Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 18, 1971 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 17, 1971
Astros 2, Mets 1 1971 Regular Season Game 90
July 18, 1971
Cardinals 8, Mets 5 Next Game:
July 19, 1971
Mets 5, Cardinals 2

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National League Standings, July 18, 1971

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Bud
Harrelson 2b
Ken
Boswell rf
Dave
Marshall lf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Donn
Clendenon cf
Mike
Jorgensen 3b
Bob
Aspromonte c
Duffy
Dyer p
Jon
Matlack

July 18, 1971, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

St. Louis Cardinals 8, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bud Harrelson ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .264

Ken Boswell 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .242

Dave Marshall rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .241

Cleon Jones lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .307

Donn Clendenon 1b 4 2 1 1 0 2 .234

Mike Jorgensen cf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .236

Bob Aspromonte 3b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .248

Duffy Dyer c 3 0 1 1 0 2 .283

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .275

- Jerry Grote c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288

Jon Matlack p 2 0 0 0 1 2 .000

- Danny Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167

- Ken Singleton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242

- Charlie Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Lou Brock lf 3 1 0 0 1 1

- Luis Melendez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ted Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Matty Alou ph 1 1 1 0 0 0

- Moe Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Frank Linzy p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ted Simmons c 3 1 2 1 1 0

Joe Torre 3b 4 0 1 3 0 0

Jose Cardenal rf 4 0 0 0 0 1

Joe Hague 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2

Jose Cruz cf 3 1 0 0 1 1

Dal Maxvill ss 3 2 1 0 1 0

Al Santorini p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Chuck Taylor p 2 1 1 1 0 1

- Jim Beauchamp ph 1 1 1 2 0 0

- Julian Javier 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 0

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 x 8 7 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jon Matlack (L,0-1) 6.2 4 5 5 3 6 4.61

Danny Frisella 0.1 3 3 3 1 0 2.28

Charlie Williams 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Al Santorini 2.2 5 4 4 3 1

Chuck Taylor (W) 4.1 2 0 0 0 6

Moe Drabowsky 0.1 1 1 1 2 1

Frank Linzy (Save) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0

WP: Jon Matlack.
2B: Cleon Jones (13), Ken Boswell (15), Duffy Dyer (6), Jim Beauchamp, Joe Torre.
3B: Chuck Taylor.
HR: Donn Clendenon (7).
Intentional Walks: Lou Brock.
SB: Donn Clendenon (1), Dave Marshall (3).
CS: Mike Jorgensen (2).

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