National League
St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets (Game 1)
25-Jun-1972 at Flushing, NY (Shea Stadium)
St. Louis Cardinals 7 (28-32) New York Mets 1 (37-24)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Lou Brock lf............... 4 1 2 1 Tommie Agee cf............. 4 0 0 0
Luis Melendez cf........... 4 2 2 0 Bud Harrelson ss........... 3 1 1 0
Matty Alou rf.............. 5 0 2 1 Dave Marshall rf........... 3 0 1 0
Bernie Carbo pr/rf........ 0 0 0 0 John Milner lf............. 4 0 1 1
Joe Torre 3b............... 3 2 2 1 Cleon Jones 1b............. 4 0 0 0
Jerry McNertney c.......... 3 1 1 2 Jim Fregosi 3b............. 4 0 0 0
Donn Clendenon 1b.......... 5 0 0 0 Duffy Dyer c............... 4 0 0 0
Dwain Anderson ss.......... 5 1 2 2 Ted Martinez 2b............ 4 0 2 0
Dal Maxvill 2b............. 4 0 1 0 Jon Matlack p.............. 1 0 0 0
Scipio Spinks p............ 4 0 0 0 Ken Boswell ph............ 1 0 1 0
Chuck Taylor p............ 0 0 0 0
Wayne Garrett ph.......... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 37 7 12 7 Totals..................... 32 1 6 1
Score by Innings R H E
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St. Louis Cardinals. 100 001 212 - 7 12 0
New York Mets....... 000 001 000 - 1 6 2
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E - Agee; Fregosi. DP - Cardinals 1. LOB - Cardinals 10; Mets 10. 2B - Melendez;
Alou; Torre 2. SH - Maxvill. SF - McNertney. SB - Brock 2. CS - Brock.
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Scipio Spinks W,4-4....... 9.0 6 1 1 6 13 0 0 0 0 32 38 4 9
New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Jon Matlack L,7-4......... 7.0 7 4 3 4 9 1 0 0 2 28 33 4 8
Chuck Taylor .............. 2.0 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 11 3 2
WP - Matlack.
Strikeouts - Melendez; McNertney; Clendenon 3; Anderson 2; Spinks 2; Agee; Harrelson
2; Marshall; Milner 2; Jones; Fregosi 3; Dyer; Martinez; Matlack. Walks - Brock;
Melendez; Torre 2; McNertney; Agee; Harrelson 2; Marshall; Matlack; Garrett.
Umpires - HP: Nick Colosi 1B: Satch Davidson 2B: Ed Sudol 3B: John Kibler
Start: 13:05 Time: 2:30
Game stats verified through Retrosheet - www.retrosheet.org
Game: 720625-1
St. Louis Cardinals starters: lf Brock; cf Melendez; rf Alou; 3b Torre;
c McNertney; 1b Clendenon; ss Anderson; 2b Maxvill; p Spinks
St. Louis Cardinals 1st - Brock grounded out to 2b. Melendez singled,
advanced to second on an error by cf. Alou out at first p to 2b to 1b; Melendez
advanced to third. Torre doubled to left field, RBI; Melendez scored. McNertney
grounded out to p. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
New York Mets 1st - Agee grounded out to 2b. Harrelson singled to third
base. Marshall walked; Harrelson advanced to second. Milner struck out
swinging. Jones reached on a fielder's choice; Marshall out at second ss to 2b.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
St. Louis Cardinals 2nd - Clendenon struck out swinging. Anderson struck
out swinging. Maxvill singled to right field. Spinks struck out swinging. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
New York Mets 2nd - Fregosi struck out swinging. Dyer struck out
swinging. Martinez struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
St. Louis Cardinals 3rd - Brock walked. Melendez struck out swinging.
Alou grounded out to 1b unassisted; Brock advanced to second. Brock stole
third. Torre intentionally walked. McNertney struck out looking. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
New York Mets 3rd - Matlack walked. Agee walked; Matlack advanced to
second. Harrelson struck out swinging. Marshall struck out looking. Milner
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
St. Louis Cardinals 4th - Clendenon grounded out to ss. Anderson struck
out swinging. Maxvill lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets 4th - Jones struck out looking. Fregosi struck out
swinging. Dyer grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
St. Louis Cardinals 5th - Spinks struck out swinging. Brock grounded out
to ss. Melendez doubled to left field. Alou grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
New York Mets 5th - Martinez grounded out to 2b. Matlack struck out
looking. Agee struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
St. Louis Cardinals 6th - Torre reached on an error by 3b. Torre
advanced to second on a wild pitch. McNertney singled through the left side,
RBI; Torre scored, unearned. Clendenon struck out looking. Anderson reached on
a fielder's choice; McNertney out at second ss to 2b. Maxvill flied out to cf.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
New York Mets 6th - Harrelson walked. Marshall singled to center field;
Harrelson advanced to third. Milner singled to right field, RBI; Marshall
advanced to third; Harrelson scored. Jones lined into double play ss to 1b;
Milner out on the play. Fregosi struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
St. Louis Cardinals 7th - Spinks popped up to 3b. Brock singled up the
middle. Brock stole second. Melendez walked. Alou doubled to right field, RBI;
Melendez advanced to third; Brock scored. Torre intentionally walked. McNertney
flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Alou advanced to third; Melendez scored. Clendenon
struck out swinging. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
New York Mets 7th - Dyer popped up to 1b. Martinez singled to right
field. Boswell pinch hit for Matlack. Boswell singled to first base; Martinez
advanced to second. Agee fouled out to c. Harrelson walked; Boswell advanced to
second; Martinez advanced to third. Marshall grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
St. Louis Cardinals 8th - Taylor to p for Boswell. Anderson singled to
right field. Maxvill grounded out to p, SAC; Anderson advanced to second.
Spinks flied out to rf. Brock singled to left field, RBI; Anderson scored.
Brock out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
New York Mets 8th - Milner struck out swinging. Jones grounded out to
ss. Fregosi popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
St. Louis Cardinals 9th - Melendez flied out to cf. Alou singled to
right field. Carbo pinch ran for Alou. Torre doubled to left field; Carbo
advanced to third. McNertney intentionally walked. Clendenon reached on a
fielder's choice; McNertney advanced to second; Torre advanced to third; Carbo
out at home p to c. Anderson singled to right field, 2 RBI; Clendenon advanced
to second; McNertney scored; Torre scored. Maxvill flied out to rf. 2 runs,
3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
New York Mets 9th - Carbo to rf. Dyer grounded out to 3b. Martinez
singled to center field. Garrett pinch hit for Taylor. Garrett walked; Martinez
advanced to second. Agee reached on a fielder's choice; Garrett out at second p
to ss; Martinez advanced to third. Harrelson struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
New York Mets starters: cf Agee; ss Harrelson; rf Marshall; lf Milner;
1b Jones; 3b Fregosi; c Dyer; 2b Martinez; p Matlack