Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Cardinals 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 7 12 4 Mets 0 0 4 0 1 3 x 8 15 2

The Mets rallied for 3 in the 6th and evened the conference final series at 1 by winning a war of attrition with the Cards. Steve Roberts battled through 7 innings for the win. In the 6th, Dave McManus worked a 2-out game-tying walk and William Garnett (3 hits, 3 RBIs) drilled a single to left-center to put the Mets ahead. In the 7th, the Cards drew to within a run and had the tying run on 3rd when Roberts reached back to pick up a game-ending strikeout. For the Mets, Al Becker had his 2nd straight 3-hit game and Chris Sansone also stroked 3 hits, including a big 2-run single in the 3rd-inning rally that got the Mets back in the game. Seth Grossman and Greg Cote added 2 hits apiece. For the Cardinals, Billy MacDougall was 3-for-4 with a 2-run HR in the 1st. Dan Jalbert was also 3-for-4 with a triple and 2 runs scored. Yale Dieckmann cracked a 2-run HR to deep center in the 5th.

Garnett and Sansone came through in the clutch; MacDougall had a big day at the plate