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.

The triple was his 18th of the season, most for any major league player since Willie Mays hit 20 for the New York Giants in 1957. Nino Espinosa pitched the route for the Mets and Bruce Boisclair batted in three runs with a double and single. The Cardinals won the second game, 4-2. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, October   1, 1977 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Mets         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.