Ending their five-game losing streak, the Cardinals won the second game of a doubleheader from the Mets, 6-2, in 10 innings, after the New Yorkers captured the opener, 7-2. The score was tied, 2-2, in the nightcap when Garry Templeton led off the 10th frame with a single and was forced at second on Jim Dwyer's grounder. A single by George Hendrick kayoed starter Craig Swan and reliever Dale Murray came on to walk Keith Hernandez and load the bases. Jerry Morales then smashed a double to deep left to plate two tallies. Ken Reitz followed with an RBI single and Mike Phillips hit a sacrifice fly to give the Redbirds only their second victory in the last 13 games.

A five-run fifth-inning carried the Mets to triumph in the opener. With the Mets trailing, 2-1, pat Zachry led off the fifth with a single and moved to second on a walk to Lee Mazzilli. Both runners moved up on a wild pitch and Elliott Maddox then stroked a single to center. Zachry scored on the hit but Mazzilli was thrown out at the plate by Hendrick. Bruce Boisclair clouted a two-run homer to put the Mets ahead, 4-2. After a single by Steve Henderson, Mark Littell relieved starter John Urrea and promptly yielded a two-run circuit clout to Willie Montanez. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 7, St. Louis Cardinals 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Monday, May 29, 1978 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Cardinals 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 2 Mets 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 x - 7 12 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Mazzilli cf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .312 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maddox 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .238 Templeton ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .217 Boisclair rf 3 1 1 3 0 0 .236 Hendrick cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .235 S. Henderson lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .268 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .323 Montanez 1b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .258 Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 2 0 0 .292 Hodges c 3 0 2 0 1 0 .257 Morales rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Foli ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .191 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Flynn 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .247 Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Zachry p 4 1 1 0 0 3 .053 Phillips ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Urrea p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .071 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frazier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dwyer ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Totals 30 2 3 2 1 3 Totals 33 7 12 7 4 5 Time of Game: 2:21 Left on Base: Cardinals 2, Mets 7 DP: Cardinals 2, Mets 0 Errors: Vuckovich, Tyson Home Runs: Hernandez (4), Boisclair (3), Montanez (6) Caught Stealing: Hodges (1) Sacrifice Flies: Boisclair (4) GIDP: Flynn (6) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Urrea L(2-7) 4.1 8 5 5 3 2 1 22 5.27 Littell 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 7 3.23 Frazier 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 Vuckovich 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.73 Totals 8 12 7 6 4 5 2 38 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zachry W(5-1) 9 3 2 2 1 3 1 31 3.58 Totals 9 3 2 2 1 3 1 31 Passed Balls: Hodges (3) Wild Pitches: Urrea (3) Umpires: HP - Charlie Williams, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Ed Vargo CARDINALS 1ST: Brock popped to third in foul territory; Templeton singled to center; Hodges allowed a passed ball [Templeton to second]; Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Simmons popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Mazzilli flied out to center; Maddox grounded out (third to first); Boisclair flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez flied out to center; Morales struck out; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: S. Henderson grounded out (third to first); Montanez struck out; Hodges walked; Foli grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson made an out to second; Urrea struck out; Brock flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Flynn singled to center; On a bunt Zachry struck out; Mazzilli walked [Flynn to second]; Maddox made an out to second; Boisclair grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton walked; Hendrick grounded out (third to first) [Templeton to second]; Simmons grounded out (second to first) [Templeton to third]; Hernandez homered [Templeton scored]; Morales popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 0. METS 4TH: S. Henderson singled to left; Montanez singled to left [S. Henderson to second]; Hodges flied out to center [S. Henderson to third]; Foli singled to center [S. Henderson scored, Montanez to third]; Flynn grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Foli out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz made an out to second; Tyson popped to first in foul territory; Urrea flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Zachry singled to center; Mazzilli walked [Zachry to second]; Urrea threw a wild pitch [Zachry to third, Mazzilli to second]; Maddox singled to center [Zachry scored, Mazzilli out at home (center to shortstop to catcher), Maddox to second (on throw to home)]; Boisclair homered [Maddox scored]; S. Henderson singled to right; LITTELL REPLACED URREA (PITCHING); Montanez homered [S. Henderson scored]; Hodges singled to center; Hodges was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Foli struck out; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 6. CARDINALS 6TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Templeton grounded out (third to first); Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 6. METS 6TH: Flynn singled to left; Zachry was called out on strikes; Mazzilli reached on an error by Tyson [Flynn to second, Mazzilli to first]; Maddox walked [Flynn to third, Mazzilli to second]; FRAZIER REPLACED LITTELL (PITCHING); Boisclair hit a sacrifice fly to left [Flynn scored (unearned), Mazzilli to third]; S. Henderson flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 7. CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons singled to right; Hernandez popped to third in foul territory; Morales flied out to left; Reitz flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 7. METS 7TH: Montanez flied out to left; Hodges singled to right; Foli forced Hodges (shortstop to second); Flynn made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 7. CARDINALS 8TH: PHILLIPS BATTED FOR TYSON; Phillips popped to third; DWYER BATTED FOR FRAZIER; Dwyer lined to first; Brock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 7. METS 8TH: DWYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); VUCKOVICH REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Zachry struck out; Mazzilli reached on an error by Vuckovich [Mazzilli to first]; Maddox lined into a double play (second to first) [Mazzilli out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 7. CARDINALS 9TH: Templeton lined to third; Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 7.

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