Game #1 September 11 at Shea Stadium -- The Cardinals put 2 runs each on the board in the 1st and 2nd innings, including a 2-run home run by
Bill White and went on to a 5-2 win over the Metropolitans.
Curt Simmons (2-1) tossed 6 IP for the W.
Don Dennis (2) added the save.
Dennis Ribrant (2-4) started and lost for New York.
Joe Christopher led all batters with 3 hits.
Game #2 September 12 at Shea Stadium -- Steve Carlton (3-0) fired 7 innings of shut out ball, scattering 6 hits while striking out 8 and walking just 1.
Dick Washburn tacked on two more scoreless innings as the Redbirds won easily 7-0.
Stan Musial's 2-run single in the 3rd was one of the offensive highlights.
White and
Curt Flood also chipped in 2 hits apiece. The Mets
Frank Thomas led all batters with 3 hits.
Game #3 September 13 at Busch Stadium -- Galen Cisco (2-2) was the hero in this one as pitching continued to be the dominant story in this series.
Cisco's 8 strong IP led to a 3-1 NY win. He surrendered just 4 hits.
Tug McGraw (3) secured the final 3 outs for the save after allowing the potential tying runs to reach.
Game #4 September 14 at Busch Stadium -- Bob Gibson (3-3) vs.
Tom Seaver (3-3) was always one of the "Don't Miss" pitching matchups of the 1960s. The stadium was packed with plenty of red on display, however, a pitching duel was not what happened. Instead, it was one-sided dominance by
Gibby. The intense, fireballer from Omaha fanned 10 Mets and yielded 7 hits through 9 complete in a 6-0 whitewashing. The Cards went up 1-0 in the first when
Seaver inexplicably walked 3 straight after a
Dick Groat double. In the 3rd,
Flood's lead-off homer highlighted a 2-run inning.
Mike "Moonman" Shannon put on the finishing touches in the 8th when he launched a 3-run PH bomb.
