Garry Templeton, who is only 21 years old, became the youngest shortstop in major league history to reach the 200 hit total for a season as the Cardinals split a doubleheader with the Mets. Templeton hit a single and triple in the first game, which the Mets won, 8-4. New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 4 (Game 1)Game Played on Saturday, October 1, 1977 (Day game) at Busch Stadium IIMets 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 - 8 13 2 Cardinals 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 9 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 3b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .304 Brock lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Vail pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .262 Mumphrey cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Staiger 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .252 Templeton ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .325 Mazzilli cf 4 2 2 1 1 0 .250 Simmons c 3 1 1 1 0 0 .317 Boisclair rf 4 1 2 3 1 0 .295 Hernandez 1b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .295 Henderson lf 4 1 1 1 1 2 .292 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .263 Milner 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Dwyer rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Hodges c 4 0 2 1 1 0 .265 Phillips 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .205 Youngblood 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .233 Rasmussen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .139 Flynn 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Harrelson ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .180 Iorg ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Espinosa p 4 1 1 0 0 1 .129 Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Sutton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rader ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Metzger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dierker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 8 13 7 5 4 Totals 33 4 9 4 0 1 Time of Game: 2:39 Left on Base: Mets 9, Cardinals 3 DP: Mets 1, Cardinals 2 Errors: Randle, Boisclair, Phillips Doubles: Boisclair (20), Mazzilli 2 (23), Youngblood (13), Simmons (25), Hernandez 2 (41) Triples: Randle (7), Phillips (2), Templeton (18) Stolen Bases: Randle (33) Sacrifice Flies: Simmons (4) GIDP: Espinosa (3), Flynn (3), Brock (6) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Espinosa W(10-13) 9 9 4 3 0 1 0 34 3.42 Totals 9 9 4 3 0 1 0 34 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rasmussen L(11-17) 2.2 3 3 1 3 2 0 15 3.48 Schultz 2.1 4 2 2 0 2 0 11 2.29 Eastwick 0.1 3 2 2 1 0 0 5 3.90 Sutton 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.95 Metzger 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.59 Dierker 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4.58 Totals 9 13 8 6 5 4 0 44 Wild Pitches: Schultz (1) Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Nick Colosi METS 1ST: Randle walked; Randle stole second; Mazzilli popped to first; Boisclair grounded out (second to first) [Randle to third]; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock lined to shortstop; Mumphrey lined to center; Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 2ND: Milner grounded out (first to pitcher); Hodges singled to center; Youngblood flied out to left; Harrelson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons doubled to left; Hernandez doubled to left [Simmons scored]; Reitz lined to shortstop; Dwyer flied out to center; Phillips tripled to left [Hernandez scored]; Rasmussen struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 2. METS 3RD: Espinosa was called out on strikes; Randle flied out to left; Mazzilli walked; Boisclair doubled to right [Mazzilli scored]; Henderson walked; Milner reached on an error by Phillips [Boisclair scored (unearned) (no RBI), Henderson to third, Milner to first]; Hodges singled to center [Henderson scored (unearned), Milner to third]; SCHULTZ REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PITCHING); Youngblood flied out to right; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Mumphrey lined to left; Templeton singled to third [Templeton to second (error by Randle)]; Simmons popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 2. METS 4TH: Harrelson flied out to right; Espinosa grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle singled to right; Mazzilli doubled to center [Randle to third]; Boisclair singled to right [Randle scored, Mazzilli scored]; Henderson struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez popped to shortstop; Reitz popped to shortstop; Dwyer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 2. METS 5TH: Milner singled to right; Hodges forced Milner (shortstop to second); Schultz threw a wild pitch [Hodges to second]; Youngblood struck out; Harrelson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Phillips singled to right; IORG BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Iorg singled to left [Phillips to second]; Brock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Phillips to third, Iorg out at second]; Mumphrey flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 2. METS 6TH: EASTWICK REPLACED IORG (PITCHING); Espinosa singled to right; Randle tripled to center [Espinosa scored]; VAIL RAN FOR RANDLE; Mazzilli grounded out (first unassisted) [Vail stayed at third]; Boisclair walked; Henderson singled to right [Vail scored, Boisclair to second]; SUTTON REPLACED EASTWICK (PITCHING); Milner flied out to center; Hodges grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 7, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 6TH: STAIGER REPLACED VAIL (PLAYING 3B); Templeton tripled to left; Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to center [Templeton scored]; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Reitz flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Cardinals 3. METS 7TH: Youngblood doubled to left; Harrelson reached on a fielder's choice [Youngblood out at third (first to third)]; Espinosa grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Harrelson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Dwyer flied out to right; Phillips flied out to left; RADER BATTED FOR SUTTON; Rader flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Cardinals 3. METS 8TH: METZGER REPLACED RADER (PITCHING); Staiger singled to right; Mazzilli doubled to center [Staiger scored]; Boisclair flied out to left; Henderson flied out to center; Milner popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 8, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 8TH: FLYNN REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PLAYING 2B); Brock singled to right; Mumphrey forced Brock (third to second); Mumphrey was out trying to advance to second (catcher to second); Templeton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 8, Cardinals 3. METS 9TH: DIERKER REPLACED METZGER (PITCHING); Hodges walked; Flynn grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hodges out at second]; Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 8, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons flied out to left; Hernandez doubled to right [Hernandez to third (error by Boisclair)]; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hernandez scored (unearned)]; Dwyer flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mets 8, Cardinals 4. |
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