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Mets
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
July 3, 1969
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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 July 3, 1969 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 3, 1969 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 3, 1969 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Mets |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gary Gentry |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mudcat Grant |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 11,070 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 14 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Al Barlick 1B: Ed Vargo 2B: John Kibler 3B: Andy Olsen |
New York Mets Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tommie Agee | Center Fielder |
Ken Boswell | Second Baseman |
Cleon Jones | Left Fielder |
Art Shamsky | Right Fielder |
Wayne Garrett | Third Baseman |
Donn Clendenon | First Baseman |
Jerry Grote | Catcher |
Al Weis | Shortstop |
Gary Gentry | Pitcher |
Gil Hodges | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
Vada Pinson | Right Fielder |
Joe Torre | First Baseman |
Tim McCarver | Catcher |
Mike Shannon | Third Baseman |
Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
Steve Huntz | Shortstop |
Mudcat Grant | Pitcher |
Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Mets
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
July 3, 1969
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Agee vs. Grant
Agee hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boswell vs. Grant
Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Huntz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Grant
Jones is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shamsky vs. Grant
Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shamsky for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Gentry
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Gentry
Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Gentry
Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garrett vs. Grant
Garrett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clendenon vs. Grant
Clendenon hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Grant
Grote hits a line drive towards short. Huntz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Gentry
Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Gentry
McCarver strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Gentry
Shannon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Gentry
Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Shamsky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weis vs. Grant
Weis is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gentry vs. Grant
Gentry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Agee vs. Grant
Agee strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Huntz vs. Gentry
Huntz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grant vs. Gentry
Grant hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Huntz moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brock vs. Gentry
Brock is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Flood vs. Gentry
Flood hits a popup into right field. Shamsky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pinson vs. Gentry
Pinson hits a popup towards the mound. Gentry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boswell vs. Grant
Boswell hits a popup towards short. Huntz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Grant
Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shamsky vs. Grant
Shamsky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pinson. Shamsky reaches second base with a double. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Garrett vs. Grant
Garrett is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Clendenon vs. Grant
Clendenon hits a line drive into left field. Brock picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Brock. Jones scores. Shamsky scores. Garrett moves to third. Clendenon moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grote vs. Grant
Grote is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Weis vs. Grant
There's a wild pitch. Garrett scores. Clendenon moves to third. Grote moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Weis vs. Grant
Weis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gentry vs. Grant
Gentry strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Agee vs. Grant
Agee takes first base on ball four. Clendenon scores. Grote moves to third. Weis moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Boswell vs. Taylor
Chuck Taylor now pitching.
Boswell hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Gentry
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garrett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Gentry
McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Gentry
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Taylor
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shamsky vs. Taylor
Shamsky hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garrett vs. Taylor
Garrett hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clendenon vs. Taylor
Clendenon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grote vs. Taylor
Grote hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones scores. Clendenon moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Weis vs. Taylor
Weis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clendenon scores. Grote moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gentry vs. Taylor
Gentry strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Gentry
Javier hits a popup towards short. Weis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Huntz vs. Gentry
Huntz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Day vs. Gentry
Boots Day pinch hits for Chuck Taylor.
Day hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Agee vs. Washburn
Ray Washburn now pitching.
Agee is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boswell vs. Washburn
Boswell hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Washburn
Jones takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shamsky vs. Washburn
Shamsky takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garrett vs. Washburn
Garrett strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Gentry
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Gentry
Flood hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Gentry
Pinson is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clendenon vs. Washburn
Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Huntz misplays the ball. That's an error on Huntz. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grote vs. Washburn
Grote hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weis vs. Washburn
Weis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gentry vs. Washburn
Gentry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Gentry
Rod Gaspar now playing left field.
Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Gentry
McCarver hits a popup in front of the plate. Grote settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shannon vs. Gentry
Shannon takes first base on ball four. Torre moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Javier vs. Gentry
Javier hits a line drive into center field. Agee picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Agee. Torre scores. Shannon moves to third. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Huntz vs. Gentry
Huntz strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Davalillo vs. Gentry
Vic Davalillo pinch hits for Ray Washburn.
Davalillo hits a line drive into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Agee vs. Davalillo
Vic Davalillo now pitching.
Agee takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boswell vs. Davalillo
Boswell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pinson. Boswell reaches second base with a double. Agee goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gaspar vs. Hoerner
Joe Hoerner now pitching.
Gaspar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boswell moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Shamsky vs. Hoerner
Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shamsky for the out. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Garrett vs. Hoerner
Garrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Huntz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Gentry
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Gentry
Flood hits a fly ball into left field. Gaspar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Gentry
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clendenon vs. Hoerner
Clendenon hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Hoerner
Grote hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weis vs. Hoerner
Weis hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Mets, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Gentry
Torre strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Gentry
McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Gentry
Shannon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boswell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/3/1969 -- New York at St.Louis (D) New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Agee T, cf 3 2 1 2 Brock L, lf 4 0 0 0 Boswell K, 2b 5 0 1 1 Flood C, cf 4 0 0 0 Jones C, lf 3 2 2 0 Pinson V, rf 4 0 0 0 Gaspar R, lf 1 0 0 0 Torre J, 1b 4 1 1 0 Shamsky A, rf 4 1 1 0 McCarver T, c 4 0 0 0 Garrett W, 3b 4 1 0 0 Shannon M, 3b 3 0 1 0 Clendenon D, 1b 5 2 2 2 Javier J, 2b 3 0 1 0 Grote J, c 4 0 1 1 Huntz S, ss 2 0 1 0 Weis A, ss 3 0 1 1 Grant M, p 1 0 1 0 Gentry G, p 4 0 0 0 Taylor C, p 0 0 0 0 Day B, ph 1 0 0 0 Washburn R, p 0 0 0 0 Davalillo V, ph-p 1 0 0 0 Hoerner J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 8 9 7 31 1 5 0 New York 100 420 010 -- 8 St.Louis 000 000 100 -- 1 New York IP H R ER BB SO Gentry G (W) 9.0 5 1 1 2 5 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Grant M (L) 3.2 4 5 5 4 4 Taylor C 1.1 4 2 2 0 1 Washburn R 2.0 0 0 0 3 2 Davalillo V* 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 Hoerner J 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th E -- Brock L, Huntz S, Agee T DP -- New York 1, St.Louis 1 LOB -- New York 9, St.Louis 5 2B -- Shamsky A, Boswell K HR -- Agee T WP -- Grant M T -- 2:14 A -- 11070
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