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Wednesday April 13, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

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.



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