Keith Hernandez, who hit only seven homers in 129 games with the Cardinals in 1976, already had three to his credit after connecting for the circuit in a 7-3 victory over the Mets. Ted Simmons homered for the Redbirds with a man on base in the third inning before Hernandez rapped a two-run blow in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 7, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Wednesday, April     13, 1977 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    0  2  3    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   7  9  2
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  1  -   3 11  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .368      Mazzilli cf           4   0   1   0     1   0   .150
  Youngblood lf       0   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Millan 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Templeton ss          4   0   0   0     0   2   .304        Espinosa p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  DaVanon 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Vail ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
McBride cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .300        Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scott cf            0   0   0   0     1   0   .500        Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cruz rf               4   1   1   0     1   0   .158        Torre ph            1   1   1   1     0   0  1.000
  Anderson rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Boisclair lf          3   0   1   0     2   0   .400
Simmons c             3   2   1   2     1   0   .500      Kingman rf            4   1   2   0     1   1   .350
Hernandez 1b          4   2   2   2     0   0   .318      Kranepool 1b          5   1   2   1     0   0   .429
Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .150      Stearns c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .238
Kessinger 2b,ss       3   1   1   1     1   1   .222      Phillips 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Denny p               3   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Harrelson ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .188
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Swan p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Myrick p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hodges ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Alvarado 2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   7   9   6     5   3             Totals               37   3  11   2     4   2

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance:  8,583
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Mets 11
DP: Cardinals 1, Mets 1
Errors: Templeton, Cruz, Boisclair, Phillips
Doubles: Hernandez (3), McBride (2), Kranepool 2 (4)
Triples: Brock (2)
Home Runs: Simmons (1), Hernandez (3), Torre (1)
Stolen Bases: McBride (2), Mazzilli (2)
Caught Stealing: Brock (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Carroll (1)
GIDP: Hernandez (2), Millan (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(2-0)            7     7   2   1   4   2   0  32   2.84
Carroll                 2     4   1   1   0   0   1   9   4.50
Totals                  9    11   3   2   4   2   1  41

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan L(0-1)             2     7   5   5   1   2   1  14  22.50
Myrick                  3     2   2   0   0   0   1  11   1.80
Espinosa                2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.00
Sadecki                 1.1   0   0   0   3   0   0   6   6.75
Apodaca                 0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3  18.00
Totals                  9     9   7   5   5   3   2  40

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Dutch Rennert


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); Templeton
struck out; McBride singled to left; McBride stole second; Cruz
walked; Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Mazzilli singled to right; Millan lined to shortstop;
Mazzilli stole second; Boisclair walked; Kingman singled to
pitcher [Mazzilli to third, Boisclair to second]; Kranepool
popped to shortstop; Stearns forced Kingman (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez doubled to center; Reitz grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kessinger singled to right [Hernandez
scored, Kessinger to second (on throw to home)]; Denny grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Kessinger to third]; Brock tripled to
center [Kessinger scored]; Templeton struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Phillips grounded out (first unassisted); Harrelson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Swan grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: McBride doubled to left; Cruz singled to left
[McBride scored (error by Boisclair) (no RBI), Cruz to second];
Simmons homered [Cruz scored]; MYRICK REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING);
Hernandez popped to shortstop; Reitz grounded out (third to
first); Kessinger popped to second; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); Millan
grounded out (pitcher to first); Boisclair flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Denny flied out to right; Brock singled to left;
Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Templeton grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 5, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Kingman walked; Kranepool doubled to right [Kingman
scored, Kranepool to third (on throw to home)]; Stearns popped
to shortstop; Phillips reached on a fielder's choice [Kranepool
out at home (first to catcher)]; Harrelson grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: McBride popped to third; Cruz popped to catcher;
Simmons reached on an error by Phillips [Simmons to first];
Hernandez homered (unearned) [Simmons scored (unearned)]; Reitz
popped to first; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Mets
1.

METS 5TH: HODGES BATTED FOR MYRICK; Hodges singled to right;
Mazzilli walked [Hodges to second]; Millan grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hodges to third,
Mazzilli out at second]; Boisclair walked; Kingman flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: ESPINOSA REPLACED MILLAN (PITCHING); ALVARADO
REPLACED HODGES (PLAYING 2B); Kessinger was called out on
strikes; Denny popped to first; Brock grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: YOUNGBLOOD REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Kranepool
doubled to right; Stearns lined to center; Phillips was called
out on strikes; Harrelson reached on an error by Templeton
[Kranepool scored (unearned) (no RBI), Harrelson to second];
Alvarado lined to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 7, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Templeton grounded out (second to first); McBride
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz lined to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: SCOTT REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING CF); Mazzilli grounded
out (first unassisted); VAIL BATTED FOR ESPINOSA; Vail singled
to left; Boisclair singled to right [Vail to second]; Kingman
struck out; Kranepool popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 7, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: SADECKI REPLACED VAIL (PITCHING); Simmons walked;
Hernandez grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Simmons out at second]; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: DAVANON REPLACED TEMPLETON (PLAYING 2B); KESSINGER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); CARROLL REPLACED DENNY
(PITCHING); Stearns singled to right [Stearns out at second
(right to first)]; Phillips grounded out (pitcher to first);
Harrelson singled to right [Harrelson to third (error by Cruz)];
Alvarado grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 7, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Kessinger walked; Carroll out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Kessinger to second]; Youngblood walked;
APODACA REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING); DaVanon flied out to
center; Scott walked [Kessinger to third, Youngblood to second];
Cruz popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 7,
Mets 2.

METS 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING RF); Mazzilli grounded
out (first to second to pitcher); TORRE BATTED FOR APODACA;
Torre homered; Boisclair flied out to right; Kingman singled to
left; Kranepool forced Kingman (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Mets 3.