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Saturday May 6, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

The Padres, who had lost to Tom Seaver 10 straight times over his career, finally ended the mastery of the ace righthander by defeating the Mets, 6-2. Ed Kranepool accounted for the Mets' runs with a homer, but Nate Colbert was more potent for the Padres against Seaver, driving in two runs with a double in the sixth inning and two more with a homer in the eighth.

As a result, Seaver was handed his first loss of the season and was turned back in a bid for the 100th victory of his career with the Mets. [The Sporting News]


San Diego Padres 6, New York Mets 2

Game Played on Saturday, May 6, 1972 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Padres       0  0  0    0  0  2    0  4  0  -   6 10  1
Mets         0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  2


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomas 2b             5   0   0   0     0   3   .182      Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     0   1   .265
Hernandez ss          5   2   1   0     0   0   .154      Boswell 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .173
Lee lf                4   2   3   1     0   0   .395      Agee cf               3   0   0   0     1   2   .266
Colbert 1b            3   1   2   4     1   0   .278      Staub rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .284
Stahl cf              4   1   1   0     0   2   .161      Jones lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .311
Brown rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .196      Fregosi 3b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .266
Kendall c             4   0   2   0     0   1   .250      Kranepool 1b          3   1   3   2     0   0   .255
Campbell 3b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Martinez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Greif p               3   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Grote c               2   0   0   0     1   2   .286
  Caldwell p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Seaver p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .133
                                                            Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Beauchamp ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .154

Totals               35   6  10   5     2   9             Totals               32   2   6   2     2  11

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 19,048
Left on Base: Padres 5, Mets 7
DP: Padres 0, Mets 0
Errors: Greif, Fregosi 2
Doubles: Lee 2 (3), Colbert (3), Kranepool (3)
Home Runs: Colbert (6), Kranepool (2)
Stolen Bases: Harrelson (2)
Caught Stealing: Campbell (1), Harrelson (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Campbell (2), Grote (2)
Hit by Pitch: Harrelson (2,by Greif)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Greif W(2-3)            7.1   5   2   2   2   8   1  30   5.55
Caldwell SV(2)          1.2   1   0   0   0   3   0   6   1.74
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2  11   1  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver L(4-1)           8    10   6   4   2   8   1  35   2.09
Frisella                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.25
Totals                  9    10   6   4   2   9   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Greif (3)
Wild Pitches: Seaver (1)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Doug Harvey


PADRES 1ST: Thomas struck out; Hernandez flied to right in foul
territory; Lee doubled to right; Colbert walked; Stahl struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson was hit by a pitch; Harrelson stole second;
Boswell lined to center; Agee struck out; Staub reached on an
error by Greif [Harrelson to third]; Jones forced Staub (third
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 0.

PADRES 2ND: Brown flied to center; Kendall struck out; Campbell
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Fregosi singled to left; Kranepool homered [Fregosi
scored]; Grote struck out; Seaver was called out on strikes;
Harrelson struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 2.

PADRES 3RD: Greif struck out; Thomas grounded out (pitcher to
first); On a bunt Hernandez made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 2.

METS 3RD: Boswell was called out on strikes; Agee struck out;
Staub flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 2.

PADRES 4TH: Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert
popped to shortstop; Stahl was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 2.

METS 4TH: Jones grounded out (second to first); Fregosi popped
to shortstop; Kranepool doubled to right; Grote was walked
intentionally; Seaver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
0, Mets 2.

PADRES 5TH: Brown walked; Kendall singled to left [Brown to
second]; Campbell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Brown to third, Kendall to second]; Greif was called out on
strikes; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0,
Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Harrelson singled to right; Harrelson was caught
stealing second (catcher to first to second to catcher); Boswell
grounded out (first to pitcher); Agee grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 2.

PADRES 6TH: Hernandez reached on an error by Fregosi; Lee
singled to left [Hernandez to second]; Colbert doubled to center
[Hernandez scored (unearned), Lee scored, Colbert out at third
(center to second to first)]; Stahl popped to third; Brown
popped to second; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Staub grounded out (first to pitcher); Jones struck
out; Fregosi flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2,
Mets 2.

PADRES 7TH: Kendall singled to left; Campbell forced Kendall
(third to second); On a bunt Greif made an out to third;
Campbell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: Kranepool singled to right; Grote out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Kranepool to second]; Seaver grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Kranepool to third]; Harrelson flied
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets 2.

PADRES 8TH: Thomas flied to left; Hernandez singled; Lee doubled
to left [Hernandez scored]; Colbert homered [Lee scored]; Stahl
singled to right; Brown singled to left [Stahl to third, Brown
out at second (left to shortstop to second)]; Kendall reached on
an error by Fregosi [Stahl scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Seaver
threw a wild pitch [Kendall to second]; Campbell was called out
on strikes; 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: Boswell flied to left; Agee walked; CALDWELL REPLACED
GREIF (PITCHING); Staub singled to right [Agee to second]; Jones
forced Staub (shortstop to second) [Agee to third]; Fregosi
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 2.

PADRES 9TH: FRISELLA REPLACED SEAVER (PITCHING); Caldwell flied
to center; Thomas struck out; Hernandez popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 2.

METS 9TH: MARTINEZ BATTED FOR KRANEPOOL; Martinez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Grote struck out; BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR
FRISELLA; Beauchamp struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 6,
Mets 2.



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