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Homers by Ken Reitz and George Hendrick highlighted the Cardinals' 8-4 victory over the Mets. Reitz connected for a three-run blast in the second inning following singles by Ted Simmons and Tony Scott. St. Louis Cardinals 8, New York Mets 4Game Played on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 (Day game) at Shea StadiumCardinals 0 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 - 8 15 0
Mets 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 6 0
Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Templeton ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .330 Cardenal rf 3 1 0 0 0 1 .238
Mumphrey lf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .305 Taveras ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .332 Mazzilli cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .309
Simmons c 5 1 3 2 0 1 .319 Hebner 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .261
Hendrick rf 5 2 2 2 0 1 .301 Youngblood lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .283
Scott cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .274 Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .193
Reitz 3b 5 1 1 3 0 1 .262 Stearns c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .245
Oberkfell 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .314 Flynn 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .243
Vuckovich p 4 0 1 1 0 0 .155 Hassler p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375
Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Norman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227
Totals 42 8 15 8 1 6 Totals 30 4 6 4 3 4
Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 10,024
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Mets 5
DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 0
Doubles: Simmons (18), Youngblood (25), Flynn (15)
Triples: Oberkfell (4)
Home Runs: Reitz (6), Hendrick (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Taveras (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Kranepool (4)
Hit by Pitch: Cardenal (1,by Vuckovich)
Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Vuckovich W(11-8) 9 6 4 4 3 4 0 36 3.78
Totals 9 6 4 4 3 4 0 36
Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hassler L(3-4) 4.1 9 6 6 0 1 1 22 5.37
Twitchell 2.2 4 2 2 1 4 1 13 5.07
Murray 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 4.73
Totals 9 15 8 8 1 6 2 43
Hit by Pitch: Vuckovich (3)
Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Charlie Williams, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Dave Pallone
CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton flied out to right; Mumphrey grounded
out (pitcher to first); Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0.
METS 1ST: Cardenal was hit by a pitch; Taveras out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cardenal to second]; Mazzilli
walked; Hebner singled to right [Cardenal scored, Mazzilli to
second]; Youngblood doubled to left [Mazzilli scored, Hebner to
third]; Kranepool hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hebner scored];
Stearns singled to center [Youngblood scored]; Flynn forced
Stearns (third to second); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0,
Mets 4.
CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to left; Hendrick forced Simmons
(shortstop to second); Scott singled to right [Hendrick to
second]; Reitz homered [Hendrick scored, Scott scored];
Oberkfell singled to center; Vuckovich forced Oberkfell (catcher
to shortstop); Templeton grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 4.
METS 2ND: Hassler struck out; Cardenal grounded out (third to
first); Taveras grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 4.
CARDINALS 3RD: Mumphrey singled to center; Hernandez singled to
left [Mumphrey to second]; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Mumphrey to third, Hernandez to second]; Hendrick popped
to first; Scott grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 4.
METS 3RD: Mazzilli grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner
struck out; Youngblood singled to right; Kranepool flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 4.
CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first);
Oberkfell popped to shortstop; Vuckovich flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 4.
METS 4TH: Stearns walked; Flynn doubled to right [Stearns out at
home (right to catcher), Flynn to third (on throw to home)];
Hassler struck out; Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Mets 4.
CARDINALS 5TH: Templeton singled to left; Mumphrey singled to
center [Templeton to second]; Hernandez flied out to center
[Templeton to third]; Simmons doubled to left [Templeton scored,
Mumphrey scored]; TWITCHELL REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING);
Hendrick homered [Simmons scored]; Scott flied out to center;
Reitz flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7,
Mets 4.
METS 5TH: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli
popped to shortstop; Hebner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Mets 4.
CARDINALS 6TH: Oberkfell tripled to right; Vuckovich singled to
center [Oberkfell scored]; Templeton struck out; Mumphrey
singled to right [Vuckovich to third, Mumphrey to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Hernandez was walked intentionally; Simmons
struck out; Hendrick struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cardinals 8, Mets 4.
METS 6TH: Youngblood flied out to right; Kranepool flied out to
left; Stearns popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Mets 4.
CARDINALS 7TH: Scott struck out; Reitz grounded out (second to
first); Oberkfell lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 8, Mets 4.
METS 7TH: Flynn flied out to center; HODGES BATTED FOR
TWITCHELL; Hodges lined to second; Cardenal lined to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Mets 4.
CARDINALS 8TH: MURRAY REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING); Vuckovich
grounded out (second to first); Templeton flied out to center;
Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 8, Mets 4.
METS 8TH: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Mazzilli
walked; Hebner singled to right [Mazzilli to second]; Youngblood
popped to shortstop; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 8, Mets 4.
CARDINALS 9TH: Hernandez flied out to left; Simmons singled to
right; Hendrick singled to right [Simmons to second]; Scott
grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Simmons to third, Hendrick to
second]; Reitz struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 8,
Mets 4.
METS 9TH: Stearns flied out to center; Flynn grounded out (third
to first); NORMAN BATTED FOR MURRAY; Norman flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Mets 4.
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