Tom Seaver turned in his seventh straight complete-game victory, pitching a six-hitter, as the Mets defeated the Phillies, 9-2. The ace righthander fanned seven to increase his league-leading total to 252. His earned-run average, also best in the circuit, dipped to 1.79 since both of the Phillies' runs in the ninth inning were unearned on an error by Tim Foli.

The Mets combined four singles and a triple by Ted Martinez for four runs in the second. Their five other runs followed in the sixth on a single by Jerry Grote, homer by Ken Singleton, triple by Mike Jorgensen, single by Foli, double by Dave Marshall and single by Donn Clendenon. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 9, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Saturday, September 11, 1971 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  6  0
Mets         0  4  0    0  0  5    0  0  x  -   9 15  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stone rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Martinez ss           5   0   2   2     0   0   .295
Bowa ss               4   1   0   0     0   2   .245      Foli 2b               4   1   1   1     0   2   .233
McCarver c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .287      Jones lf              1   0   0   0     1   0   .325
  Koegel c            1   1   1   0     0   0   .286        Marshall pr,lf      3   1   1   1     0   2   .241
Montanez cf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .246      Clendenon 1b          4   0   1   1     0   2   .243
Johnson 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .265      Aspromonte 3b         4   1   1   0     0   1   .228
Luzinski 1b           2   0   1   1     2   0   .314      Grote c               4   2   3   0     0   1   .271
Money 2b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .230      Singleton rf          4   2   3   3     0   0   .252
Gamble lf             3   0   2   0     0   0   .224      Jorgensen cf          4   2   3   1     0   0   .246
Fryman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Seaver p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  Twitchell p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Freed ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
  Muniz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brandon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Hisle ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Selma p             0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000

Totals               31   2   6   2     2   7             Totals               35   9  15   9     1   8

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 19,508
Left on Base: Phillies 5, Mets 6
DP: Phillies 1, Mets 2
Errors: Foli
Doubles: Koegel (1), Marshall (8)
Triples: Martinez (2), Jorgensen (1)
Home Runs: Singleton (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Foli (3), Seaver 2 (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Montanez (11)
GIDP: Johnson (15), Jorgensen (2)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman L(10-6)          1.1   6   4   4   0   1   0  10   3.45
Twitchell               3.2   1   0   0   1   5   0  13   0.00
Muniz                   0.2   5   5   5   0   0   1   7   8.64
Brandon                 1.1   3   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.14
Selma                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.28
Totals                  8    15   9   9   1   8   1  39

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(18-8)          9     6   2   0   2   7   0  34   1.78
Totals                  9     6   2   0   2   7   0  34

Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Satch Davidson


PHILLIES 1ST: Stone flied out to center; Bowa struck out;
McCarver flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Martinez singled to third; Foli out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Martinez to second]; Jones grounded
out (shortstop to first); Clendenon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Montanez popped to third in foul territory;
Johnson singled to center; Luzinski forced Johnson (shortstop to
second); Money flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Aspromonte singled to center; Grote singled to center
[Aspromonte to third]; Singleton singled to right [Aspromonte
scored, Grote to third]; Jorgensen singled to right [Grote
scored, Singleton to second]; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Singleton to third, Jorgensen to second];
Martinez tripled to center [Singleton scored, Jorgensen scored];
TWITCHELL REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); Foli struck out; Jones
walked; MARSHALL RAN FOR JONES; Clendenon popped to first in
foul territory; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 4.

PHILLIES 3RD: MARSHALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Gamble
singled to center; Twitchell struck out; Stone flied out to
left; Bowa struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 4.

METS 3RD: Aspromonte grounded out (shortstop to first); Grote
struck out; Singleton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: McCarver struck out; Montanez grounded out (first
to pitcher); Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 4.

METS 4TH: Jorgensen singled to center; Seaver out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Jorgensen to second]; Martinez grounded
out (second to first) [Jorgensen to third]; Foli struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski walked; Money struck out; Gamble lined
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Luzinski out at first];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 4.

METS 5TH: Marshall struck out; Clendenon was called out on
strikes; Aspromonte popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: FREED BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Freed flied out to
right; Stone flied out to center; Bowa popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 4.

METS 6TH: MUNIZ REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Grote singled to
center; Singleton homered [Grote scored]; Jorgensen tripled to
center; Seaver flied out to left; Martinez popped to first; Foli
singled to left [Jorgensen scored]; Marshall doubled to right
[Foli scored]; BRANDON REPLACED MUNIZ (PITCHING); Clendenon
singled to left [Marshall scored]; Aspromonte was called out on
strikes; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 9.

PHILLIES 7TH: McCarver grounded out (first to pitcher); Montanez
singled; Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Montanez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 0, Mets 9.

METS 7TH: KOEGEL REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING C ); Grote singled
to third; Singleton singled to center [Grote to second];
Jorgensen grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Grote to third, Singleton out at second]; Seaver popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 9.

PHILLIES 8TH: Luzinski walked; Money was called out on strikes;
Gamble singled to right [Luzinski to second]; HISLE BATTED FOR
BRANDON; Hisle flied out to right; Stone grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 9.

METS 8TH: SELMA REPLACED HISLE (PITCHING); Martinez flied out to
center; Foli flied out to right; Marshall was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 9.

PHILLIES 9TH: Bowa reached on an error by Foli [Bowa to first];
Koegel doubled [Bowa to third]; Montanez hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Bowa scored (unearned)]; Johnson struck out; Luzinski
singled to right [Koegel scored (unearned)]; Money popped to
first; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 9.