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. New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 2Game Played on Monday, April 17, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIMets 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. |
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