Jon Matlack pitched his fourth shutout of the season and John Milner hit his second grand-slam homer in one week as the Mets massacred the Cardinals, 13-0, for their seventh straight victory. The Mets scored six of their runs in the sixth inning. New York Mets 13, St. Louis Cardinals 0Game Played on Thursday, July 1, 1976 (Day game) at Shea StadiumCardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 Mets 1 0 0 0 3 6 0 3 x - 13 9 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .278 Phillips ss 5 3 3 2 0 1 .265 Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Millan 2b 4 3 2 1 1 0 .252 Anderson cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .291 Milner lf 4 2 2 5 1 1 .286 Simmons 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .277 Kingman rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .241 Ferguson c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Kranepool 1b 2 0 0 1 3 0 .294 Crawford rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Unser cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Cruz 3b 2 0 0 0 1 2 .203 Brown ph,cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .263 Garrett 3b 3 1 0 1 2 0 .224 Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Hodges c 3 1 2 1 1 0 .308 Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Matlack p 4 2 0 0 1 1 .140 Harris ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Wallace p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .202 Solomon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Greif p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 0 5 0 2 5 Totals 33 13 9 11 10 5 Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 14,289 Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Mets 8 DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 0 Errors: Crawford Doubles: Milner (10), Hodges (2) Triples: Brock (3), Phillips (2) Home Runs: Milner (10) Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (24) Caught Stealing: Anderson (1) Sacrifice Flies: Hodges (1) Hit by Pitch: Kingman (3,by Solomon) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch L(2-3) 4.2 5 4 2 1 3 0 21 3.46 Rasmussen 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.44 Curtis 0.2 2 5 5 3 1 0 7 4.77 Wallace 1.1 1 1 1 3 1 1 8 2.50 Solomon 0.1 1 3 3 3 0 0 6 3.86 Greif 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.80 Totals 8 9 13 11 10 5 1 45 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack W(10-2) 9 5 0 0 2 5 0 33 2.62 Totals 9 5 0 0 2 5 0 33 Passed Balls: Ferguson (4) Hit by Pitch: Solomon (1) Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Nick Colosi CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger lined to second; Anderson singled to left; Simmons forced Anderson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Phillips tripled to center; Millan grounded out (third to first); Milner doubled to center [Phillips scored]; Ferguson allowed a passed ball [Milner to third]; Kingman struck out; Kranepool walked; Unser flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Ferguson grounded out (first unassisted); Crawford grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz walked; Tyson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1. METS 2ND: Garrett grounded out (third to first); Hodges grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Matlack was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Forsch lined to shortstop; Brock lined to first; Kessinger popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1. METS 3RD: Phillips lined to right; Millan grounded out (third to first); Milner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Anderson walked; Anderson was caught stealing second (catcher to second to first); Simmons was called out on strikes; Ferguson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Kingman popped to shortstop; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Unser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz was called out on strikes; Tyson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Garrett grounded out (first to pitcher); Hodges singled to shortstop; Matlack forced Hodges (third to shortstop); Phillips singled to left [Matlack to second]; Millan singled to left [Matlack scored, Phillips to third]; Milner reached on an error by Crawford [Phillips scored (unearned) (no RBI), Millan scored (unearned) (no RBI), Milner to second]; RASMUSSEN REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Kingman popped to first in foul territory; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 4. CARDINALS 6TH: HARRIS BATTED FOR RASMUSSEN; Harris flied out to center; Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Brock stole third; Kessinger flied out to right; Anderson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 4. METS 6TH: CURTIS REPLACED HARRIS (PITCHING); Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Unser struck out; Garrett walked; Hodges doubled to right [Garrett to third]; Matlack walked; Phillips singled to left [Garrett scored, Hodges scored, Matlack to second]; Millan walked [Matlack to third, Phillips to second]; WALLACE REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING); Milner homered [Matlack scored, Phillips scored, Millan scored]; Kingman walked; Kranepool walked [Kingman to second]; BROWN BATTED FOR UNSER; Brown forced Kranepool (third to second); 6 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 10. CARDINALS 7TH: BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Simmons singled to center; Ferguson popped to catcher in foul territory; Crawford singled to left [Simmons to second]; Cruz was called out on strikes; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 10. METS 7TH: Garrett popped to third in foul territory; Hodges walked; Matlack popped to shortstop; Phillips struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 10. CARDINALS 8TH: HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR WALLACE; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock tripled to left; Kessinger grounded out (third to first); Anderson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 10. METS 8TH: SOLOMON REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Millan singled to left; Milner walked [Millan to second]; Kingman was hit by a pitch [Millan to third, Milner to second]; Kranepool walked [Millan scored, Milner to third, Kingman to second]; Brown popped to third; Garrett walked [Milner scored, Kingman to third, Kranepool to second]; GREIF REPLACED SOLOMON (PITCHING); Hodges hit a sacrifice fly to center [Kingman scored]; Matlack flied out to center; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 13. CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons lined to pitcher; Ferguson grounded out (second to first); Crawford flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 13. |
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