Although Clay Kirby was pitching a no-hitter, Manager Preston Gomez removed the righthander for a pinch-batter in the eighth inning with the Padres losing, 1-0, but the move failed and the Mets added two runs off reliever Jack Baldschun in the ninth to a clinch 3-0 victory.

Jim McAndrew pitched a three-hitter for the Mets, who scored their run off Kirby in the first inning on a walk to Tommie Agee, a stolen base, another pass to Ken Singleton, a double steal and an infield out by Art Shamsky. After Baldschun replaced Kirby, the Mets loaded the bases on a single by Bud Harrelson, a sacrifice, an intentional pass to Shamsky and a pop single by Cleon Jones. Wayne Garrett then struck out but Joe Foy singled, scoring Harrelson and Mike Jorgensen, who ran for Shamsky. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 3, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Tuesday, July      21, 1970 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Mets         1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  3  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Agee cf               3   1   0   0     1   2   .289      Slocum 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .152
Harrelson ss          4   1   1   0     0   0   .260        Webster ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Singleton rf          2   0   0   0     1   0   .283      Huntz ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .212
Shamsky 1b            3   0   0   1     1   0   .310      Brown rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .286
  Jorgensen pr,1b     0   1   0   0     0   0   .188      Ferrara lf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .239
Jones lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .237      Colbert 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .251
Garrett 2b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .263      Murrell cf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .249
Foy 3b                2   0   1   2     2   1   .255      Spiezio 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Grote c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Barton c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .221
McAndrew p            3   0   0   0     0   0   .120      Kirby p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .175
                                                            Gaston ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .332
                                                            Baldschun p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   3   3   3     6   5             Totals               30   0   3   0     0   9

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 10,373
Left on Base: Mets 5, Padres 3
DP: Mets 0, Padres 0
Doubles: Spiezio (6), Ferrara (9)
Stolen Bases: Agee 2 (21), Singleton (1), Foy (18)
Caught Stealing: Garrett (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Singleton (2)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McAndrew W(5-8)         9     3   0   0   0   9   0  30   4.52
Totals                  9     3   0   0   0   9   0  30

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby L(5-12)           8     0   1   1   5   4   0  28   4.77
Baldschun               1     3   2   2   1   1   0   7   4.50
Totals                  9     3   3   3   6   5   0  35

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Paul Pryor


METS 1ST: Agee walked; Agee stole second; Harrelson popped to
shortstop; Singleton walked; Agee stole third and Singleton
stole second; Shamsky grounded out (second to first) [Singleton
to third, Agee scored]; Jones struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Slocum grounded out (third to first); Huntz popped
to shortstop; Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Padres 0.

METS 2ND: Garrett flied to right; Foy struck out; Grote flied to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Ferrara flied to right; Colbert popped to shortstop;
Murrell flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 3RD: McAndrew grounded out (second to first); Agee was
called out on strikes; Harrelson grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Spiezio doubled to left; Barton grounded out (third
to first); Kirby struck out; Slocum was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 4TH: Singleton flied to left; Shamsky grounded out (first
unassisted); Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Huntz flied to right; Brown flied to right; Ferrara
doubled to left; Colbert flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 5TH: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Foy walked;
Grote flied to center; McAndrew flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Murrell struck out; Spiezio flied to center; Barton
singled to left; Kirby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
1, Padres 0.

METS 6TH: Agee popped to second; Harrelson flied to center;
Singleton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Slocum flied to left; Huntz popped to shortstop;
Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 7TH: Shamsky popped to third in foul territory; Jones
grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett walked; Garrett was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: Ferrara struck out; Colbert popped to catcher in
foul territory; Murrell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 8TH: Foy walked; Foy stole second; Grote grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Foy to third]; McAndrew reached on a
fielder's choice [Foy out at home (first to catcher)]; Agee was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: Spiezio grounded out (shortstop to first); Barton
flied to right; GASTON BATTED FOR KIRBY; Gaston struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 9TH: BALDSCHUN REPLACED GASTON (PITCHING); Harrelson
singled to left; Singleton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Harrelson to second]; Shamsky was walked intentionally;
JORGENSEN RAN FOR SHAMSKY; Jones singled to right [Jorgensen to
second, Harrelson to third]; Garrett was called out on strikes;
Foy singled to left [Jones to second, Jorgensen scored,
Harrelson scored]; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WEBSTER
BATTED FOR SLOCUM; Webster grounded out (shortstop to first);
Huntz struck out; Brown popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 0.