A two-run homer by Bake McBride in the third inning and grand slam by Willie Crawford in the fifth powered the Cardinals to a 6-0 victory over the Mets behind the three-hit hurling of John Curtis. Both homers came off Craig Swan. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Friday, May       28, 1976 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  2    0  4  0    0  0  0  -   6  9  1
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   2   2   0     1   0   .270      Brown cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .308
Kessinger ss          4   0   0   0     0   2   .224      Garrett 2b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .235
McBride cf            5   2   2   2     0   0   .365      Torre 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .320
Simmons c             4   1   1   0     1   0   .285      Kingman rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Smith 1b              2   0   0   0     1   1   .189      Milner lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .352
  Hernandez 1b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .183      Grote c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .292
Crawford rf           3   1   2   4     1   0   .360      Staiger 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .148
Cruz 3b               4   0   1   0     0   2   .198      Phillips ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Tyson 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .236      Swan p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .071
Curtis p              4   0   1   0     0   2   .211        Myrick p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Boisclair ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .340
                                                            R. Baldwin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ayala ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .120
                                                            Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6   9   6     5   9             Totals               30   0   3   0     3   4

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 22,311
Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Mets 6
DP: Cardinals 1, Mets 1
Errors: Tyson, Grote
Doubles: Brock (5)
Home Runs: McBride (2), Crawford (4)
Stolen Bases: Brock (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Kessinger (4)
GIDP: Grote (5)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis W(3-4)           9     3   0   0   3   4   0  33   3.94
Totals                  9     3   0   0   3   4   0  33

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan L(2-4)             4.2   7   6   6   3   6   2  24   5.10
Myrick                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
R. Baldwin              3     2   0   0   2   3   0  12   0.00
Sanders                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.23
Totals                  9     9   6   6   5   9   2  40

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Pryor


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock doubled to center; Kessinger struck out;
McBride grounded out (second to first) [Brock to third]; Simmons
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Brown walked; Garrett popped to shortstop; Torre
forced Brown (third to second); Kingman forced Torre (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Smith popped to third; Crawford singled to right;
Cruz struck out; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Milner reached on an error by Tyson; Grote flied out
to left; Staiger popped to first in foul territory; Phillips
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Curtis grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock
singled to pitcher; Brock stole second; Kessinger flied out to
center; McBride homered [Brock scored]; Simmons singled to left;
Smith walked [Simmons to second]; Crawford flied out to center;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Swan struck out; Brown flied out to right; Garrett
walked; Torre flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Cruz struck out; Tyson popped to shortstop;
Curtis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Kingman flied out to center; Milner flied out to left;
Grote was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock walked; Kessinger out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Brock to second]; McBride singled to first
[Brock to third]; Simmons walked [McBride to second]; Smith
struck out; Crawford homered [Brock scored, McBride scored,
Simmons scored]; MYRICK REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Cruz grounded
out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Bob Myrick; 4 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING 1B); Staiger was
called out on strikes; Phillips grounded out (second to first);
BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR MYRICK; Boisclair lined to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: R. BALDWIN REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Tyson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Curtis singled to left; Brock
flied out to left; Kessinger was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett
struck out; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: McBride flied out to left; Simmons flied out to
center; Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
6, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Kingman singled to left; Milner popped to first; Grote
lined to second; Staiger singled to left [Kingman to third];
Phillips grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Crawford walked; Cruz singled to center [Crawford
to third]; Tyson walked [Cruz to second]; Curtis was called out
on strikes; Brock hit into a double play (left to catcher)
[Crawford out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets
0.

METS 8TH: AYALA BATTED FOR R. BALDWIN; Ayala grounded out
(pitcher to first); Brown singled to left; Garrett flied out to
left; Torre flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
6, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: SANDERS REPLACED AYALA (PITCHING); Kessinger
flied out to center; McBride popped to shortstop; Grote dropped
a foul fly hit by Simmons for an error; Simmons flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: Kingman flied out to center; Milner walked; Grote
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Milner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets
0.