Taking advantage of five St. Louis errors, the Mets downed the Cardinals, 5-3. N.Y. scored four runs in the second inning -- three unearned as the result of an error by Tommy Herr -- on a two-run single by Doug Flynn and two-run triple by Mookie Wilson. Tom Hausman relieved starter Pat Zachry with the bases loaded and one out in the sixth and induced Sixto Lezcano to bounce into a double play before Neil Allen hurled a scoreless final three frames. [The Sporting News] |
New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Game Played on Wednesday, April 15, 1981 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 5 5 Mets 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 5 5 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 3 2 2 1 1 1 .500 Wilson rf,lf 5 0 2 2 0 0 .222 Oberkfell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .182 Taveras ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .333 Mazzilli cf 1 0 0 0 3 0 .100 Hendrick rf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .200 Kingman lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .100 Porter c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .200 Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lezcano lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Staub 1b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .250 Scott cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .182 Youngblood pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Herr 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Brooks 3b 4 1 0 0 0 2 .313 Martinez p 2 1 1 0 0 1 .500 Trevino c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .231 Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Flynn 2b 4 2 2 2 0 1 .462 Otten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zachry p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Hausman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 5 3 4 7 Totals 27 5 5 4 8 6 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 15,205 Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Mets 8 DP: Cardinals 2, Mets 1 Errors: Templeton, Oberkfell, Hendrick 2, Herr, Taveras Doubles: Martinez (1), Templeton (2), Hernandez (2) Triples: Wilson (1) Stolen Bases: Mazzilli (2) Sacrifice Hits: Zachry (3), Allen (1) GIDP: Lezcano (1), Wilson (1) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Martinez L(0-1) 6 5 5 1 6 3 0 29 1.50 Otten 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 8 0.00 Totals 8 5 5 1 8 6 0 37 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zachry W(2-0) 5.1 5 2 2 3 5 0 23 1.64 Hausman 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.38 Allen SV(2) 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 11 0.00 Totals 9 5 3 2 4 7 0 35 Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Fred Brocklander, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Paul Pryor CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton struck out; Oberkfell singled to right; Hernandez struck out; Hendrick grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (third to first); Taveras lined to shortstop; Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Porter walked; Lezcano flied out to center; Scott struck out; Herr struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Kingman walked; Staub singled to right [Kingman to third (error by Hendrick)]; Brooks reached on a fielder's choice [Kingman out at home (first to catcher to third), Staub to second]; Trevino reached on an error by Herr [Staub to third, Brooks to second]; Flynn singled to left [Staub scored, Brooks scored (unearned), Trevino to second]; Zachry out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Trevino to third, Flynn to second]; Wilson tripled to left [Trevino scored (unearned), Flynn scored (unearned)]; Taveras grounded out (second to first); 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 4. CARDINALS 3RD: Martinez doubled to center; Templeton doubled to left [Martinez scored]; Oberkfell popped to catcher in foul territory; Hernandez doubled to right [Templeton scored, Hernandez out at third (center to shortstop to third)]; Hendrick popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 4. METS 3RD: Mazzilli walked; Kingman struck out; Staub walked [Mazzilli to second]; Brooks struck out; Trevino popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 4. CARDINALS 4TH: Porter flied out to center; Lezcano grounded out (pitcher to first); Scott grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 4. METS 4TH: Flynn grounded out (second to first); Zachry walked; Wilson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Zachry out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 4. CARDINALS 5TH: Herr flied out to center; Martinez was called out on strikes; Templeton singled to center; Oberkfell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 4. METS 5TH: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli walked; Mazzilli stole second; Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub was walked intentionally; Brooks flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 4. CARDINALS 6TH: Hernandez popped to catcher in foul territory; Hendrick walked; Porter walked [Hendrick to second]; HAUSMAN REPLACED ZACHRY (PITCHING); Lezcano grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Porter out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 4. METS 6TH: Trevino flied out to right; Flynn singled to left; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR HAUSMAN; Cubbage struck out; Wilson singled to right [Flynn scored (error by Hendrick) (unearned) (no RBI), Wilson to second (error by Templeton)]; Taveras flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 5. CARDINALS 7TH: ALLEN REPLACED CUBBAGE (PITCHING); Scott struck out; Herr flied out to left; BRAUN BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; On a bunt Braun made an out to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 5. METS 7TH: OTTEN REPLACED BRAUN (PITCHING); Mazzilli walked; Kingman struck out; Staub reached on an error by Oberkfell [Mazzilli to third]; YOUNGBLOOD RAN FOR STAUB; Brooks was called out on strikes while Mazzilli was out trying to advance to home (catcher to second to catcher to third); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 5. CARDINALS 8TH: WILSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); YOUNGBLOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); JORGENSEN REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING 1B); Templeton walked; Oberkfell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Templeton to second]; Hernandez reached on an error by Taveras [Templeton to third]; Hendrick forced Hernandez (second to shortstop) [Templeton scored (unearned)]; Porter popped to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 5. METS 8TH: Trevino walked; Flynn struck out; Allen out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Trevino to second]; Wilson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 5. CARDINALS 9TH: Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott was called out on strikes; Herr grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Mets 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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