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Mets
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
September 19, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets, played on September 19, 1978 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 19, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 19, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Nino Espinosa |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Bruno |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 5,257 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 19 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Wendelstedt 1B: Ed Montague 2B: Lee Weyer 3B: Dutch Rennert |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lee Mazzilli | Center Fielder |
| Tim Foli | Shortstop |
| Steve Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Willie Montanez | First Baseman |
| John Stearns | Catcher |
| Dan Norman | Right Fielder |
| Lenny Randle | Third Baseman |
| Doug Flynn | Second Baseman |
| Nino Espinosa | Pitcher |
| Joe Torre | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Garry Templeton | Shortstop |
| Dane Iorg | Right Fielder |
| George Hendrick | Center Fielder |
| Ted Simmons | Left Fielder |
| Keith Hernandez | First Baseman |
| Ken Reitz | Third Baseman |
| Terry Kennedy | Catcher |
| Mike Tyson | Second Baseman |
| Tom Bruno | Pitcher |
| Ken Boyer | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
September 19, 1978
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Bruno
Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Bruno scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mazzilli for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Bruno
Foli hits a line drive into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Bruno
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Templeton vs. Espinosa
Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Templeton for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iorg vs. Espinosa
Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Espinosa
Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Bruno
Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bruno fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Bruno
Stearns takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Norman vs. Bruno
There goes Stearns. The throw from Kennedy and he is safe. Stearns steals second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Norman vs. Bruno
Norman hits a fly ball into right field. Iorg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randle vs. Bruno
Randle strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Espinosa
Simmons hits a popup, foul, towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Espinosa
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Espinosa
Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Bruno
Flynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Espinosa vs. Bruno
Espinosa bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzilli vs. Bruno
Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foli vs. Bruno
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Espinosa
Kennedy hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Espinosa
Tyson strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruno vs. Espinosa
Bruno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Bruno
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Bruno
Montanez hits a fly ball into right field. Iorg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Bruno
Stearns hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Iorg who is chasing the ball. Stearns reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Norman vs. Bruno
Norman hits a fly ball into right field. Iorg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Templeton vs. Espinosa
Templeton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Iorg vs. Espinosa
Iorg hits a line drive towards short. Foli reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendrick vs. Espinosa
Hendrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Templeton moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Simmons vs. Espinosa
Simmons hits a fly ball into right field. Norman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Templeton tags and scores. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Espinosa
Hernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hendrick moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reitz vs. Espinosa
Reitz strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Bruno
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Bruno
Flynn hits a line drive into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Espinosa vs. Bruno
Espinosa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzilli vs. Bruno
Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Espinosa
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tyson vs. Espinosa
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruno vs. Espinosa
Bruno strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Bruno
Foli hits a popup towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Bruno
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Bruno
Montanez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stearns vs. Bruno
Stearns hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Iorg. Stearns reaches second base with a double. Montanez goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Norman vs. Bruno
Norman hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Templeton vs. Espinosa
Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Espinosa covering, for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iorg vs. Espinosa
Iorg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendrick vs. Espinosa
Hendrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Iorg moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simmons vs. Espinosa
Simmons hits a line drive to right field. Norman throws towards the plate. Stearns fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Stearns. Iorg scores. Hendrick goes all the way around to score. Simmons moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hernandez vs. Espinosa
Hernandez is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reitz vs. Espinosa
That's a pickoff. Hernandez moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reitz vs. Espinosa
Reitz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kennedy vs. Espinosa
The ball gets by Stearns for a passed ball. Hernandez moves to third. Reitz moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kennedy vs. Espinosa
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Bruno
Randle hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Bruno
Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. Iorg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boisclair vs. Bruno
Bruce Boisclair pinch hits for Nino Espinosa.
Boisclair hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Simmons. Boisclair reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mazzilli vs. Bruno
Mazzilli strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Murray
Dale Murray now pitching.
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruno vs. Murray
Bruno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Murray fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Templeton vs. Murray
Templeton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Henderson throws the ball in to Flynn who tags Templeton, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Bruno
Foli hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Bruno
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Bruno
Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Bruno
Stearns takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Littell
Mark Littell now pitching. Ron Hodges pinch hits for Dan Norman.
Hodges hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Simmons. Hodges reaches second base with a double. Stearns goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randle vs. Littell
Gil Flores pinch runs for Ron Hodges.
Randle hits a fly ball into right field. Iorg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iorg vs. Murray
Gil Flores now playing right field.
Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Murray
Hendrick strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Murray
Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Murray
Tony Scott pinch runs for Ted Simmons.
There's a wild pitch. Scott moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hernandez vs. Murray
Hernandez is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reitz vs. Murray
There's a wild pitch. Scott moves to third. Hernandez moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Reitz vs. Murray
Reitz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Reitz reaches second base with a double. Scott scores. Hernandez scores. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kennedy vs. Murray
Kennedy is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tyson vs. Murray
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Littell
Tony Scott now playing left field. Jerry Mumphrey now playing right field.
Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Littell
Joel Youngblood pinch hits for Dale Murray.
Youngblood strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Littell
Mazzilli bunts towards first. Hernandez fields the ball and throws to Littell covering. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. Littell
Ed Kranepool pinch hits for Tim Foli.
Kranepool hits a line drive towards the mound. Littell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/19/1978 -- New York at St.Louis (N)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Mazzilli L, cf 5 0 1 0 Templeton G, ss 4 1 2 0
Foli T, ss 4 1 1 1 Iorg D, rf 4 1 1 0
Kranepool E, ph 1 0 0 0 Mumphrey J, rf 0 0 0 0
Henderson S, lf 4 0 0 0 Hendrick G, cf 4 1 2 0
Montanez W, 1b 3 1 0 0 Simmons T, lf 3 0 2 2
Stearns J, c 2 1 2 1 Scott T, pr-lf 0 1 0 0
Norman D, rf 3 0 0 0 Hernandez K, 1b 2 1 1 0
Hodges R, ph 1 0 1 1 Reitz K, 3b 3 0 1 2
Flores G, pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Kennedy T, c 3 0 1 0
Randle L, 3b 4 0 0 0 Tyson M, 2b 4 0 0 0
Flynn D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Bruno T, p 3 0 0 0
Espinosa N, p 2 0 1 0 Littell M, p 0 0 0 0
Boisclair B, ph 1 0 1 0
Murray D, p 0 0 0 0
Youngblood J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 3 8 3 30 5 10 4
New York 000 001 020 -- 3
St.Louis 000 102 02x -- 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa N 6.0 7 3 2 2 3
Murray D (L) 2.0 3 2 2 2 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Bruno T 7.2 6 3 3 3 4
Littell M (W) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1
E -- Stearns J
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 8, St.Louis 6
2B -- Stearns J, Boisclair B, Hodges R, Reitz K
3B -- Stearns J
HR -- Foli T
SB -- Stearns J
SF -- Simmons T
WP -- Murray D 2
PB -- Stearns J
T -- 2:19
A -- 5257
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