St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Mets 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, September 17, 1982 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   3  4  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0    0  -   2  4  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Herr 2b               3   0   0   0     1   1   .251      Wilson cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .279
L. Smith lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .319      Hodges c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Hernandez 1b          3   1   0   0     1   1   .303      Staub rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Hendrick rf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .270      Kingman 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .214
Porter c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .233      Foster lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .248
McGee cf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .306      Brooks 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .258
Oberkfell 3b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Giles 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .244
  Sutter p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Gardenhire ss         3   0   0   1     0   1   .230
Ramsey ss             3   0   0   0     1   0   .248      Lynch p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Rasmussen p           2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jorgensen ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .224
  Gonzalez 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .209        Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
  Paris 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               32   3   4   2     3   4             Totals               34   2   4   2     0   6

Time of Game: 2:21
Left on Base: Cardinals 3, Mets 2
DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 1
Errors: Kingman, Giles
Doubles: McGee (12), Giles (4)
Triples: Hendrick (4)
Home Runs: Kingman (37)
Caught Stealing: Herr (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Oberkfell (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen               7     4   2   2   0   4   1  25   2.00
Sutter W(9-8)           3     0   0   0   0   2   0   9   3.17
Totals                 10     4   2   2   0   6   1  34

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lynch                   8     2   2   1   0   2   0  26   3.44
Allen L(3-7)            2     2   1   1   3   2   0  10   3.06
Totals                 10     4   3   2   3   4   0  36

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Jerry Crawford


CARDINALS 1ST: Herr struck out; L. Smith singled to center;
Hernandez struck out; Hendrick tripled [L. Smith scored,
Hendrick scored (error by Giles) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Porter
grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Hodges flied
out to left; Staub singled to center; Kingman forced Staub
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: McGee grounded out (second to first); Oberkfell
flied out to center; Ramsey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Brooks
grounded out (second to first); Giles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Rasmussen grounded out (shortstop to first); Herr
flied out to center; L. Smith grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Gardenhire grounded out (third to first); Lynch was
called out on strikes; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez flied out to center; Hendrick grounded
out (shortstop to first); Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Hodges flied out to center; Staub grounded out (second
to first); Kingman flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: McGee lined to right; Oberkfell popped to third;
Ramsey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Foster grounded out (second to first); Brooks singled
to center; Giles doubled to left [Brooks to third]; Gardenhire
grounded out (second to first) [Giles to third, Brooks scored];
Lynch struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Rasmussen flied out to right; Herr flied out to
center; L. Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Wilson was called out on strikes; Hodges flied out to
center; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hernandez lined to first; Hendrick flied out to
left; Porter flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Mets 1.

METS 7TH: Kingman homered; Foster grounded out (shortstop to
first); Brooks flied out to center; Giles flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: McGee reached on an error by Kingman [McGee to
first]; Oberkfell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[McGee to second]; Ramsey lined into a double play (left to
second) [McGee out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: SUTTER REPLACED OBERKFELL (PITCHING); GONZALEZ
REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PLAYING 3B); Gardenhire struck out;
JORGENSEN BATTED FOR LYNCH; Jorgensen struck out; Wilson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: ALLEN REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); BRAUN BATTED
FOR GONZALEZ; Braun lined to right; Herr walked; Herr was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); L. Smith popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 2.

METS 9TH: PARIS REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING 3B); Hodges grounded out
(pitcher to first); Staub grounded out (third to first); Kingman
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 10TH: Hernandez walked; Hendrick singled to shortstop
[Hernandez to second]; Porter was called out on strikes; McGee
doubled to center [Hendrick to third, Hernandez scored]; Sutter
was called out on strikes; Ramsey walked; Paris popped to first;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 2.

METS 10TH: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Brooks
flied out to center; Giles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 2.