Mets @ Cardinals
July 17, 1965

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Top 9	R	H	E
Mets	1	8	1
Cardinals	4	10	2

Top 9	R	H	E
Mets	1	8	1
Cardinals	4	10	2

Billy Cowan Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.202
OBP	.000	.226
At Bats	0	129
Hits	0	26
• Singles	0	15
• Doubles	0	7
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	3
RBI’s	0	7

Don Dennis Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	1	3

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Sportsman's Park - July 17, 1965

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Strikeout

Don Dennis

Bob Uecker

Bill White

Jerry Buchek

Phil Gagliano

Dick Groat

Lou Brock

Curt Flood

Mike Shannon

Billy Cowan

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
New York Mets	1	8	1	7
St. Louis Cardinals	4	10	2	10
Winning Pitcher	Bob Purkey
Losing Pitcher	Larry Miller
Save	Don Dennis
Game Winning RBI	Curt Flood
Attendance	12,291
Time of Game	2 hours 44 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Billy Cowan pinch hits for Roy McMillan. Cowan is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Napoleon strikes out.

Top 9 Danny Napoleon pinch hits for Larry Bearnarth. Napoleon hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Uecker settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Uecker.

Top 9 Gonder hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Groat for the out.

Bottom 8 Brock hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Dennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Kranepool hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 8 Smith strikes out.

Top 8 Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buchek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Buchek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Uecker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Shannon moves to third.

Bottom 7 Shannon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stephenson. Shannon reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 7 John Stephenson now playing right field. Larry Bearnarth now pitching. White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Hiller hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 John Stephenson pinch hits for Dennis Musgraves. Stephenson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gagliano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Don Dennis now pitching. McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano fields it and throws to second for the out. Gonder moves to third.

Top 7 Hickman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gonder moves to second.

Top 7 Gonder hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 6 Gagliano takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Groat moves to second.

Bottom 6 There goes Brock. The throw from Gonder and he is out, Smith applying the tag.

Bottom 6 Groat takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 There goes Brock. The throw from Gonder and he is safe. Brock steals second.

Bottom 6 Brock takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Purkey strikes out.

Top 6 Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Kranepool takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Smith hits a popup towards third. Gagliano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Lewis hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Buchek hits a line drive into left field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 The ball gets by Gonder for a passed ball. Shannon moves to third.

Bottom 5 Uecker strikes out.

Bottom 5 Gonder throws to McMillan, and they have White in a rundown. The throw to Smith, who applies the tag, and White is out. Shannon moves to second.

Bottom 5 Shannon hits a popup towards short. McMillan misplays the ball. That's an error on McMillan. White moves to second.

Bottom 5 Dennis Musgraves now pitching. White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 5 Hiller hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Joe Christopher pinch hits for Galen Cisco. Christopher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 5 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buchek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Hickman hits a line drive into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Flood strikes out.

Bottom 4 Gagliano takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Groat hits a fly ball into left field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 The umpire calls a balk on Cisco Buchek moves to third. Brock moves to second.

Bottom 4 Brock takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Purkey bunts towards first. Kranepool scoops it up and throws to first, with Hiller covering, for the out. Buchek moves to second.

Bottom 4 Buchek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 4 Gonder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buchek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 4 Swoboda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 4 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Uecker strikes out.

Bottom 3 Galen Cisco now pitching. Shannon strikes out.

Bottom 3 White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 3 Flood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Swoboda. Flood reaches second base with a double. Groat scores. Gagliano goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 3 Gagliano takes first base on ball four. Groat moves to second.

Bottom 3 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 3 Hiller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 2 Purkey hits a fly ball into center field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Buchek hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hickman. Buchek reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 2 Uecker strikes out. There goes Shannon. The throw from Gonder to second, and Shannon is out.

Bottom 2 Shannon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 2 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano fields it and throws to first for the out. Hickman moves to second.

Top 2 Hickman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano juggles the ball. That's an error on Gagliano.

Top 2 Gonder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buchek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Swoboda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 1 White strikes out.

Bottom 1 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gagliano moves to third.

Bottom 1 Gagliano hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Swoboda. Gagliano reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Kranepool hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gagliano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 1 Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buchek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Hiller hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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