The Cards John Curtis (4-7) took on The Mets Jon Matlack (5-5).
In the 1st inning, Matlack allowed a walk, but struck out all three of the batters for outs. In the home 1st, Wayne Garrett led off with a base hit, then Cleon Jones blasted his sixth HR of the year, a two run HR giving the Mets a 2-0 lead.

Matlack walked three in the one hitter, while he struck out seven.
Trivia: This was the 11th one hitter in Mets history at that time, Matlack had pitched the last Mets one hitter in July of 1973.
The win was his sixth on the year lowering his ERA to 2.47. Matlack led the league in shut outs with seven, he went 13-15 on the year with 195 strike outs (4th in the NL) & a 2.41 ERA (3rd best in the NL), taking a lot of hard luck losses.

The 1974 Mets disappointed, finishing up in fifth place below .500 (71-91) a terrible follow up after the Pennant season of '73.
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