Dave Kingman singled, advanced to third on a pinch-single by Joe Torre and scored the winning run on a wild pitch by Al Hrabosky in the eighth inning of the Mets' 5-4 victory over the Cardinals. Kingman hit his 26th home run in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Game Played on Monday, June      28, 1976 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  0  0    2  1  0  -   4  7  0
Mets         0  0  1    1  2  0    0  1  x  -   5  9  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride cf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .338      Phillips ss           3   1   1   1     1   0   .250
Kessinger ss          3   1   0   0     1   1   .242      Millan 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .252
Brock lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .279      Milner lf             4   0   2   2     0   0   .281
Simmons c             3   1   2   0     1   0   .281      Kingman rf            4   2   2   1     0   0   .242
Crawford rf           3   0   1   1     1   0   .335      Kranepool 1b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .297
Fairly 1b             4   0   1   2     0   0   .277        Torre ph,1b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .307
Cruz 3b               4   1   1   0     0   2   .206      Unser cf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .237
Tyson 2b              4   0   0   0     0   3   .266        Vail ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Denny p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .160        Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Hernandez ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .204      Garrett 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .227
  Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Grote c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .244
  Mumphrey ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Seaver p              0   0   0   0     1   0   .098
  Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lockwood p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .429
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brown cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .212
  Harris ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .259

Totals               33   4   7   4     3  11             Totals               30   5   9   4     4   2

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 17,990
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Mets 6
DP: Cardinals 1, Mets 1
Errors: Seaver
Doubles: Cruz (10), Millan (16)
Home Runs: Kingman (26)
Stolen Bases: Brock (22)
Caught Stealing: Milner (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (5)
GIDP: Crawford (5), Phillips (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny                   5     5   4   4   3   1   1  23   3.74
Wallace                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.35
Greif L(1-5)            1.1   3   1   1   0   0   0   5   5.90
Hrabosky                0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.00
Totals                  8     9   5   5   4   2   1  35

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver                  6     5   3   3   1   6   0  24   2.98
Lockwood W(4-2)         2     2   1   1   2   3   0   9   2.53
Apodaca SV(2)           1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   1.79
Totals                  9     7   4   4   3  11   0  36

Wild Pitches: Hrabosky (3), Seaver (8)

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer


CARDINALS 1ST: McBride popped to shortstop; Kessinger grounded
out (first unassisted); Brock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Phillips walked; Millan forced Phillips (third to
second); Milner grounded out (first unassisted) [Millan to
second]; Kingman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons walked; Crawford grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop to first) [Simmons out at second];
Fairly grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kranepool grounded out (first to pitcher); Unser
grounded out (second to first); Garrett flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Cruz doubled to left; Tyson struck out; Denny
struck out; McBride singled to right [Cruz scored]; Kessinger
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Grote singled to shortstop; Seaver out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Grote to second]; Phillips singled to
right [Grote scored, Phillips to second (on throw to home)];
Millan grounded out (second to first) [Phillips to third];
Milner popped to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets
1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock struck out; Simmons grounded out (first
unassisted); Crawford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Kingman homered; Kranepool was called out on strikes;
Unser walked; Garrett flied out to center; Grote flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Fairly grounded out (second to first); Cruz flied
out to left; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Seaver walked; Phillips forced Seaver (first to
shortstop); Millan doubled to left [Phillips to third]; Milner
singled to right [Phillips scored, Millan scored]; Kingman flied
out to left; Kranepool lined to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Mets 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR DENNY; Hernandez struck out;
McBride flied out to center; Kessinger grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 4.

METS 6TH: WALLACE REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Unser popped to
shortstop; Garrett lined to second; Grote grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second;
Simmons singled to center [Brock to third]; Crawford singled to
right [Brock scored, Simmons to second]; Seaver threw a wild
pitch [Simmons to third, Crawford to second]; Fairly reached on
an error by Seaver [Simmons scored, Crawford to third]; LOCKWOOD
REPLACED SEAVER (PITCHING); Cruz struck out; Tyson struck out;
MUMPHREY BATTED FOR WALLACE; Mumphrey struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 4.

METS 7TH: GREIF REPLACED MUMPHREY (PITCHING); Lockwood singled
to center; Phillips grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Lockwood out at second]; Millan popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Mets 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: McBride grounded out (third to first); Kessinger
walked; Brock flied to left in foul territory; Simmons singled
to left [Kessinger to second]; Crawford walked [Kessinger to
third, Simmons to second]; Fairly singled to second [Kessinger
scored, Simmons out at home (second to catcher), Crawford to
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Mets 4.

METS 8TH: Milner singled to third; Milner was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Kingman singled to center; HRABOSKY
REPLACED GREIF (PITCHING); TORRE BATTED FOR KRANEPOOL; Torre
singled to center [Kingman to third]; VAIL BATTED FOR UNSER;
Vail was called out on strikes; Garrett walked [Torre to
second]; Hrabosky threw a wild pitch [Kingman scored, Torre to
third]; Grote flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Mets 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: TORRE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); APODACA
REPLACED VAIL (PITCHING); BROWN REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PLAYING CF);
Cruz was called out on strikes; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to
first); HARRIS BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Harris struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Mets 5.