New York Mets 4 – 3 St. Louis Cardinals
15 September 1969 · STL09
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 18-Strikeout Game · 19 | Steve Carlton | 1 in 6,627 games |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | Amos Otis | 1 in 728 player-games |
| 17 | 2 home runs | Ron Swoboda | 1 in 259 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Mets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Box score
New York Mets batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Harrelson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Amos Otis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tommie Agee | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Donn Clendenon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ron Swoboda | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 HR |
| Ed Charles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jerry Grote | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Al Weis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gary Gentry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bobby Pfeil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tug McGraw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
New York Mets pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Gentry | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Tug McGraw | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Brock | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Curt Flood | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vada Pinson | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Torre | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tim McCarver | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Shannon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julian Javier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dal Maxvill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Byron Browne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve Carlton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Phil Gagliano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 37 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Carlton | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 |