Tuesday August 7, 1979
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St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Mets 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Tuesday, August 7, 1979 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 1 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 4 2 2 1 0 2 .331 Flores rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .182 Brock lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .319 Taveras ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .266 Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .333 Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Simmons c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .314 Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Hendrick rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .299 Hebner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Scott cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .274 Youngblood lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .263 Trevino c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .344 Oberkfell 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .310 Flynn 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .242 Thomas p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Falcone p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McEnaney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kranepool ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .204 Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 6 2 4 10 Totals 30 1 5 1 1 4 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 10,651 Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Mets 4 DP: Cardinals 1, Mets 2 Errors: Templeton Doubles: Hernandez (31), Brock (9) Home Runs: Templeton (6) Stolen Bases: Templeton (16) Caught Stealing: Scott (12) Sacrifice Flies: Kranepool (3) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Thomas W(1-1) 7.1 4 1 0 1 3 0 26 3.50 Littell 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.90 McEnaney SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.14 Totals 9 5 1 0 1 4 0 32 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Falcone L(3-8) 7.1 6 2 2 3 8 1 30 4.56 Allen 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.02 Glynn 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2.23 Totals 9 6 2 2 4 10 1 35 Umpires: HP - Dave Pallone, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Charlie Williams, 3B - Bob Engel CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton was called out on strikes; Brock struck out; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Flores walked; Taveras singled to left [Flores to second]; Mazzilli lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [Flores out at second]; Montanez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons popped to catcher in foul territory; Hendrick flied out to center; Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Hebner grounded out (second to first); Youngblood popped to shortstop; Trevino grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz was called out on strikes; Oberkfell struck out; Thomas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Flynn singled to center; Falcone forced Flynn (first to catcher to shortstop); Flores forced Falcone (third to second); Taveras flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton singled to right; Templeton stole second; Brock grounded out (third to first) [Templeton to third]; Hernandez grounded out (second to first) [Templeton scored]; Simmons flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Mazzilli popped to third in foul territory; Montanez struck out; Hebner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Hendrick walked; On a bunt Scott singled to pitcher [Hendrick to second]; Reitz lined into a double play (third to second) [Hendrick out at second]; Oberkfell singled to left [Scott to second]; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to first); Trevino flied out to right; Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton struck out; Brock grounded out (second to first); Hernandez doubled to left; Simmons was walked intentionally; Hendrick flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 0. METS 6TH: Falcone struck out; Flores grounded out (shortstop to first); Taveras grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Scott flied out to center; Reitz struck out; Oberkfell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 0. METS 7TH: Mazzilli grounded out (first unassisted); Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); Hebner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 0. CARDINALS 8TH: Thomas popped to shortstop; Templeton homered; Brock doubled to left; Hernandez walked; ALLEN REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); Simmons struck out; Hendrick forced Hernandez (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 0. METS 8TH: Youngblood struck out; Trevino singled to right; Flynn singled to shortstop [Trevino to third (error by Templeton), Flynn to second]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR ALLEN; LITTELL REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Kranepool hit a sacrifice fly to center [Trevino scored (unearned)]; Flores struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 1. CARDINALS 9TH: GLYNN REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Scott walked; Reitz struck out while Scott was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Oberkfell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 1. METS 9TH: Taveras singled to left; MCENANEY REPLACED LITTELL (PITCHING); Mazzilli flied out to right; Montanez forced Taveras (shortstop to second); Hebner grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 1.

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