85-Mets 3, 63-Cardinals 1

I took a different approach with this write-up. St. Louis' manager, Mike Roberts and I were chatting on AIM during the game. He gave me some great updates and rather than have him do a "special" write-up or have Andy create one I figured I'd cut and past his comments during the 4 game set:

GAME 1: Doc vs Broglio. Flood leads off the game with a singleno score in the third...Altman gets hurt chasing down a fly ball. Mets push across a run in the fourth. 1-0 NYCards plate two in the top of the eighth on run scoring singles by Flood and Groat; 2-1 StL in the bottom of the 8th. Doc was dominant until the 8th. Ron Taylor sets the Mets down in order in the bottom half. On to the 9th...Mets with runners on first and second and one out in the ninth! Tense!! Foster is up Holy cow!! Foster struck out, but HoJo doubled in the tying run! Carter came around third for the game winner, but Charlie James, subbing for Atlman, gunned him down! Extra frames. Cards get one in the 13th, win it 3-2

GAME 2: is Gibson and Darling. Well, the Mets take that one 6-3. Gibby was throwing bullets, but Foster hit a three run bomb in the sixth.

GAME 3: Jeez, despite 17 Cardinal hits and three Met errors, Mets win game three 7-6 in 11 innings"I can't get Groat to execute the hit and run. It's failed every time". Man, any kind of start at all by Simmons in game three, and I would have won that one and split. Simmons had a 2.48 ERA, but was roughed up early and I lost 7-6 in 11.

GAME 4: NY is blowing me out in game four. 6-0 in the third. Sadecki getting hammered, vs El Sid. I got two back, but he came back with two. 8-2 now. Man, The Mets doing a lot of stealing, even with a 10-3 lead in the 8th. He walloped me 12-3 in the finale.

That was a good Met team. They'll be tough because Doc is a real stopper. Ironically the only game I won was when Doc started. Flood hit a ton in the series. He might be the league leader after the first round. He was on base all series, but I couldn't get a successful h&r from Groat, who in real was a great h&r guy. Flood is hitting .588, mostly singles though.