Mets @ Cardinals
August 5, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Mets 3 11 0
Cardinals 5 11 1
Top 9 R H E
Mets 3 11 0
Cardinals 5 11 1

Tom Grieve Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .247
OBP .000 .304
At Bats 0 73
Hits 0 18
• Singles 0 13
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 8

Mark Littell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 7 4
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Busch Stadium - August 5, 1978
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Out
Mark Littell
Steve Swisher
Keith Hernandez
Ken Oberkfell
Ken Reitz
Garry Templeton
Tony Scott
George Hendrick
Jerry Mumphrey
Tom Grieve
Doug Flynn
Elliott Maddox

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 3 11 0 15
St. Louis Cardinals 5 11 1 5
Winning Pitcher Tom Bruno
Losing Pitcher Nino Espinosa
Save Mark Littell
Game Winning RBI Jerry Mumphrey
Attendance 19,689
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Tom Grieve pinch hits for Dale Murray. Mark Littell now pitching. Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oberkfell misplays the ball. That's an error on Oberkfell. Maddox moves to second.
Top 9 Maddox takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Oberkfell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Murray fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reitz for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Mumphrey. The throw from Stearns and he is out, Foli applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Mumphrey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Buddy Schultz now pitching. Montanez hits a fly ball into left field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stearns hits a fly ball into left field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Foli moves to third.
Top 8 Foli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Tony Scott now playing left field. Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Murray covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Murray covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Dale Murray now pitching. Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maddox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ed Kranepool pinch hits for Dwight Bernard. Kranepool hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Flynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Montanez moves to second.
Top 7 Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Youngblood hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Montanez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Flynn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bruno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reitz moves to third.
Bottom 6 Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Oberkfell hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Reitz moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dwight Bernard now pitching. Reitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Foli hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mazzilli strikes out.
Top 6 Bruce Boisclair pinch hits for Kevin Kobel. Boisclair hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mumphrey. Boisclair reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hernandez hits a popup towards third. Maddox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields it and throws to second for the out. Henderson scores. Stearns moves to third.
Top 5 Tom Bruno now pitching. Youngblood hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Swisher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Montanez takes first base on ball four. Henderson moves to third. Stearns moves to second.
Top 5 Stearns takes first base on ball four. Henderson moves to second.
Top 5 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Templeton strikes out.
Bottom 4 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kevin Kobel now pitching. Falcone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maddox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Foli hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mazzilli hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Oberkfell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bobby Valentine pinch hits for Nino Espinosa. Valentine hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Swisher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hendrick scores. Mumphrey scores. There goes Reitz trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 3 Oberkfell hits a popup towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Reitz is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 There goes Mumphrey. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Mumphrey steals second.
Bottom 3 Mumphrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hendrick moves to third.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hendrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Maddox takes first base on ball four. Montanez moves to second.
Top 3 Youngblood hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Montanez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Henderson scores.
Top 3 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Henderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mumphrey who is chasing the ball. Henderson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Falcone bunts towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Flynn covering, for the out. Swisher moves to third.
Bottom 2 Swisher hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Swisher reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Mazzilli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Espinosa moves to second.
Top 2 Espinosa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Youngblood scores.
Top 2 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Falcone fields it and throws to first for the out. Youngblood moves to third.
Top 2 Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Youngblood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Youngblood reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Oberkfell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Reitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mumphrey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hendrick moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Espinosa, and towards Maddox, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Stearns takes first base on ball four. Henderson moves to second.
Top 1 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Foli hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Swisher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Falcone fires to first and has Mazzilli trapped. There's the throw to Templeton who tags Mazzilli for the out.
Top 1 Mazzilli takes first base on ball four.