1969 NL NY Mets in 1st Place! September 24th

The New York Mets moved into 1st place tonight, past the idle Pittsburgh Pirates, with a 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Gary Gentry threw a 4 hit shutout against the Cardinals while getting his 14th win of the year. The Mets are now on top of the NL East for the 1st time this season. With just a week left, New York has a .5 game lead over Pittsburgh and 3.5 over the Chicago Cubs.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 St. Louis Cardinals At 1969 New York Mets            9/24/1969
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Brock LF          4  0  1  0 .295     B.Harrelson SS      4  0  1  1 .220  
  C.Flood CF          4  0  1  0 .277     T.Agee CF           5  1  2  1 .279  
  V.Pinson RF         4  0  1  0 .277     C.Jones LF          4  2  2  0 .354  
  J.Torre 1B          4  0  0  0 .271     D.Clendenon 1B      3  0  0  1 .252  
  T.McCarver C        4  0  0  0 .292     R.Swoboda RF        4  0  0  1 .234  
  M.Shannon 3B        2  0  1  0 .280     E.Charles 3B        3  0  1  2 .205  
  J.Javier 2B         4  0  0  0 .264     J.Grote C           4  0  2  0 .242  
  D.Maxvill SS        2  0  0  0 .174     A.Weis 2B           4  2  3  0 .192  
A-B.Browne PH         1  0  0  0 .227     G.Gentry P          1  1  0  0 .130  
B-S.Huntz SS          0  0  0  0 .187                                          
  S.Carlton P         2  0  0  0 .147                                          
C-B.White PH          1  0  0  0 .250                                          
  D.Giusti P          0  0  0  0 .147                                          
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         Totals      32  0  4  0                 Totals      32  6 11  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Maxvill In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Browne In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Carlton In 8th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  4
Mets............ 0 0 0  1 3 1  0 1    -  6 11  1
 
Cardinals (68-88)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Carlton LOSS(11-14)     7       9   5   3   3   3   0 127   3.19
D.Giusti                  1       2   1   1   0   1   0  18   3.79
Totals                    8      11   6   4   3   4   0
 
Mets (89-68)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
G.Gentry WIN(14-11)       9       4   0   0   2   4   0 130   2.61
Totals                    9       4   0   0   2   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 54,372 DATE- Wednesday, September 24th 1969 TIME- Night 
T- 2:17
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 7  Mets: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 4  Mets: 0
ERRORS- M.Shannon, D.Maxvill-2, S.Carlton, R.Swoboda
DOUBLES- A.Weis(8th)
STOLEN BASES- L.Brock(64th)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Gentry-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Charles
WALKS- M.Shannon-2, B.Harrelson, D.Clendenon, G.Gentry
STRIKE OUTS- M.Shannon, D.Maxvill, B.Browne, S.Carlton, B.Harrelson,
             D.Clendenon, E.Charles, G.Gentry
GIDP- T.Agee, E.Charles, A.Weis
2-out RBI- B.Harrelson
 
Al Weis had 3 base hits and Gary Gentry went 9 solid innings at Shea Stadium
where the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals by the score of 6 to
0.
 
St. Louis never recovered after New York took the lead in the bottom of the
4th inning scoring a single run on 3 hits.  Cleon Jones lined a one-base hit.
Donn Clendenon stepped into the batter's box and he reached on an error.
After an out was recorded, Ed Charles came up and he lashed a single.  Jerry
Grote stepped in and he slapped a base-hit to load the bases.  Weis came up
to bat and grounded into a double play.  New York totaled 11 hits on the
night.  
 
For Gentry(14-11) it was his 6th shutout this year. Steve Carlton(11-14) took
the loss.  'I thought it was my best performance in a long time,' said
Gentry. 'I had good command early in the game. I had my control and composure
and everything went well.'

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