The Cardinals hit four homers in one game at Busch Memorial Stadium for the first time since moving into the park in 1966 and walloped the Mets, 10-1. Jerry Koosman, who had won four straight games for the Mets, was the victim of two successive homers by Ted Simmons. The Cardinals' catcher connected after a single by Ted Sizemore in the sixth inning. Then, in the seventh, after Sizemore singled and Reggie Smith tripled, Simmons homered again.

Tom Heintzelman batted in three runs against Tug McGraw with his first major league homer in the eighth. Ray Sadecki then came to the mound and Smith greeted the change with the Cardinals' fourth circuit clout of the game. John Milner saved Mets from being shut out at the hands of Lynn McGlothen by hitting a homer in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 10, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       15, 1974 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  6  0
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  0  2    3  4  x  -  10 16  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     1   2   .263      Brock lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .316
  Martinez ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Cruz lf             1   1   1   1     0   0   .250
Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .331      Sizemore 2b           3   1   2   0     1   1   .327
Jones lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .268        Heintzelman pr,2b   1   2   1   2     0   0   .600
  Theodore lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Smith rf              4   2   2   2     1   0   .380
Staub rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .258        McBride cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Milner 1b             3   1   1   1     1   1   .234      Simmons c             5   2   2   4     0   0   .285
Schneck cf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .245      Hickman 1b            3   0   2   1     0   0   .308
Garrett 3b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .164        Torre 1b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .277
Grote c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .247      Melendez cf,rf        4   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Hodges c            1   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .355
Koosman p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .095      Tyson ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .191
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      McGlothen p           4   1   1   0     0   3   .333
  Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .294

Totals               33   1   6   1     3   9             Totals               38  10  16  10     2   4

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 12,096
Left on Base: Mets 8, Cardinals 6
DP: Mets 2, Cardinals 1
Errors: Tyson
Triples: Smith (2), Cruz (2)
Home Runs: Milner (6), Simmons 2 (2), Heintzelman (1), Smith (7)
Stolen Bases: Brock (23)
GIDP: Simmons (4), Tyson (4)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman L(4-1)          6.2  11   6   6   2   4   2  32   2.66
Miller                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.11
McGraw                  0.2   4   3   3   0   0   1   5   9.00
Sadecki                 0.1   1   1   1   0   0   1   2  10.64
Totals                  8    16  10  10   2   4   4  40

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen W(5-1)        9     6   1   1   3   9   1  36   3.09
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   9   1  36

Passed Balls: Simmons (2)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Shag Crawford


METS 1ST: Harrelson singled to center; Millan lined into a
double play (third to first) [Harrelson out at first]; Jones
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Brock stole second;
Sizemore walked; Smith flied to left; Simmons flied to center;
Hickman singled to center [Sizemore to second, Brock scored];
Melendez forced Hickman (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (second to first); Milner was
called out on strikes; Schneck struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Tyson
singled to right; McGlothen struck out; Brock grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 3RD: Garrett grounded out (shortstop to first); Grote
popped to first in foul territory; Koosman struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Sizemore struck out; Smith walked; Simmons
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Smith out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 4TH: Harrelson struck out; Millan flied to center; Jones
singled to center; Staub flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hickman popped to third; Melendez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Reitz popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 5TH: Milner grounded out (pitcher to first); Schneck was
called out on strikes; Garrett walked; Grote struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson popped to first in foul territory;
McGlothen struck out; Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 6TH: Koosman struck out; Harrelson was called out on
strikes; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore singled to left; Smith lined to left;
Simmons homered [Sizemore scored]; Hickman singled to left;
Melendez singled to left [Hickman to second]; Reitz flied to
center; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 3.

METS 7TH: TORRE REPLACED HICKMAN (PLAYING 1B); Jones flied to
right; Staub flied to left in foul territory; Milner walked;
Schneck popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: McGlothen struck out; Brock grounded out (pitcher
to first); Sizemore singled to center; HEINTZELMAN RAN FOR
SIZEMORE; Smith tripled to left [Heintzelman scored]; Simmons
homered [Smith scored]; Torre singled to left; MILLER REPLACED
KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Melendez forced Torre (shortstop to second);
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 6.

METS 8TH: HEINTZELMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); CRUZ REPLACED
BROCK (PLAYING LF); Garrett flied to center; Grote reached on an
error by Tyson; BOSWELL BATTED FOR MILLER; Simmons allowed a
passed ball [Grote to second]; Boswell flied to center;
Harrelson walked; Millan singled to center [Harrelson to second,
Grote to third]; Jones flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Mets 0, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED HARRELSON (PLAYING SS);
THEODORE REPLACED JONES (PLAYING LF); HODGES REPLACED GROTE
(PLAYING C ); MCGRAW REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Reitz singled
to left; Tyson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Reitz out at second]; McGlothen singled to left; Cruz
tripled to right [McGlothen scored]; Heintzelman homered [Cruz
scored]; SADECKI REPLACED MCGRAW (PITCHING); Smith homered;
Simmons popped to third; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Cardinals 10.

METS 9TH: MCBRIDE REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING CF); MELENDEZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Staub popped to third; Milner homered;
Schneck grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett singled to
center; Hodges singled to center [Garrett to second]; KRANEPOOL
BATTED FOR SADECKI; Kranepool lined to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 10.