Mike Vail and Dave Kingman each homered with a man on base to power the Mets to a 5-2 victory over the Cardinals. Vail also drove in the Mets' other run with a single. Tom Seaver, who pitched six innings, posted his 21st victory. Bob Apodaca faced only nine batters in the last three innings. Keith Hernandez, who walked as the only man to reach base against Apodaca, was erased when Bake McBride grounded into a double play. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Game Played on Friday, September 5, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  3
Mets         0  0  2    0  0  2    1  0  x  -   5 11  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .314      Unser cf              4   2   3   0     0   0   .284
McBride cf            4   1   2   1     0   1   .299      Millan 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .297
Davis rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .297      Vail lf               4   1   2   3     0   0   .379
Simmons c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .335      Staub rf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .274
Fairly 1b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .312      Kingman 1b            4   1   2   2     0   1   .241
Smith 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .294      Garrett 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .241      Grote c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .298
Tyson ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .261      Phillips ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .246
Rasmussen p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .190        Harrelson ph,ss     2   0   0   0     0   1   .217
  Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Seaver p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .198
  Hernandez ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .208        Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
  Lintz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .209        Apodaca p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .444
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   8   2     2   8             Totals               34   5  11   5     1   4

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 27,093
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Mets 7
DP: Cardinals 1, Mets 1
Errors: McBride, Sizemore, Garman
Doubles: McBride 2 (9), Tyson (15), Staub (26)
Home Runs: Vail (2), Kingman (30)
Stolen Bases: Brock (53)
Caught Stealing: Kingman (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Millan (16)
GIDP: McBride (6), Harrelson (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen L(4-3)        5.1   9   4   4   0   1   2  25   3.05
Curtis                  0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.46
Garman                  2     2   1   1   1   2   0   9   2.44
Totals                  8    11   5   5   1   4   2  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(21-7)          6     8   2   2   1   7   0  26   2.09
Apodaca SV(13)          3     0   0   0   1   1   0   9   1.50
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   8   0  35

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; McBride struck out; Brock
stole second; Davis flied out to right; Simmons walked; Fairly
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Unser grounded out (third to first); Millan singled to
left; Vail flied out to right; Staub doubled to center [Millan
out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Smith flied out to right; Sizemore grounded out
(pitcher to first); Tyson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kingman popped to catcher in foul territory; Garrett
flied out to left; Grote reached on an error by McBride;
Phillips was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Rasmussen struck out; Brock grounded out (first
unassisted); McBride doubled to center [McBride out at third
(center to shortstop to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Seaver grounded out (third to first); Unser singled to
center; Millan flied out to left; Vail homered [Unser scored];
Staub made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Davis flied out to right; Simmons singled to
right; Fairly singled to center [Simmons to second]; Smith flied
out to center; Sizemore struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 2.

METS 4TH: Kingman singled to left; Kingman was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Garrett grounded out (first
unassisted); Grote flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson doubled to left; Rasmussen was called out
on strikes; Brock struck out; McBride doubled to left [Tyson
scored]; Davis singled to right [McBride scored]; Simmons
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Phillips grounded out (first unassisted); Seaver
grounded out (third to first); Unser singled to right; Millan
forced Unser (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Fairly was called out on strikes; Smith singled
to right; Sizemore forced Smith (pitcher to second); Tyson flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Vail grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub singled
to right; Kingman homered [Staub scored]; Garrett singled to
right; Grote reached on an error by Sizemore [Garrett to
second]; CURTIS REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PITCHING); HARRELSON BATTED
FOR PHILLIPS; Harrelson struck out; ALOU BATTED FOR SEAVER; Alou
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Mets 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: HARRELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); APODACA
REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR CURTIS; Hernandez
walked; LINTZ RAN FOR HERNANDEZ; Brock was called out on
strikes; McBride grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Lintz out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Mets 4.

METS 7TH: GARMAN REPLACED LINTZ (PITCHING); Unser singled to
center; Millan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Unser to second]; Vail singled to center [Unser scored, Vail to
second (on throw to home)]; Staub was walked intentionally;
Kingman struck out; Garrett flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: Davis flied out to left; Simmons grounded out
(shortstop to first); Fairly grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 5.

METS 8TH: Grote reached on an error by Garman; Harrelson
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Grote out at second]; Apodaca was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: Smith flied out to left; Sizemore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 5.