The Mets sent Bob Hendley to the mound to face off against Dick Hughes on front of 37,100 fans.
Starting Lineups
St.Louis Cardinals | New York Mets | |||||
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1 | Lou Brock | LF | 1 | Bud Harrelson | SS | |
2 | Julian Javier | 2B | 2 | Larry Stahl | CF | |
3 | Curt Flood | CF | 3 | Tommy Davis | LF | |
4 | Orlando Cepeda | 1B | 4 | Ed Kranepool | 1B | |
5 | Mike Shannon | RF | 5 | Ron Swoboda | RF | |
6 | Phil Gagliano | 3B | 6 | Chuck Hiller | 2B | |
7 | John Romano | C | 7 | Ken Boyer | 3B | |
8 | Eddie Bressoud | SS | 8 | John Sullivan | C | |
9 | Dick Hughes | P | 9 | Bob Hendley | P |
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In the 4th inning, the Mets Ed Kranepool hit a solo HR off the Hughes, his fourth of the year. After Ron Swoboda walked, Ken Boyer doubled bringing in the Mets second run.
In the home 7th, with two outs the Mets connected for three straight base hits. Bud Harrelson, Larry Stahl & Tommy Davis all singled with Harrelson scoring the third run. In the 8th Ken Boyer hit his second HR of the year to tie the game.

With one out, Bud Harrelson lined a base hit to center field off pitcher Joe Hoerner. Nelson Briles came in to relieve Joe Hoerner facing the Mets; Tommie Reynolds.
Harrelson got a good jump, took off & stole second base, his fourth of the year. The Cards backup catcher, Johnny Romano was behind the plate as main backstop; Tim McCarver was to start in the second game. Romano made an error on the throw to second & Harrelson advanced to third base.
Briles then walked Reynolds & threw a
wild pitch on ball four. The always alert & aggressive, Harrelson scampered home with the games winning run, as the Mets had a wild walk off win.
Trivia: Harrelson’s importance to the Mets went way beyond the statistics. His defense was one of the best of his era, in a time when short stops didn’t hit. Harrelson made two All Star appearances, despite his low batting averages, he drew walks & had solid on base percentages. He also received votes for the MVP Award three times in his career. He was a smart, scrappy base runner, stealing over twenty bases twice.
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