Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 11, 1969 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 10, 1969
Mets 4, Expos 2 1969 Regular Season Game 4
April 11, 1969
Cardinals 6, Mets 5 Next Game:
April 12, 1969
Cardinals 1, Mets 0

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National League Standings, April 11, 1969

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Tommie
Agee rf
Rod
Gaspar 2b
Ken
Boswell 1b
Cleon
Jones 3b
Ed
Charles lf
Ron
Swoboda c
Jerry
Grote ss
Bud
Harrelson p
Jerry
Koosman

April 11, 1969, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 5

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Lou Brock lf 5 1 0 0 0 1

Curt Flood cf 5 0 0 0 0 0

Vada Pinson rf 5 1 2 1 0 0

Joe Torre 1b 4 3 3 1 1 0

Mike Shannon 3b 5 0 2 2 0 1

Tim McCarver c 5 1 1 1 0 0

Julian Javier 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0

Dal Maxvill ss 3 0 1 1 1 1

Steve Carlton p 4 0 1 0 0 1

- Gary Waslewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .278

Rod Gaspar rf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .412

Ken Boswell 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .467

Cleon Jones 1b 5 2 3 3 0 0 .444

Ed Charles 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .250

Ron Swoboda lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500

Jerry Grote c 3 0 1 1 0 1 .385

Bud Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200

- Ed Kranepool ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429

- Duffy Dyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500

- Jim McAndrew p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Jerry Koosman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Amos Otis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333

- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Al Weis ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

St. Louis Cardinals 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 11 1

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 5 12 2

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Steve Carlton (W) 7.0 9 3 2 1 6

Gary Waslewski 0.1 1 0 0 0 0

Joe Hoerner (Save) 1.2 2 2 2 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman (L,0-1) 7.0 9 4 4 2 2 5.14

Ron Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3.38

Jim McAndrew 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 22.50

Errors: Ken Boswell 2 (5), Dal Maxvill.
WP: Jerry Koosman.
2B: Rod Gaspar (1), Vada Pinson 2, Joe Torre, Mike Shannon.
HR: Cleon Jones (1), Joe Torre.
Intentional Walks: Joe Torre, Julian Javier.
SF: Jerry Grote.
SB: Cleon Jones (2), Lou Brock 2.
CS: Mike Shannon.

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