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New York Mets @ St. Louis Cardinals

1976-04-20 · Night game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 7260 · 2:34

New York Mets defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8–0. New York Mets put up 4 in the 1st. Jon Matlack earned the win. Felix Millan went 3-for-6 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	14
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6

W: Jon Matlack L: Lynn McGlothen SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bruce Froemming · 1B: Jerry Dale · 2B: Ed Sudol · 3B: Bob Engel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wayne Garrett	5	1	2	1	1	1
Felix Millan	6	2	3	2	0	0
John Milner	2	1	1	2	2	0
Ed Kranepool	3	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Kingman	3	0	0	0	0	2
Del Unser	4	1	1	2	0	0
Jerry Grote	4	1	3	0	1	0
Mike Phillips	5	0	2	0	0	0
Jon Matlack	4	1	0	0	0	1
Joe Torre	2	0	1	1	0	0
Bruce Boisclair	2	0	0	0	0	0
Benny Ayala	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Bake McBride	2	1	0	1
Don Kessinger	4	1	0	0
Mike Anderson	3	1	1	0
Ted Simmons	3	0	0	0
Reggie Smith	3	1	1	1
Hector Cruz	4	1	0	0
Keith Hernandez	4	0	0	1
Vic Harris	2	1	1	1
Lynn McGlothen	1	0	0	1
Luis Melendez	2	0	0	1
Doug Clarey	1	0	0	1
Willie Crawford	1	0	0	0
Ken Rudolph	1	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Matlack	9.0	6	3	7

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lynn McGlothen	3.0	6	1	2
Danny Frisella	2.0	1	1	0
Mike Wallace	1.0	1	1	1
Mike Proly	2.0	3	1	0
John Curtis	1.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wayne Garrett: S7
Felix Millan: HR/7.1-H
John Milner: 31
Ed Kranepool: D9
Dave Kingman: K
Del Unser: HR/9.2-H
Jerry Grote: S8
Mike Phillips: 8

Bot 1

Bake McBride: S7
Don Kessinger: 46(1)3/GDP
Mike Anderson: D9
Ted Simmons: 63

Top 2

Jon Matlack: E4
Wayne Garrett: W.1-2
Felix Millan: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
John Milner: HR/9.3-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Ed Kranepool: 5/FL

Bot 2

Reggie Smith: D7
Hector Cruz: 3/FL
Keith Hernandez: 8
Vic Harris: K/C

Top 3

Dave Kingman: K
Del Unser: HP
Jerry Grote: 7
Mike Phillips: 5/P

Bot 3

Lynn McGlothen: K
Bake McBride: K
Don Kessinger: 7

Top 4

Jon Matlack: HP
Wayne Garrett: 5/P
Felix Millan: 4/P
John Milner: W.1-2
Ed Kranepool: 8

Bot 4

Mike Anderson: W
Ted Simmons: 54(1)3/GDP
Reggie Smith: 5/L

Top 5

Dave Kingman: 3/P
Del Unser: 7
Jerry Grote: S7
Mike Phillips: 3/G

Bot 5

Hector Cruz: 3/G
Keith Hernandez: K
Vic Harris: S8
Luis Melendez: K

Top 6

Jon Matlack: 7
Wayne Garrett: K
Felix Millan: S8
John Milner: WP.1-2
John Milner: W
Joe Torre: 8

Bot 6

Doug Clarey: K
Don Kessinger: S
Mike Anderson: 54(1)/FO
Ted Simmons: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Bruce Boisclair: 31
Del Unser: 31
Jerry Grote: W
Mike Phillips: S7.1-2
Jon Matlack: 36(1)/FO

Bot 7

Reggie Smith: K
Hector Cruz: S7
Keith Hernandez: 46(1)/FO
Vic Harris: W.1-2
Luis Melendez: 9

Top 8

Wayne Garrett: 43
Felix Millan: S7
Benny Ayala: 8
Joe Torre: T8.1-H
Bruce Boisclair: 8

Bot 8

Willie Crawford: 63
Don Kessinger: 53
Mike Anderson: 7

Top 9

Del Unser: 63
Jerry Grote: S7
Mike Phillips: S7.1-2
Jon Matlack: K/C
Wayne Garrett: S8.2-H;1-3
Felix Millan: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Ken Rudolph: 63
Reggie Smith: W
Hector Cruz: 13.1-2
Keith Hernandez: 3/G

Notes & reviews

Matlack threw a retaliatory pitch near McGlothen's head; Matlack was warned by HP umpire Froemming; Mets Harrelson ran onto the field to argue the warning and was ejected by Froemming
Cardinals McGlothen and manager Schoendienst ejected by HP umpire Froemming; McGlothen threw two pitches inside to Matlack before hitting him with the third pitch; both benches cleared; Mets Kingman charged pitcher McGlothen but was tackled by Cardinals Hernandez
Debut game for Doug Clarey

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