Posting the 100th victory of his major league career, Jerry Koosman ended the Mets' seven-game losing streak by defeating the Cardinals, 5-1. The Mets, who had been shut out for 35 consecutive innings, ended their drouth in the first on a single by Gene Clines, a stolen base and an error by Lou Brock on a line drive by Jesus Alou.

Joe Torre singled and Dave Kingman homered in the fourth. After the Mets added a pair in the seventh, the Cards picked up their lone run in the eighth on a double by Mike Tyson and two infield outs. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Game Played on Tuesday, June      24, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  5  2
Mets         1  0  0    2  0  0    2  0  x  -   5 10  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Clines lf             4   2   2   1     0   0   .197
Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   1     0   0   .256      Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .264
Davis rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Alou rf               4   0   0   1     0   0   .333
Simmons c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .306      Torre 3b              4   1   3   0     0   0   .286
Melendez cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Kingman 1b            4   1   1   2     0   1   .221
Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Heidemann ss          3   0   1   0     1   0   .224
Howard 1b             4   0   1   0     0   3   .231        Phillips ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Guerrero ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .245      Grote c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Unser cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .301
  Barlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Koosman p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .189
Curtis p              0   0   0   0     1   0   .200
  Billings ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Terlecky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tyson ss            1   1   1   0     0   0   .226

Totals               33   1   5   1     1   7             Totals               33   5  10   4     1   2

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance: 19,240
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Mets 6
DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 0
Errors: Brock, Guerrero, Millan
Doubles: Tyson (5)
Home Runs: Kingman (10)
Stolen Bases: Clines (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Koosman (3)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis L(4-6)           4     5   3   3   1   2   1  18   4.11
Terlecky                2.1   4   2   2   0   0   0  11   2.38
Garman                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.08
Barlow                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   9.00
Totals                  8    10   5   5   1   2   1  35

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(6-5)          9     5   1   1   1   7   0  34   3.61
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   7   0  34

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Sizemore made an out to second;
Davis reached on an error by Millan; Simmons flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Clines singled to center; Clines stole second; Millan
grounded out (third to first); Alou reached on an error by Brock
[Clines scored (no RBI), Alou to second]; Torre singled to
center [Alou out at home (center to catcher), Torre to second
(on throw to home)]; Kingman struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Melendez flied out to center; Reitz flied out to
center; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Mets 1.

METS 2ND: Heidemann walked; Grote grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Heidemann to second]; Unser flied out to center; Koosman
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Guerrero struck out; Curtis walked; Brock flied
out to left; Sizemore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

METS 3RD: Clines grounded out (first unassisted); Millan
grounded out (third to first); Alou popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Davis flied out to right; Simmons flied out to
left; Melendez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Torre singled to center; Kingman homered [Torre
scored]; Heidemann grounded out (pitcher to first); Grote flied
out to center; Unser singled to right; Koosman grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz made an out to second; Howard struck out;
Guerrero singled to right; BILLINGS BATTED FOR CURTIS; Billings
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 3.

METS 5TH: TERLECKY REPLACED BILLINGS (PITCHING); Clines flied
out to center; Millan flied out to left; Alou grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore
popped to catcher in foul territory; Davis flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 3.

METS 6TH: Torre singled to shortstop [Torre to second (error by
Guerrero)]; Kingman grounded out (third to first); Heidemann
grounded out (second to first) [Torre to third]; Grote grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Mets 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons singled to center; Melendez struck out;
Reitz made an out to shortstop; Howard singled to left [Simmons
to second]; Guerrero flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: Unser singled to left; Koosman out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Unser to second]; Clines singled to left
[Unser scored]; Millan singled to right [Clines to third];
GARMAN REPLACED GUERRERO (PITCHING); TYSON REPLACED TERLECKY
(PLAYING SS); Alou grounded out (first unassisted) [Clines
scored, Millan to second]; Torre grounded out (second to first);
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: Tyson doubled to left; Brock grounded out (third
to first) [Tyson to third]; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Tyson scored]; Davis was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 5.

METS 8TH: BARLOW REPLACED GARMAN (PITCHING); Kingman made an out
to second; Heidemann singled to center; Grote flied to right in
foul territory; Unser flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Mets 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED HEIDEMANN (PLAYING SS); Simmons
singled to center; Melendez forced Simmons (third to second);
Reitz flied out to center; Howard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 5.