allowed advances on an overthrow; previously ball was dead on a balk unless it was put in play; Reitz grounded out (third to first); Siebert struck out; Heidemann grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 3. METS 25TH: Boswell flied to right; Millan flied to left; PEMBERTON BATTED FOR WEBB; Pemberton singled to center; Milner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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