The Mets took advantage of wildness on the part of Cardinal pitchers to rack up a 6-2 verdict over the Redbirds. Two runs came across in the second inning on a single by Tom Grieve, walk to Willie Montanez, a hit batsman, a bases-loaded walk to Lenny Randle and a double play. Consecutive singles by John Stearns, Randle and Doug Flynn plated the go-ahead run in the fourth and another came in the fifth on Flynn's single following two-out walks to Stearns and Randle.

The Card runs came in the first inning when Garry Templeton tripled home Lou Brock, who had singled, and the Card shortstop then scored on a groundout. The game started an hour late because of rain and was delayed 58 minutes in the second inning and 24 minutes in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Game Played on Monday, April 17, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Mets 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 - 6 9 1 Cardinals 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .231 Brock lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .292 Foli ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .174 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 S. Henderson lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Templeton ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .222 Grieve rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .364 Morales rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .282 Boisclair ph,rf 2 1 1 0 0 1 .385 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .351 Montanez 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .156 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .417 Stearns c 2 2 1 0 1 0 .182 Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .314 Randle 3b 2 0 2 2 2 0 .139 Mumphrey cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Flynn 2b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .343 Phillips 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .364 Espinosa p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Falcone p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Urrea p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scott ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Totals 32 6 9 4 5 5 Totals 32 2 7 2 0 2 Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 6,371 Left on Base: Mets 6, Cardinals 3 DP: Mets 2, Cardinals 2 Errors: Foli, Templeton Doubles: Phillips (1) Triples: Templeton (1) Caught Stealing: Foli (2) Sacrifice Hits: Lockwood (1) GIDP: Flynn (2), S. Henderson (3), Reitz (1) Hit by Pitch: Stearns (1,by Falcone) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Espinosa W(1-1) 7 7 2 2 0 0 0 26 3.20 Lockwood SV(2) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 7.27 Totals 9 7 2 2 0 2 0 32 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Falcone L(0-1) 5 5 3 3 3 3 0 21 6.43 Urrea 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 13 11.05 Vuckovich 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3.38 Totals 9 9 6 5 5 5 0 39 Hit by Pitch: Falcone (1) Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Joe West, 3B - John Kibler METS 1ST: Mazzilli struck out; Foli singled to center; Foli was caught stealing second (catcher to second); S. Henderson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to shortstop [Brock to second (error by Foli)]; Templeton tripled to right [Brock scored]; Morales grounded out (pitcher to first) [Templeton scored]; Simmons popped to catcher in foul territory; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 2. METS 2ND: Grieve singled to left; Montanez walked [Grieve to second]; Stearns was hit by a pitch [Grieve to third, Montanez to second]; Randle walked [Grieve scored, Montanez to third, Stearns to second]; Flynn grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Montanez scored (no RBI), Stearns to third, Randle out at second]; Espinosa grounded out (third to first); 58 minute rain delay (later in game additional 22 & 60 minute delays); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); Phillips doubled to left; Falcone grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. METS 3RD: Mazzilli lined to third; Foli grounded out (third to first); S. Henderson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock lined to second; Templeton flied out to left; Morales grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 2. METS 4TH: Grieve flied out to left; Montanez struck out; Stearns singled to left; Randle singled to center [Stearns to second]; Flynn singled to center [Stearns scored, Randle to third]; Espinosa forced Flynn (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons singled to left; Hernandez lined to right; Reitz grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 2. METS 5TH: Mazzilli walked; Foli lined to shortstop; S. Henderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Mazzilli out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Mumphrey flied out to left; Phillips popped to shortstop; DWYER BATTED FOR FALCONE; Dwyer popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 2. METS 6TH: URREA REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR GRIEVE; Boisclair struck out; Montanez grounded out (second to first); Stearns walked; Randle walked [Stearns to second]; Flynn singled to right [Stearns scored, Randle to second]; Espinosa was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 6TH: BOISCLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Brock grounded out (second to first); Templeton flied out to center; Morales singled to third; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 2. METS 7TH: Mazzilli flied out to left; Foli flied out to right; S. Henderson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Hernandez singled to right; Reitz singled to left [Hernandez to second]; Mumphrey forced Hernandez (catcher to third) [Reitz to second]; Phillips lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [Reitz out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cardinals 2. METS 8TH: Boisclair singled to left; Montanez lined to right; Stearns grounded out (third to first) [Boisclair to second]; Randle singled to center [Boisclair scored, Randle out at second (center to first to second to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 8TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); SCOTT BATTED FOR URREA; Scott struck out; Brock flied out to right; Templeton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Cardinals 2. METS 9TH: VUCKOVICH REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Flynn singled to right; Lockwood out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Flynn to second]; Mazzilli grounded out (catcher to first) [Flynn to third]; Foli reached on an error by Templeton [Flynn scored (unearned) (no RBI), Foli to first]; S. Henderson flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 9TH: Morales struck out; Simmons flied out to right; Hernandez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Cardinals 2.

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