Posting their fifth straight victory, the Cardinals whitewashed the Mets, 4-0, behind the two-hit pitching of John Denny. The Redbirds tallied three times in the sixth inning to break a scoreless tie. St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 0Game Played on Thursday, August 9, 1979 (Night game) at Shea StadiumCardinals 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 - 4 11 1 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 5 1 3 1 0 0 .333 Cardenal rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .231 Brock lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Taveras ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Hernandez 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .330 Mazzilli cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .309 Simmons c 5 1 1 0 0 0 .317 Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Hendrick rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .299 Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Mumphrey cf 4 0 3 2 0 0 .315 Youngblood lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .262 Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oberkfell 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .311 Stearns c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Denny p 4 1 2 0 0 0 .145 Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Ellis p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .111 Norman lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Totals 36 4 11 4 4 1 Totals 28 0 2 0 3 3 Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 8,327 Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Mets 4 DP: Cardinals 2, Mets 2 Errors: Hernandez, Montanez Doubles: Mumphrey (5), Simmons (19), Youngblood (26) Triples: Denny (1) Stolen Bases: Templeton (17) GIDP: Brock (4), Montanez (15), Hebner (7) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny W(6-9) 9 2 0 0 3 3 0 31 4.67 Totals 9 2 0 0 3 3 0 31 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ellis L(2-5) 7 9 4 3 2 1 0 31 5.82 Glynn 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 9 2.11 Totals 9 11 4 3 4 1 0 40 Umpires: HP - Charlie Williams, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Dave Pallone, 3B - Paul Runge CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton singled to catcher; Brock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Templeton out at second]; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Cardenal walked; Taveras flied out to right; Mazzilli singled to left [Cardenal to third]; Montanez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mazzilli out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Mumphrey doubled to left; Reitz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); Youngblood flied out to right; Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Oberkfell grounded out (first to pitcher); Denny flied out to left; Templeton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Flynn grounded out (first unassisted); Ellis was called out on strikes; Cardenal walked; Taveras forced Cardenal (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Brock grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Hernandez flied out to center; Simmons flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Mazzilli walked; Montanez flied out to center; Hebner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mazzilli out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Mumphrey singled to right; Reitz grounded out (second to first) [Mumphrey to second]; Oberkfell was walked intentionally; Denny singled to shortstop [Mumphrey out at home (shortstop to catcher), Oberkfell to second]; Jerry Mumphrey rounded 3B too far; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Youngblood doubled to right; Stearns grounded out (second to first) [Youngblood to third]; Flynn grounded out (second to first); Ellis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton singled to right; Templeton stole second; Brock grounded out (second to first) [Templeton to third]; Hernandez reached on an error by Montanez [Templeton scored (RBI), Hernandez to first]; Simmons doubled to right [Hernandez to third]; Hendrick was walked intentionally; Mumphrey singled to center [Hernandez scored (unearned), Simmons scored, Hendrick to third, Mumphrey to second (on throw)]; Reitz reached on a fielder's choice [Hendrick out at home (catcher unassisted), Mumphrey to third]; Oberkfell grounded out (second to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 0. METS 6TH: Cardenal popped to third in foul territory; Taveras lined to left; Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Denny tripled to right; Templeton singled to center [Denny scored]; Brock forced Templeton (second unassisted); Hernandez flied out to right; Simmons flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 0. METS 7TH: Montanez made an out to shortstop; Hebner made an out to shortstop; Youngblood grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 0. CARDINALS 8TH: GLYNN REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); NORMAN REPLACED ELLIS (PLAYING LF); Hendrick walked; Mumphrey forced Hendrick (shortstop to second); Reitz singled to left [Mumphrey to third, Reitz to second (on throw to 3b)]; Oberkfell was walked intentionally; Denny hit into a double play (center to catcher) [Mumphrey out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 0. METS 8TH: Stearns grounded out (third to first); Flynn reached on an error by Hernandez (assist by Oberkfell) [Flynn to first]; Norman forced Flynn (second unassisted); Cardenal popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 0. CARDINALS 9TH: Templeton flied out to center; Brock flied out to left; Hernandez singled to left; Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 0. METS 9TH: Taveras popped to first in foul territory; Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Mets 0. |
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