With Cito Gaston in the key role, the Padres defeated the Mets, 4-3, in the 10-inning opener of a doubleheader, but the defending world champions came back to win the nightcap, 3-2. Gaston homered in the fourth inning of the lidlifter and then batted in the winning run with a single in the tenth. Chris Cannizzaro beat out an infield hit to start the overtime stanza, Dave Campbell sacrificed and, after an intentional pass to Steve Huntz, Gaston singled.

Tommie Agee, who batted safely in his 15th straight game, singled for the Mets in the seventh inning of the nightcap and scored the winning run on a double by Joe Foy. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 4, New York Mets 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, May       3, 1970 (Day game) at San Diego Stadium
Mets         0  1  1    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  -   3  5  1
Padres       0  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  0    1  -   4 10  2


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Agee cf               5   0   1   0     0   2   .226      Campbell 2b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .279
Harrelson ss          3   1   0   0     2   1   .306      Huntz ss              4   0   2   0     1   0   .167
Jones lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .203      Gaston cf             5   1   2   2     0   0   .295
Shamsky rf            4   0   1   1     0   2   .278      Murrell lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Clendenon 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .255      Colbert 1b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .212
Foy 3b                4   2   2   0     0   0   .213      Brown rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .247
Garrett 2b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .174      Spiezio 3b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .268
Dyer c                3   0   1   1     1   1   .200      Slocum c              1   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Koosman p             2   0   0   1     0   1   .071        Ferrara ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
  Koonce p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Dean pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Roberts p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Webster ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .176
                                                          Corkins p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .091
                                                            Cannizzaro ph,c     2   1   1   0     0   0   .288

Totals               33   3   5   3     4  12             Totals               37   4  10   4     2   5

Time of Game: 2:47
Left on Base: Mets 6, Padres 6
DP: Mets 2, Padres 0
Errors: Foy, Spiezio, Corkins
Doubles: Foy (3), Colbert (3)
Home Runs: Gaston (3)
Stolen Bases: Harrelson (7), Foy (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Koosman (2)
GIDP: Gaston (2), Cannizzaro (2)
Hit by Pitch: Jones (3,by Ross)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman                 6.1   7   3   2   1   4   1  26   2.60
Koonce L(0-2)           3.1   3   1   1   1   1   0  13   3.48
Totals                  9.2  10   4   3   2   5   1  39

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corkins                 7     5   3   3   3   7   0  28   4.35
Ross                    0     0   0   0   1   0   0   2   4.26
Roberts W(2-2)          3     0   0   0   0   5   0   9   1.48
Totals                 10     5   3   3   4  12   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Ross (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Al Barlick


METS 1ST: Agee flied to right; Harrelson flied to left; Jones
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Campbell flied to left; Huntz singled to left [Huntz
out at second (left to second)]; Gaston lined to shortstop; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

METS 2ND: Shamsky grounded out (first unassisted); Clendenon
grounded out (pitcher to first); Foy doubled to left; Foy was
picked off second but was safe on an error by Corkins [Foy to
third]; Garrett was walked intentionally; Dyer singled to right
[Garrett to second, Foy scored]; Koosman grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Murrell struck out; Colbert doubled to right; Brown
flied to right [Colbert to third]; Spiezio flied to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 3RD: Agee singled to center; Agee was picked off first
(catcher to first); Harrelson walked; Harrelson stole second;
Jones struck out; Shamsky singled to center [Harrelson scored,
Shamsky out at second (center to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Slocum grounded out (shortstop to first); Corkins
was called out on strikes; Campbell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

METS 4TH: Clendenon struck out; Foy grounded out (third to
first); Garrett flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Huntz flied to left; Gaston homered; Murrell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert flied to left; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 1.

METS 5TH: Dyer struck out; Koosman struck out; Agee reached on
an error by Spiezio [Agee to second]; Harrelson struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Brown flied to right; Spiezio struck out; Slocum
walked; Corkins struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2,
Padres 1.

METS 6TH: Jones grounded out (second to first); Shamsky was
called out on strikes; Clendenon flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: Campbell singled to left; Huntz forced Campbell
(third to second); Gaston grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Huntz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 2, Padres 1.

METS 7TH: Foy singled to left; Foy stole second; Garrett flied
to center [Foy to third]; Dyer was walked intentionally; Koosman
out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Dyer to second, Foy
scored]; Agee struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres
1.

PADRES 7TH: Murrell popped to first in foul territory; Colbert
reached on an error by Foy; Brown singled to left [Colbert to
second]; Spiezio singled to left [Brown to second, Colbert
scored (unearned)]; FERRARA BATTED FOR SLOCUM; Ferrara singled
to center [Spiezio to second, Brown scored]; DEAN RAN FOR
FERRARA; KOONCE REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); CANNIZZARO BATTED
FOR CORKINS; Cannizzaro grounded into a double play (third to
first) [Dean to second, Spiezio out at third]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 3.

METS 8TH: ROSS REPLACED DEAN (PITCHING); CANNIZZARO STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); Harrelson walked; Jones was hit by a pitch
[Harrelson to second]; ROBERTS REPLACED ROSS (PITCHING); Shamsky
struck out; Clendenon forced Jones (shortstop to second)
[Harrelson to third]; Foy forced Clendenon (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 3.

PADRES 8TH: Campbell popped to shortstop; Huntz singled to
right; Gaston flied to right; Murrell forced Huntz (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 3.

METS 9TH: Garrett was called out on strikes; Dyer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Koonce was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 3.

PADRES 9TH: Colbert struck out; Brown flied to right; Spiezio
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3,
Padres 3.

METS 10TH: Agee struck out; Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to
first); Jones was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 3, Padres 3.

PADRES 10TH: WEBSTER BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Webster grounded out
(second to first); Cannizzaro singled to third; Campbell
grounded out (third to first) [Cannizzaro to second]; Huntz was
walked intentionally; Gaston singled to left [Huntz to second,
Cannizzaro scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 4.