The Mets took advantage of wildness on the part of Cardinal pitchers to rack up a 6-2 verdict over the Redbirds. Two runs came across in the second inning on a single by Tom Grieve, walk to Willie Montanez, a hit batsman, a bases-loaded walk to Lenny Randle and a double play. Consecutive singles by John Stearns, Randle and Doug Flynn plated the go-ahead run in the fourth and another came in the fifth on Flynn's single following two-out walks to Stearns and Randle.

The Card runs came in the first inning when Garry Templeton tripled home Lou Brock, who had singled, and the Card shortstop then scored on a groundout. The game started an hour late because of rain and was delayed 58 minutes in the second inning and 24 minutes in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Game Played on Monday, April     17, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Mets         0  2  0    1  0  1    0  1  1  -   6  9  1
Cardinals    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mazzilli cf           4   0   0   0     1   1   .231      Brock lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .292
Foli ss               5   0   1   0     0   0   .174        Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
S. Henderson lf       5   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Templeton ss          4   1   1   1     0   0   .222
Grieve rf             2   1   1   0     0   0   .364      Morales rf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .282
  Boisclair ph,rf     2   1   1   0     0   1   .385      Simmons c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .351
Montanez 1b           3   1   0   0     1   1   .156      Hernandez 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .417
Stearns c             2   2   1   0     1   0   .182      Reitz 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .314
Randle 3b             2   0   2   2     2   0   .139      Mumphrey cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .077
Flynn 2b              4   1   3   2     0   0   .343      Phillips 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .364
Espinosa p            3   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Falcone p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Urrea p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Scott ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .154

Totals               32   6   9   4     5   5             Totals               32   2   7   2     0   2

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance:  6,371
Left on Base: Mets 6, Cardinals 3
DP: Mets 2, Cardinals 2
Errors: Foli, Templeton
Doubles: Phillips (1)
Triples: Templeton (1)
Caught Stealing: Foli (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Lockwood (1)
GIDP: Flynn (2), S. Henderson (3), Reitz (1)
Hit by Pitch: Stearns (1,by Falcone)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa W(1-1)         7     7   2   2   0   0   0  26   3.20
Lockwood SV(2)          2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   7.27
Totals                  9     7   2   2   0   2   0  32

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(0-1)          5     5   3   3   3   3   0  21   6.43
Urrea                   3     3   2   2   2   2   0  13  11.05
Vuckovich               1     1   1   0   0   0   0   5   3.38
Totals                  9     9   6   5   5   5   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Falcone (1)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Joe West, 3B - John Kibler


METS 1ST: Mazzilli struck out; Foli singled to center; Foli was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); S. Henderson struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to shortstop [Brock to second
(error by Foli)]; Templeton tripled to right [Brock scored];
Morales grounded out (pitcher to first) [Templeton scored];
Simmons popped to catcher in foul territory; Hernandez grounded
out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals
2.

METS 2ND: Grieve singled to left; Montanez walked [Grieve to
second]; Stearns was hit by a pitch [Grieve to third, Montanez
to second]; Randle walked [Grieve scored, Montanez to third,
Stearns to second]; Flynn grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Montanez scored (no RBI), Stearns to third,
Randle out at second]; Espinosa grounded out (third to
first); 58 minute rain delay (later in game additional 22 &
60 minute delays); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Cardinals
2.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey
grounded out (pitcher to first); Phillips doubled to left;
Falcone grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 2, Cardinals 2.

METS 3RD: Mazzilli lined to third; Foli grounded out (third to
first); S. Henderson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock lined to second; Templeton flied out to
left; Morales grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 2, Cardinals 2.

METS 4TH: Grieve flied out to left; Montanez struck out; Stearns
singled to left; Randle singled to center [Stearns to second];
Flynn singled to center [Stearns scored, Randle to third];
Espinosa forced Flynn (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons singled to left; Hernandez lined to
right; Reitz grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3,
Cardinals 2.

METS 5TH: Mazzilli walked; Foli lined to shortstop; S. Henderson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Mazzilli out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Mumphrey flied out to left; Phillips popped to
shortstop; DWYER BATTED FOR FALCONE; Dwyer popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 2.

METS 6TH: URREA REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR
GRIEVE; Boisclair struck out; Montanez grounded out (second to
first); Stearns walked; Randle walked [Stearns to second]; Flynn
singled to right [Stearns scored, Randle to second]; Espinosa
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: BOISCLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Brock
grounded out (second to first); Templeton flied out to center;
Morales singled to third; Simmons grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 2.

METS 7TH: Mazzilli flied out to left; Foli flied out to right;
S. Henderson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hernandez singled to right; Reitz singled to left
[Hernandez to second]; Mumphrey forced Hernandez (catcher to
third) [Reitz to second]; Phillips lined into a double play
(second to shortstop) [Reitz out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 2.

METS 8TH: Boisclair singled to left; Montanez lined to right;
Stearns grounded out (third to first) [Boisclair to second];
Randle singled to center [Boisclair scored, Randle out at second
(center to first to second to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 5, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); SCOTT
BATTED FOR URREA; Scott struck out; Brock flied out to right;
Templeton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 5, Cardinals 2.

METS 9TH: VUCKOVICH REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); SCOTT STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); Flynn singled to right; Lockwood out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Flynn to second]; Mazzilli
grounded out (catcher to first) [Flynn to third]; Foli reached
on an error by Templeton [Flynn scored (unearned) (no RBI), Foli
to first]; S. Henderson flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 6, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Morales struck out; Simmons flied out to right;
Hernandez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 6,
Cardinals 2.