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New York Mets at St Louis Cardinals

May 22, 1981 · 8:05 PM EDT

New York Mets logoNYM41-629
Final
3St Louis Cardinals logoSTL59-43

W: Pat ZachryL: Silvio Martinez

Top performers

Game flow

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Biggest lead NYM by 6 · STL by 2 · 1 lead change

Key plays

  • B1 +19% STLKen Oberkfell triples (1) on a to center fielder Mookie Wilson. Keith Hernandez scores. George Hendrick scores.NYM 0 · STL 2
  • T3 +11% NYMJohn Stearns singles on a to left fielder Sixto Lezcano. Joel Youngblood scores. Dave Kingman to 3rd. Lee Mazzilli to 2nd.NYM 2 · STL 3
  • T3 +11% NYMHubie Brooks walks. Dave Kingman scores. Lee Mazzilli to 3rd. John Stearns to 2nd.NYM 3 · STL 3
  • B3 +15% NYMSixto Lezcano grounds into a double play, third baseman Hubie Brooks to second baseman Wally Backman to first baseman Dave Kingman. Ken Oberkfell out at 2nd. Sixto Lezcano out at 1st.NYM 5 · STL 3
  • T4 +12% NYMJoel Youngblood triples (2) on a to center fielder Tony Scott. Mookie Wilson scores. Wally Backman scores.NYM 7 · STL 3

Team stats

NYMSTL
  • 10Hits5
  • 9Runs3
  • 7Walks5
  • 6Strikeouts6
  • 0Errors1
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  • 1Stolen bases2
  • .278Batting average.161
  • .395On-base %.278
  • .361Slugging.226
  • 3.00ERA7.00
  • 15Left on base16

1981 NL East Standings

WLPCTGB
1STCardinals5943.578—
2WSNationals6048.5562.0
3PHPhillies5948.5512.5
4PIPirates4656.45113.0
5NYMets4162.40018.5
6CHCubs3865.37321.5

Game info

Venue
Busch Stadium I