St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 0 (Game 2) Game Played on Monday, June 23, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 4 10 0 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McBride cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Tyson 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .212 Millan 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .264 Melendez lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .255 Unser cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .298 Smith rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .320 Staub rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Simmons ph 1 1 1 4 0 0 .303 Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .353 Davis rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Kingman lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Phillips ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Howard 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Grote c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Rudolph c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .160 Stone p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Guerrero ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .242 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Denny p 4 1 1 0 0 3 .111 Milner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Apodaca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 10 4 2 4 Totals 30 0 5 0 1 3 Time of Game: 1:59 Attendance: 32,719 Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Mets 4 DP: Cardinals 2, Mets 1 Doubles: Tyson 2 (4), Guerrero (5), Grote (6), Phillips (3) Home Runs: Simmons (10) Caught Stealing: Melendez (2) Sacrifice Hits: McBride (3) GIDP: Staub 2 (10) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny W(3-2) 9 5 0 0 1 3 0 31 3.25 Totals 9 5 0 0 1 3 0 31 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone L(1-1) 7.1 7 3 3 2 3 0 30 2.66 Matlack 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 1 5 3.83 Apodaca 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.51 Totals 9 10 4 4 2 4 1 38 Wild Pitches: Denny (3) Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Bob Engel CARDINALS 1ST: McBride grounded out (second to first); Tyson doubled to right; Melendez walked; Smith flied out to center [Tyson to third]; Reitz made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Garrett lined to second; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Howard flied out to center; Rudolph flied out to center; Guerrero doubled to left; Denny struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kranepool struck out; Kingman popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 3RD: McBride grounded out (second to first); Tyson lined to left; Melendez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Phillips flied out to right; Grote grounded out (third to first); Stone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Smith grounded out (third to first); Reitz flied out to right; Howard popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Garrett was called out on strikes; Millan singled to center; Unser singled to center [Millan to second]; Staub grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Unser out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Rudolph flied out to left; Guerrero singled to center; On a bunt Denny struck out; McBride grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Kranepool grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman grounded out (third to first); Phillips flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Tyson doubled to left; Melendez singled to center [Tyson to third]; Smith struck out while Melendez was caught stealing second (catcher to first to second); Reitz flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 6TH: Grote doubled to left; Stone reached on a fielder's choice [Grote out at third (catcher to third)]; Garrett grounded out (second to shortstop to first) [Stone to second]; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Howard flied out to center; Rudolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 7TH: Unser popped to pitcher; Staub walked; Denny threw a wild pitch [Staub to second]; Kranepool grounded out (first to pitcher) [Staub to third]; Kingman lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 8TH: Denny singled to left; McBride out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Denny to second]; Tyson walked; Melendez singled to left [Denny to third, Tyson to second]; MATLACK REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); SIMMONS BATTED FOR SMITH; Simmons homered [Denny scored, Tyson scored, Melendez scored]; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard singled to right; Rudolph singled to left [Howard to second]; Guerrero forced Rudolph (shortstop to second); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 0. METS 8TH: DAVIS REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING RF); Phillips doubled to right; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); MILNER BATTED FOR MATLACK; Milner grounded out (first unassisted) [Phillips to third]; Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 0. CARDINALS 9TH: APODACA REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Denny struck out; McBride flied out to center; Tyson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 0. METS 9TH: Millan singled to left; Unser flied out to left; Staub grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Millan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 0.

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