Amazin's take 3 of 4 from '68 Cards

Game 1: The Great Bob Gibson went the distance and struck out 7 and allowed only 2 to outduel Al Leiter. The Cards jumped out to a 3-0 lead and after yielding 2 in he 7th and 9th innings respectively held on to the victory. Tim McCarver had 2 doubles and an RBI. The game winning run was scored by Lou Brock who doubled and moved to third on a ground out and scored on a Curt Flood single. Derek Bell homered for the Mets.

Game 2: Mike Hampton had a shutout going into the 9th, but tired and yielded 2 runs as the Mets won 7-2. Nelson Briles was horrible as he yielded 6 runs (5 earned) in 6 innings of work. Edgardo Alfonzo homered and knocked in 3 runs. Hampton's ERA is 0.59.

Game 3: It took 11 innings for the Mets to overcome the Cardinals. Mike Bordick (3-5 lead off the inning with a clean single and reached 2nd on a wild pitch and scored 2 pitches later on a Todd Zeile single. Armando Benitez notched the win with 2 solid innings of relief.

Game 4: New York scored 2 in each of the first 2 innings and Glendon Rusch went 7 2/3 innings with 1 run ball. Washburn gave up 4 in 5 innings for the Cards and was chased from the box. Met sub "Super" Joe McEwing went 3 for 4 with a big run scored. Alfonzo knocked in 2.