Monday May 29, 1978
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St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 2 (Game 2)

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

Cardinals 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 - 6 14 0 Mets 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 5 0 2 0 0 1 .222 Randle 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .228 Dwyer lf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .214 Youngblood rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Hendrick cf 5 2 3 0 0 0 .250 Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Hernandez 1b 4 2 3 1 1 0 .303 Maddox rf,3b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .235 Morales rf 5 1 1 2 0 1 .207 Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .311 Reitz 3b 5 0 2 2 0 0 .251 S. Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .262 Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .258 Phillips ph,2b 1 0 0 1 0 0 .290 Stearns c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .255 Swisher c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .200 Foli ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .196 Simmons ph,c 1 0 1 0 1 0 .327 Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .243 Falcone p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Swan p 2 1 0 0 1 0 .208 Freed ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vuckovich p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Totals 40 6 14 6 3 4 Totals 34 2 5 2 4 8 Time of Game: 3:13 Attendance: 28,896 Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Mets 6 DP: Cardinals 1, Mets 1 Doubles: Reitz (7), Hendrick 2 (6), Morales (7), Mazzilli (12) Triples: Maddox (2) Sacrifice Hits: Falcone (1) Sacrifice Flies: Phillips (1) GIDP: Hendrick (3), Stearns (3) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Falcone 8 5 2 2 2 4 0 30 5.70 Vuckovich W(1-4) 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 8 2.56 Totals 10 5 2 2 4 8 0 38 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Swan L(1-3) 9.1 12 4 4 1 4 0 39 2.59 Murray 0.2 2 2 2 2 0 0 6 4.97 Totals 10 14 6 6 3 4 0 45 Wild Pitches: Falcone 2 (4) Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Charlie Williams CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Dwyer walked; Hendrick grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Dwyer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Randle walked; Falcone threw a wild pitch [Randle to second]; Maddox grounded out (first to pitcher) [Randle to third]; Mazzilli struck out; S. Henderson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Mets 0. CARDINALS 2ND: YOUNGBLOOD REPLACED RANDLE (PLAYING RF); MADDOX CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Hernandez singled to right; Morales struck out; Reitz doubled to left [Hernandez scored]; Tyson struck out; Swisher grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Montanez struck out; Stearns grounded out (third to first); Foli flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Falcone singled to left; Templeton struck out; Dwyer popped to third in foul territory; Hendrick doubled to right [Falcone out at home (right to second to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Flynn grounded out (second to first); Swan walked; Falcone threw a wild pitch [Swan to second]; Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox tripled to center [Swan scored]; Mazzilli doubled to right [Maddox scored]; S. Henderson struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales popped to first; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 2. METS 4TH: Montanez singled to left; Stearns grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Montanez out at second]; Foli grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson flied out to left; Swisher singled to center; Falcone out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Swisher to second]; Templeton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 2. METS 5TH: Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Swan grounded out (shortstop to first); Youngblood grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Mets 2. CARDINALS 6TH: Dwyer made an out to first; Hendrick doubled to right; Hernandez singled to center [Hendrick scored]; Morales flied out to right; Reitz forced Hernandez (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 2. METS 6TH: Maddox grounded out (first unassisted); Mazzilli lined to first; S. Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Swisher struck out; Falcone flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 2. METS 7TH: Montanez struck out; Stearns singled to left; Foli singled to left [Stearns to second]; Flynn flied out to right [Stearns to third]; Swan popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 2. CARDINALS 8TH: Templeton singled to center; Dwyer flied out to right; Hendrick flied out to center; Hernandez singled to right [Templeton to second]; Morales forced Templeton (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 2. METS 8TH: Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Maddox flied out to center; Mazzilli flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 2. CARDINALS 9TH: Reitz grounded out (pitcher to first); PHILLIPS BATTED FOR TYSON; Phillips popped to third in foul territory; SIMMONS BATTED FOR SWISHER; Simmons singled to right; FREED BATTED FOR FALCONE; Freed flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 2. METS 9TH: PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SIMMONS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); VUCKOVICH REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); S. Henderson struck out; Montanez flied out to right; Stearns was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Mets 2. CARDINALS 10TH: Templeton singled to center; Dwyer forced Templeton (third to second); Hendrick singled to left [Dwyer to second]; MURRAY REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Hernandez walked [Dwyer to third, Hendrick to second]; Morales doubled to left [Dwyer scored, Hendrick scored, Hernandez to third]; Reitz singled to center [Hernandez scored, Morales to third]; Phillips hit a sacrifice fly to left [Morales scored, Reitz to second]; Simmons was walked intentionally; Vuckovich grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Mets 2. METS 10TH: Foli walked; Flynn walked [Foli to second]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR MURRAY; Kranepool flied out to right; BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR YOUNGBLOOD; Boisclair struck out; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Mets 2.

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