4/1/1972, SPK72-NYM72, Shea Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1972 Sparkplugs 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1972 Mets 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 14 15 16 17 R H E LOB DP 1972 Sparkplugs 0 0 0 0 2 5 16 2 14 1 1972 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 1 18 2 Sparkplugs AB R H BI AVG Mets AB R H BI AVG McAuliffe 2b 5 0 1 0 .200 Alou,M rf 8 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 .000 Aparicio ss 8 2 4 0 .500 Taylor,T ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Mota cf 7 1 2 1 .286 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 .000 Herrmann c 8 0 4 2 .500 Grote ph 0 0 0 0 .000 Money 3b 3 0 1 0 .333 Gossage p 1 0 0 0 .000 Garvey ph 5 0 2 0 .400 Hamilton,D p 0 0 0 0 .000 Oglivie lf 8 0 0 0 .000 Callison lf 8 2 5 0 .625 Sizemore 2b 6 0 2 0 .333 Santo 3b 8 0 1 1 .125 Pepitone 1b 8 0 0 0 .000 Stargell 1b 3 0 0 0 .000 Niekro,P p 4 0 1 0 .250 Spencer 1b 0 0 0 0 .000 Miller,R ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Hovley ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Sanders p 0 0 0 0 .000 Howard,F 1b 3 1 1 2 .333 Alvarado ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Stanley,M cf 3 1 2 0 .667 Kison p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lamb p 1 0 0 0 .000 King ph 0 0 0 0 .000 Kubiak,T 2b 4 0 1 0 .250 Stone,G p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lum rf 6 0 0 0 .000 Cumberland,J p 0 0 0 0 .000 Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0 .000 Harris ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Buford ph 1 0 1 0 1.000 68 3 16 3 Harrah ss 3 0 1 0 .333 Oates c 6 1 1 0 .167 Holtzman p 2 0 1 2 .500 Reichardt cf 4 0 1 0 .250 63 5 16 5 Sparkplugs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Holtzman 4.1 7 2 2 2 1 94 55 4.15 Lamb 3.2 2 0 0 0 3 62 38 0.00 Fingers BS 1 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 32 19 4.50 Farmer 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 28 22 0.00 Gossage 2.2 4 0 0 1 2 48 27 0.00 Hamilton,D W 1-0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 15 11 0.00 17.0 16 3 3 4 11 279 172 Mets INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Niekro,P 10.0 12 3 3 2 4 141 89 2.70 Sanders 3.0 2 0 0 1 1 37 21 0.00 Kison 2.0 0 0 0 2 1 25 15 0.00 Stone,G L 0-1 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 12 11 9.00 Cumberland,J 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 18 9 9.00 17.0 16 5 5 6 8 233 145 SPK: Reichardt inserted at cf in the 5th Spencer inserted at 1b in the 8th Kubiak,T inserted at 2b in the 9th Hovley batted for Spencer in the 10th Howard,F inserted at 1b in the 10th Buford batted for Cardenas in the 11th Taylor,T batted for Fingers in the 11th Harrah inserted at ss in the 11th Grote batted for Farmer in the 14th NYM: Garvey batted for Money in the 7th Garvey moved to 3b in the 8th Miller,R batted for Niekro,P in the 10th Alvarado batted for Sanders in the 13th King batted for Kison in the 15th Harris batted for Cumberland,J in the 17th E-Santo, Lum, Oglivie. 2B-Santo(1), Holtzman(1), Kubiak,T(1), Aparicio(1), Garvey(1). 3B-Mota(1). HR-Howard,F(1). RBI-Santo(1), Holtzman 2(2), Howard,F 2(2), Mota(1), Herrmann 2(2). SB-Aparicio(1). K-McAuliffe, Callison, Stargell, Lum, Oates, Lamb, Kubiak,T, Gossage, Alou,M, Aparicio, Mota, Oglivie 3, Pepitone 2, Niekro,P, Miller,R, Alvarado. BB-Stargell, Lum 2, Cardenas, Reichardt, Grote, Mota, Sizemore 2, King. SH-Oates. PB-Herrmann 2. WP-Holtzman, Niekro,P. GWRBI: Howard,F Temperature: 39, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 7 MPH. 4/1/1972, SPK72-NYM72, Shea Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1972 Sparkplugs 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1972 Mets 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 14 15 16 17 R H E LOB DP 1972 Sparkplugs 0 0 0 0 2 5 16 2 14 1 1972 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 1 18 2 Sparkplugs -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ McAuliffe 2b 1>k 8 5>43 63 note 1 Fingers p Taylor,T ph Farmer p Grote ph Gossage p Hamilton,D p Callison lf S 3>S S S k Santo 3b 8 pb.1-2 63.1-2 8 0>3/fl D.2-H Stargell 1b 53 k IW 8>13 Spencer 1b Hovley ph 7 Howard,F 1b Stanley,M cf 2>S note 2 6/f Lamb p k Kubiak,T 2b D Lum rf 9 wp.2-3 6>3/g 8 63 9 Cardenas ss 7 4>63 W 9>8 1>Sanders Buford ph S Harrah ss Oates c S.1-3 2/fl 543/gdp 43 53/SH.1-2 Holtzman p D.3-H;1-H 7 Reichardt cf 7>53 S W 1: S.1-3;B-2(e7) 2: S.2xH(92);B-2 Mets -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Alou,M rf 1>9 43 5>63 5 8 Aparicio ss D S S 6 9>Fingers S Mota cf W S.1-2 T.1-H 7>k SB2 8.2-3 Herrmann c 7 9 S.3-H S S.3-H Money 3b wp.2-3;1-2 4>e9.B-1 S.1-2 63 Garvey ph 7 63/gdp Oglivie lf 2>9 9 Lamb 3/fl 0>k k Sizemore 2b 6/L W.1-2 8 8>e5.B-2 W Pepitone 1b k 7 6>43 9.2-3 54/f.B-1 Niekro,P p 3>8 64/f S k Miller,R ph k Sanders p Alvarado ph Kison p King ph Stone,G p Cumberland,J p Harris ph Sparkplugs -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ McAuliffe 2b Fingers p Taylor,T ph 43.2-3;1-2 Farmer p 4>Kison Grote ph W Gossage p k Hamilton,D p Callison lf 9 8 7>S Santo 3b 2>7 643/gdp note 1 8 Stargell 1b Spencer 1b Hovley ph Howard,F 1b 7 5>9 HR.1-H Stanley,M cf Lamb p Kubiak,T 2b 3/g k 7 Lum rf 3>k W W Cardenas ss Buford ph Harrah ss S 43 pb.1-2 63 Oates c 8 6>Stone,G k(23) Holtzman p Reichardt cf 64/f 6 1: Cumberland,J Mets -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Alou,M rf 1>Farmer 63 k 43 Aparicio ss 53 4>Gossage 13 k Mota cf 7 9 6>43 Herrmann c 2>5/fl S 43 Money 3b Garvey ph 7 S.1-2 D Oglivie lf k 3/g Hamilton,D 23 Sizemore 2b 3>S 5>S 7>7 Pepitone 1b 43.1-2 7 k Niekro,P p Miller,R ph Sanders p Alvarado ph k Kison p King ph W.1-2 Stone,G p Cumberland,J p Harris ph 7 Sparkplugs IN OUT ER Mets IN OUT ER Holtzman A1 C5 2 Niekro,P A1 E6 3 Lamb C6 E1 0 Sanders E7 F9 0 Fingers E2 E9 1 BS 1 Kison G1 G7 0 Farmer F1 G1 0 Stone,G G8 H2 1 L 0-1 Gossage G2 H5 0 Cumberland,J H3 H7 1 Hamilton,D H6 H9 0 W 1-0 4/1/1972, SPK72-NYM72, Shea Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1972 Sparkplugs 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1972 Mets 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 14 15 16 17 R H E LOB DP 1972 Sparkplugs 0 0 0 0 2 5 16 2 14 1 1972 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 1 18 2 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Sparkplugs batting 0-0 0 --- 22 McAuliffe struck out (BBCCS) 0-0 1 --- 01 Callison reached on an infield single to third (CX) 0-0 1 1-- 10 Santo flied out to center (BX) 0-0 2 1-- 32 Stargell grounded out to third (BBFCFB>F>F>F>X) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Mets batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Alou,M flied out to right (BBFFFFBX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Aparicio grounded a double down the third base line (X) 0-0 1 -2- 31 Mota walked (BBBFB) 0-0 1 12- 10 Herrmann flied out to left (BX) 0-0 2 12- 01 Holtzman threw a wild pitch, Aparicio to third, Mota to second (FB) 0-0 2 -23 32 Money grounded out to short (FB.BBFX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Sparkplugs batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Stanley,M grounded a single up the middle (BCX) 0-0 0 1-- 12 Lum flied out to right (CFBX) 0-0 1 1-- 21 Cardenas flied out to left (CBBX) 0-0 2 1-- 10 Oates lined a single to right, Stanley,M to third (BX) 0-0 2 1-3 02 Holtzman lined a double to right center, Stanley,M scored, Oates scored (FFX) 2-0 2 -2- 00 McAuliffe popped out to center (X) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Mets batting 2-0 0 --- 00 Oglivie lined out to right (X) 2-0 1 --- 32 Sizemore lined out to short (FBFBBFX) 2-0 2 --- 12 Pepitone struck out (SBCS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Sparkplugs batting 2-0 0 --- 00 Callison lined a single down the right field line (X) 2-0 0 1-- 01 Herrmann allowed a passed ball, Callison to second (FB) 2-0 0 -2- 21 Santo doubled deep to right center, Callison scored (FB.BX) 3-0 0 -2- 32 Stargell struck out (BFBCBC) 3-0 1 -2- 10 Stanley,M lined a single to shallow right, Santo out at home, Stanley,M to second (BX) 3-0 2 -2- 00 Niekro,P threw a wild pitch, Stanley,M to third (B) 3-0 2 --3 22 Lum flied out to right (B.BFFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Mets batting 3-0 0 --- 02 Niekro,P flied out to center (CFX) 3-0 1 --- 22 Alou,M grounded out to second (SBSBX) 3-0 2 --- 12 Aparicio lined a single to shallow left (BFSFX) 3-0 2 1-- 20 Mota reached on an infield single to first, Aparicio to second (BBX) 3-0 2 12- 10 Herrmann lined out to right (BX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Sparkplugs batting 3-0 0 --- 01 Cardenas grounded out to short (CX) 3-0 1 --- 20 Oates popped out to the catcher (BBX) 3-0 2 --- 12 Holtzman flied out to left (CCBX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Mets batting 3-0 0 --- 22 Money to first on an error by the right fielder Lum (BCCBX) 3-0 0 1-- 21 Oglivie flied out to right (BCBX) 3-0 1 1-- 32 Sizemore walked, Money to second (CBBFBFB) 3-0 1 12- 31 Pepitone flied out to left (BCBBX) 3-0 2 12- 20 Niekro,P grounded to short, forcing Sizemore at second (BBX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Sparkplugs batting 3-0 0 --- 00 McAuliffe grounded out to second (X) 3-0 1 --- 12 Callison grounded a single between first and second (BSSX) 3-0 1 1-- 00 Santo grounded out to short, Callison to second (>X) 3-0 2 -2- 30 Stargell was walked intentionally (IIII) 3-0 2 12- 12 Stanley,M grounded to short, forcing Stargell at second (FBCX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Mets batting 3-0 0 --- 21 Alou,M grounded out to short (CBBX) 3-0 1 --- 00 Aparicio lined a single to right center (X) 3-0 1 1-- 00 Mota lined a triple to left center, Aparicio scored (X) 3-1 1 --3 22 Herrmann grounded a single between first and second, Mota scored (SFFBFBFFX) 3-2 1 1-- 11 Money lined a single to shallow left, Herrmann to second (BSX) Reichardt now playing center field Lamb now pitching 3-2 1 12- 32 Oglivie struck out (BBCBSS) 3-2 2 12- 00 Sizemore flied out to center (X) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Sparkplugs batting 3-2 0 --- 20 Lum grounded out to first (BBX) 3-2 1 --- 30 Cardenas walked (BBBB) 3-2 1 1-- 21 Oates grounded into a double play, Money to Sizemore to Pepitone (BCBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Mets batting 3-2 0 --- 10 Pepitone grounded out to second (BX) 3-2 1 --- 32 Niekro,P lined a single between third and short (BCBFBFFX) 3-2 1 1-- 21 Alou,M popped out to third (BSBX) 3-2 2 1-- 22 Aparicio popped out to short (CBBFFFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Sparkplugs batting 3-2 0 --- 22 Reichardt grounded out to third (BBCFX) 3-2 1 --- 10 McAuliffe grounded out to short (BX) 3-2 2 --- 00 Callison lined a single to shallow center (X) 3-2 2 1-- 12 Santo lined out to center (CBFX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Mets batting 3-2 0 --- 32 Mota struck out (BBCBFS) 3-2 1 --- 31 Herrmann grounded a single between first and second (BBBCX) Garvey pinch hitting for Money 3-2 1 1-- 02 Garvey flied out to left (FSX) 3-2 2 1-- 21 Oglivie popped out to first (BCBX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Sparkplugs batting Garvey moved to third base 3-2 0 --- 00 Stargell grounded out to the mound (X) 3-2 1 --- 22 Lamb struck out (SBFBS) 3-2 2 --- 10 Lum popped out to center (BX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Mets batting Spencer now playing first base 3-2 0 --- 12 Sizemore to second on an error by the third baseman Santo (FFBX) 3-2 0 -2- 22 Pepitone flied out to right, Sizemore to third (CBSBX) 3-2 1 --3 12 Niekro,P struck out (BCFS) 3-2 2 --3 11 Alou,M flied out to center (CBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Sparkplugs batting 3-2 0 --- 22 Cardenas flied out to center (BFBCFX) 3-2 1 --- 01 Oates grounded out to second (CX) 3-2 2 --- 12 Reichardt lined a single to shallow right (BCCX) 3-2 2 1-- 00 McAuliffe lined a single to shallow left, Reichardt to third, McAuliffe to second on an error by the left fielder Oglivie (X) 3-2 2 -23 22 Callison struck out (CFFBFBS) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Mets batting Kubiak,T now playing second base Fingers now pitching 3-2 0 --- 22 Aparicio lined a single up the middle (BBFSX) 3-2 0 1-- 00 Aparicio stole second (>C) 3-2 0 -2- 12 Mota flied out to center, Aparicio to third (>C.BFX) 3-2 1 --3 00 Herrmann grounded a single up the middle, Aparicio scored (X) 3-3 1 1-- 10 Garvey grounded into a double play, Cardenas to Spencer (BX) ************** Top of the 10th inning, Sparkplugs batting 3-3 0 --- 21 Santo popped out to first (BBCX) Hovley pinch hitting for Spencer 3-3 1 --- 02 Hovley flied out to left (SFX) 3-3 2 --- 22 Kubiak,T doubled deep to left center (BBFSX) 3-3 2 -2- 00 Lum grounded out to short (X) ************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Mets batting Howard,F now playing first base 3-3 0 --- 22 Oglivie struck out (BCFBC) 3-3 1 --- 32 Sizemore walked (FSBBFBFB) 3-3 1 1-- 00 Pepitone grounded to third, forcing Sizemore at second, Pepitone to first (X) Miller,R pinch hitting for Niekro,P 3-3 2 1-- 32 Miller,R struck out (FBBBF>C) ************** Top of the 11th inning, Sparkplugs batting Sanders now pitching Buford pinch hitting for Cardenas 3-3 0 --- 00 Buford lined a single to shallow center (X) 3-3 0 1-- 00 Oates sacrifice bunted to third, Buford to second (Xb) 3-3 1 -2- 30 Reichardt walked (BBBB) Taylor,T pinch hitting for Fingers 3-3 1 12- 32 Taylor,T grounded out to second, Buford to third, Reichardt to second (CBBFBX) 3-3 2 -23 11 Callison flied out to right (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 11th inning, Mets batting Harrah now playing shortstop Farmer now pitching 3-3 0 --- 01 Alou,M grounded out to second (FX) 3-3 1 --- 00 Aparicio grounded out to third (X) 3-3 2 --- 00 Mota flied out to left (X) ************** Top of the 12th inning, Sparkplugs batting 3-3 0 --- 20 Santo flied out to left (BBX) 3-3 1 --- 11 Howard,F flied out to left (CBX) 3-3 2 --- 22 Kubiak,T grounded out to first (BBCSX) ************** Bottom of the 12th inning, Mets batting 3-3 0 --- 11 Herrmann popped out to third (CBX) 3-3 1 --- 01 Garvey flied out to left (FX) 3-3 2 --- 12 Oglivie struck out (BSCFS) ************** Top of the 13th inning, Sparkplugs batting 3-3 0 --- 12 Lum struck out (CFBS) 3-3 1 --- 10 Harrah lined a single to shallow right (BX) 3-3 1 1-- 12 Oates flied out to center (FFBX) 3-3 2 1-- 00 Reichardt grounded to short, forcing Harrah at second (1X) ************** Bottom of the 13th inning, Mets batting 3-3 0 --- 21 Sizemore lined a single to right center (BBCX) 3-3 0 1-- 00 Pepitone grounded out to second, Sizemore to second (X) Alvarado pinch hitting for Sanders 3-3 1 -2- 22 Alvarado struck out (CFBFFBS) 3-3 2 -2- 01 Alou,M grounded out to short (CX) ************** Top of the 14th inning, Sparkplugs batting Kison now pitching Grote pinch hitting for Farmer 3-3 0 --- 32 Grote walked (BCBFBB) 3-3 0 1-- 12 Callison lined out to center (BFCX) 3-3 1 1-- 00 Santo grounded into a double play, Aparicio to Sizemore to Pepitone (X) ************** Bottom of the 14th inning, Mets batting Gossage now pitching 3-3 0 --- 02 Aparicio struck out (FFS) 3-3 1 --- 22 Mota lined out to right (BFBFFX) 3-3 2 --- 00 Herrmann grounded a single between first and second (X) 3-3 2 1-- 10 Garvey grounded a single between first and second, Herrmann to second (BX) 3-3 2 12- 10 Oglivie grounded out to first (BX) ************** Top of the 15th inning, Sparkplugs batting 3-3 0 --- 01 Howard,F popped out to right (CX) 3-3 1 --- 12 Kubiak,T struck out (FFBFFS) 3-3 2 --- 31 Lum walked (BFBBB) 3-3 2 1-- 00 Harrah grounded out to second (X) ************** Bottom of the 15th inning, Mets batting 3-3 0 --- 31 Sizemore reached on an infield single to third (BSBBX) 3-3 0 1-- 01 Pepitone flied out to left (FX) King pinch hitting for Kison 3-3 1 1-- 31 King walked, Sizemore to second (CBBBB) 3-3 1 12- 32 Alou,M struck out (FBBBFFS) 3-3 2 12- 22 Aparicio grounded out to the mound (BFBCX) ************** Top of the 16th inning, Sparkplugs batting Stone,G now pitching 3-3 0 --- 02 Oates struck out, Herrmann to Pepitone (FCS) 3-3 1 --- 02 Reichardt popped out to short (CCFX) 3-3 2 --- 12 Gossage struck out (BSCC) ************** Bottom of the 16th inning, Mets batting 3-3 0 --- 10 Mota grounded out to second (BX) 3-3 1 --- 22 Herrmann grounded out to second (BFFBX) 3-3 2 --- 20 Garvey grounded a double down the first base line (BBX) Hamilton,D now pitching 3-3 2 -2- 12 Oglivie grounded out to the catcher (CBSX) ************** Top of the 17th inning, Sparkplugs batting 3-3 0 --- 00 Callison lined a single to left center (X) Cumberland,J now pitching 3-3 0 1-- 21 Santo flied out to center (BBCX) 3-3 1 1-- 00 Howard,F homered deep down the left-field line, Callison scored (>X) 5-3 1 --- 01 Kubiak,T flied out to left (CX) 5-3 2 --- 31 Lum walked (BBBCB) 5-3 2 1-- 00 Herrmann allowed a passed ball, Lum to second (B) 5-3 2 -2- 32 Harrah grounded out to short (B.BFFBX) ************** Bottom of the 17th inning, Mets batting 5-3 0 --- 32 Sizemore flied out to left (CBCBBX) 5-3 1 --- 02 Pepitone struck out (CCFS) Harris pinch hitting for Cumberland,J 5-3 2 --- 00 Harris flied out to left (X)