St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Mets 2 (Game 2)
Game Played on Saturday, September 22, 1979 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  0
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  7  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Templeton ss          4   0   1   0     1   1   .312      Taveras ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Lentine lf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .375      Boisclair rf          2   0   0   1     0   0   .171
  Scott ph,cf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .258      Mazzilli 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .310
Iorg 1b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .294      Hebner 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .256
  Hernandez 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .346      Youngblood cf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .275
Simmons c             4   1   0   0     1   0   .285      Norman lf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .239
Hendrick rf           3   1   2   2     1   1   .291      Hodges c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .154
Reitz 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .272      Chapman 2b            3   1   1   0     0   1   .152
Mumphrey cf,lf        3   1   1   0     1   0   .294        Maddox ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Oberkfell 2b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .310      Falcone p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .180
Forsch p              4   0   0   0     0   3   .113        Kranepool ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .230
                                                            Ferrer pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Reardon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stearns ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .243

Totals               32   3   8   3     7   6             Totals               33   2   7   2     1   3

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  8,492
Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Mets 7
DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 1
Doubles: Reitz (37), Lentine (1), Oberkfell (19)
Home Runs: Hendrick (14)
Caught Stealing: Templeton (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Reitz (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Boisclair (1)
GIDP: Oberkfell (8)
Hit by Pitch: Boisclair (1,by Forsch)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(10-11)         9     7   2   1   1   3   0  36   3.77
Totals                  9     7   2   1   1   3   0  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(6-14)         7     7   3   3   5   5   1  31   4.07
Reardon                 2     1   0   0   2   1   0   9   2.45
Totals                  9     8   3   3   7   6   1  40

Passed Balls: Simmons (14)
Hit by Pitch: Forsch (3)
Wild Pitches: Reardon (2)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Eric Gregg, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Andy Olsen


CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton popped to first in foul territory;
Lentine grounded out (first unassisted); Iorg grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Boisclair
grounded out (second to first); Mazzilli grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons walked; Hendrick struck out; Reitz
doubled to left [Simmons to third]; Mumphrey was walked
intentionally; Oberkfell grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Mumphrey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Hebner grounded out (second to pitcher); Youngblood
singled to center; Norman singled to right [Youngblood to
third]; Hodges reached on a fielder's choice [Youngblood out at
home (third to catcher), Norman to second]; Chapman struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Forsch was called out on strikes; Templeton
singled to right; Templeton was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Lentine struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Falcone grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Taveras
struck out (catcher to first); Boisclair flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Iorg singled to center; Simmons forced Iorg
(third to second); Hendrick homered [Simmons scored]; Reitz
popped to first in foul territory; Mumphrey grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Mazzilli flied out to right; Hebner singled to center;
Youngblood struck out; Norman walked [Hebner to second]; Hodges
singled to left [Hebner scored, Norman to third]; Chapman
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Oberkfell flied out to left; Forsch struck out;
Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Falcone singled to left; Taveras forced Falcone
(shortstop to second); Boisclair was hit by a pitch [Taveras to
second]; Mazzilli forced Boisclair (second to shortstop)
[Taveras to third]; Hebner grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Lentine doubled to left; Iorg lined to second;
Simmons popped to second; Hendrick walked; Reitz grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to first); Norman
flied out to right; Hodges grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Mets 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Mumphrey singled to right; Oberkfell doubled to
left [Mumphrey to third]; Forsch struck out; Templeton was
walked intentionally; Lentine forced Templeton (shortstop
unassisted) [Mumphrey scored, Oberkfell to third]; Iorg walked
[Lentine to second]; Simmons forced Lentine (third unassisted);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 1.

METS 7TH: Chapman singled to left; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR FALCONE;
Kranepool singled to left [Chapman to second]; FERRER RAN FOR
KRANEPOOL; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Chapman to third,
Ferrer to second]; Taveras flied out to right; Boisclair hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Chapman scored (unearned), Ferrer to
third]; On a bunt Mazzilli popped to catcher in foul territory;
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: REARDON REPLACED FERRER (PITCHING); Hendrick
singled to right; Reitz out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Hendrick to second]; Mumphrey grounded out (second to
first) [Hendrick to third]; Oberkfell was walked intentionally;
Forsch forced Oberkfell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); Youngblood
grounded out (shortstop to first); Norman flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Templeton batted right handed; Templeton struck
out; SCOTT BATTED FOR LENTINE; Scott walked; Iorg forced Scott
(shortstop to second); Reardon threw a wild pitch [Iorg to
second]; Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Mets 2.

METS 9TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HERNANDEZ REPLACED
IORG (PLAYING 1B); MUMPHREY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Hodges grounded out (second to first); MADDOX BATTED FOR
CHAPMAN; Maddox lined to second; STEARNS BATTED FOR REARDON;
Stearns flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Mets 2.