Ending an 0-for-20 slump, Don Kessinger drove in the tying run with a single in the ninth inning and then hit a sacrifice fly in the 11th to give the Cardinals a 6-5 victory over the Mets. Tom Seaver, winless since May 4, appeared to have the game in hand when the Mets went into the ninth with a 5-2 lead, but the ace righthander gave up three walks and yielded a two-run single to Lou Brock before being removed in favor of Skip Lockwood. Kessinger then hit his single to tie the score. The Cards loaded the bases again in the 11th on a single by Willie Crawford, an error and a walk before Kessinger hit his sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 5
Game Played on Sunday, May       30, 1976 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  3    0  1  -   6 10  0
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  3    0  1  0    0  0  -   5  8  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   0   2   2     1   0   .277      Garrett 2b            4   0   0   0     2   0   .221
Kessinger ss          4   0   1   2     1   0   .225      Unser cf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .236
McBride cf            5   1   2   0     1   0   .360        Ayala ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .115
Smith 3b              6   0   1   1     0   2   .195      Milner lf             3   2   1   2     1   0   .347
Simmons c             5   0   1   0     0   0   .280        Brown lf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Fairly 1b             3   2   0   0     2   0   .327      Kingman rf            5   1   1   0     0   2   .250
Crawford rf           4   2   2   0     1   0   .355      Kranepool 1b          5   1   2   1     0   0   .284
Tyson 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .210      Hodges c              3   0   1   0     1   0   .319
  Harris ph,2b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .263        Grote ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .287
McGlothen p           2   0   1   0     0   0   .148      Staiger 3b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .171
  Hernandez ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .181      Phillips ss           4   0   2   1     1   0   .204
  Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Seaver p              2   0   0   0     1   0   .074
  Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Mumphrey ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .217        Myrick p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Torre ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .313

Totals               40   6  10   5     7   4             Totals               37   5   8   4     9   3

Time of Game: 3:21   Attendance: 50,332
Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Mets 10
DP: Cardinals 1, Mets 1
Errors: Staiger, Lockwood
Doubles: McBride (5), Unser (6)
Home Runs: Milner (6)
Stolen Bases: Brock (9)
Caught Stealing: Unser (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Harris (4), Seaver (1), Unser (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Kessinger (2)
GIDP: Harris (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen               6     5   4   3   5   2   1  27   2.52
Wallace                 1.2   3   1   1   1   1   0   8   1.90
Greif                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.92
Hrabosky W(3-4)         3     0   0   0   3   0   0  12   3.05
Totals                 11     8   5   4   9   3   1  48

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver                  8.2   8   5   5   5   2   0  37   3.43
Lockwood L(2-2)         2     2   1   0   2   2   0  11   1.65
Myrick                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                 11    10   6   5   7   4   0  49

Passed Balls: Simmons (2)
Wild Pitches: Lockwood (1)
Balks: McGlothen (1)

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock popped to third in foul territory;
Kessinger walked; McBride popped to second; Smith grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Unser flied
out to center; Milner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to center; Fairly popped to
second in foul territory; Crawford grounded out (first
unassisted) [Simmons to second]; Tyson grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Kranepool flied out to center;
Hodges popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: McGlothen popped to shortstop; Brock grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Staiger flied out to center; Phillips singled to
right; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to shortstop to
first) [Phillips to second]; Garrett flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: McBride doubled to right; Smith struck out;
Simmons flied out to left; Fairly flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Unser doubled to left; Milner walked; Kingman struck
out while Unser was caught stealing third (catcher to third)
[Milner to second]; Kranepool singled to right [Milner scored,
Kranepool to second (on throw to home)]; Hodges grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Crawford flied out to left; Tyson popped to
catcher in foul territory; McGlothen singled to center; Brock
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Staiger popped to catcher in foul territory; Phillips
grounded out (first to pitcher); Seaver walked; Garrett grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets
1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Kessinger flied out to left; McBride singled to
left; Smith singled to right [McBride scored, Smith out at
second (catcher to second)]; Simmons popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Unser walked; Milner homered [Unser scored]; Kingman
singled to left; McGlothen balked [Kingman to second]; Kranepool
flied out to left; Hodges was walked intentionally; Staiger
grounded out (third to first) [Kingman to third, Hodges to
second]; Phillips was walked intentionally; Simmons allowed a
passed ball [Kingman scored (unearned), Hodges to third,
Phillips to second]; Seaver lined to first; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Fairly walked; Crawford singled to right [Fairly
to third]; HARRIS BATTED FOR TYSON; Harris grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Fairly scored,
Crawford out at second]; HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN;
Hernandez struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 4.

METS 7TH: WALLACE REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); HARRIS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Garrett grounded out (second to first);
Unser struck out; Milner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: BROWN REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING LF); Brock singled
to left; Brock stole second; Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to
first); McBride grounded out (second to first) [Brock to third];
Smith grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Mets 4.

METS 8TH: Kingman flied out to left; Kranepool singled to right;
Hodges singled to right [Kranepool to third, Hodges out at
second (center to third to second to shortstop to first)];
Staiger was walked intentionally; Phillips singled to right
[Kranepool scored, Staiger to third]; GREIF REPLACED WALLACE
(PITCHING); Seaver forced Phillips (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons grounded out (pitcher to first); Fairly
walked; Crawford walked [Fairly to second]; Harris popped to
shortstop; MUMPHREY BATTED FOR GREIF; Mumphrey walked [Fairly to
third, Crawford to second]; Brock singled to left [Fairly
scored, Crawford scored, Mumphrey to second]; LOCKWOOD REPLACED
SEAVER (PITCHING); Kessinger singled to left [Mumphrey scored,
Brock to third]; McBride grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 5.

METS 9TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED MUMPHREY (PITCHING); Garrett walked;
Unser out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Garrett to
second]; Brown grounded out (second to first) [Garrett to
third]; Kingman lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
5, Mets 5.

CARDINALS 10TH: Smith was called out on strikes; Simmons
grounded out (second to first); Fairly flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 5.

METS 10TH: Kranepool grounded out (pitcher to first); GROTE
BATTED FOR HODGES; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first);
Staiger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Mets 5.

CARDINALS 11TH: GROTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Crawford
singled to center; Harris reached on an error by Lockwood on a
sacrifice bunt [Crawford to second]; Hrabosky was called out on
strikes; Lockwood threw a wild pitch [Crawford to third, Harris
to second]; Brock was walked intentionally; Kessinger out on a
sacrifice fly to left in foul territory [Crawford scored
(unearned), Harris to third, Brock to second (error by
Staiger)]; MYRICK REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PITCHING); McBride walked
(walk was charged to Lockwood); Smith grounded out (second to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets 5.

METS 11TH: Phillips flied out to right; TORRE BATTED FOR MYRICK;
Torre popped to second; Garrett walked; AYALA BATTED FOR UNSER;
Ayala walked [Garrett to second]; Brown grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Mets 5.