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

In a thriller at the Circle, the Mets tallied an unearned run in the 8th to edge the Cardinals, 2-1. Bill Beauchesne went the distance for the Mets, scattering 8 hits and 1 walk while striking out 4. For the Cardinals, Conrad Paquette took a tough loss, allowing 8 hits and 0 earned runs with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts over 7.2 innings. The Cardinals opened the scoring in the 4th when Jim O'Connell crushed a pitch the opposite way to right field for a triple and scored on a grounder by Carlos Portocarrero. In the bottom of the frame, the Mets tied the game on Seth Grossman's line-drive double to the gap in right-center. The score remained even at 1 until the bottom of the 8th. With 2 outs, Al Becker doubled and the inning stayed alive when Grossman reached on an infield error. Kit Kadlec then lofted a fly ball to shallow right that appeared to be the final out, but it was dropped and Becker raced home with the winning run.

Bill Beauchesne and Conrad Paquette locked up in a pitchers' duel at the Circle.