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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Mets

1969-06-22 · Day game · Shea Stadium · 2:38

New York Mets defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–1. New York Mets put up 3 in the 4th. Gary Gentry earned the win and Cal Koonce picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
NYN	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0		5	13

W: Gary Gentry L: Steve Carlton SV: Cal Koonce

Umpires — HP: Shag Crawford · 1B: Chris Pelekoudas · 2B: Doug Harvey · 3B: Frank Dezelan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	5	1	1	0	0	0
Vic Davalillo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vada Pinson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Torre	3	0	1	1	1	2
Tim McCarver	4	0	1	0	0	0
Julian Javier	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Shannon	3	0	1	0	1	0
Dal Maxvill	1	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Carlton	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chuck Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill White	0	0	0	0	1	0
Boots Day	2	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Huntz	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bud Harrelson	4	2	3	1	1	1
Tommie Agee	5	1	2	2	0	1
Cleon Jones	3	0	3	1	2	0
Donn Clendenon	3	0	1	1	2	1
Ron Swoboda	5	0	0	0	0	5
Ed Charles	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Grote	4	0	3	0	0	0
Al Weis	4	1	1	0	0	2
Gary Gentry	4	1	0	0	0	3

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Carlton	3.1	8	2	7
Chuck Taylor	2.2	4	0	3
Ron Willis	2.0	1	3	4

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gary Gentry	8.1	6	4	6
Cal Koonce	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: S9
Vic Davalillo: 3/G.1-2
Vada Pinson: 43.2-3
Joe Torre: S7.3-H
Tim McCarver: 4/P

Bot 1

Bud Harrelson: K
Tommie Agee: K
Cleon Jones: W
Donn Clendenon: W.1-2
Ron Swoboda: K

Top 2

Julian Javier: K
Mike Shannon: 9/F
Dal Maxvill: W
Steve Carlton: K

Bot 2

Ed Charles: 63
Jerry Grote: S7
Al Weis: K
Gary Gentry: K

Top 3

Lou Brock: 3/G
Vic Davalillo: 43
Vada Pinson: D9
Joe Torre: K

Bot 3

Bud Harrelson: S7
Tommie Agee: S7.1-2
Cleon Jones: S8/78.2-H;1-2
Donn Clendenon: S8.2-H;1-2
Ron Swoboda: K/C
Ed Charles: K+CS3(25)/DP

Top 4

Tim McCarver: 3/L
Julian Javier: 7/F
Mike Shannon: 63

Bot 4

Jerry Grote: S9
Al Weis: S9.1-2
Gary Gentry: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Bud Harrelson: S9.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Tommie Agee: S9.3-H;2-H
Cleon Jones: S9.1-3
Donn Clendenon: 4/P
Ron Swoboda: K

Top 5

Dal Maxvill: 63
Chuck Taylor: K
Lou Brock: 7/F

Bot 5

Ed Charles: E5/G
Jerry Grote: SB2#
Jerry Grote: 7/L
Al Weis: 53
Gary Gentry: K

Top 6

Vic Davalillo: 43
Vada Pinson: 8/L
Joe Torre: W
Tim McCarver: S9.1-2
Julian Javier: K

Bot 6

Bud Harrelson: S9
Tommie Agee: 64(1)3/GDP
Cleon Jones: S8
Donn Clendenon: K

Top 7

Mike Shannon: D8/78
Bill White: W
Boots Day: 6/P
Lou Brock: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Vic Davalillo: 4/P

Bot 7

Ron Swoboda: K
Ed Charles: 53
Jerry Grote: S7
Al Weis: K

Top 8

Vada Pinson: 9/F
Joe Torre: K
Tim McCarver: 9/F

Bot 8

Gary Gentry: K/C
Bud Harrelson: W
Tommie Agee: 3/FL
Cleon Jones: W.1-2
Donn Clendenon: WP.2-3;1-2
Donn Clendenon: IW
Ron Swoboda: K

Top 9

Julian Javier: 2/FL
Mike Shannon: W
Steve Huntz: S9.1-2
Boots Day: 3/L
Lou Brock: 3/G