A two-run homer by Tommie Agee in the 10th inning climaxed a comeback by the Mets and produced an 8-6 victory over the Padres. Johnny Jeter hit two homers and Derrel Thomas rapped one to pace the Padres to a 6-0 lead after seven innings.

Agee doubled in the eighth, when the Mets rallied for five runs, and singled in the ninth to drive in the tying tally. With one out in the 10th, Bud Harrelson grounded to Enzo Hernandez and reached second on a double error by the Padres' shortstop. After Ted Martinez popped up, Agee capped his heroics with a homer. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 8, San Diego Padres 6
Game Played on Sunday, May       7, 1972 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Padres       1  1  0    0  2  2    0  0  0    0  -   6 10  6
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  5  1    2  -   8 11  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomas 2b             5   2   2   2     0   2   .197      Harrelson ss          5   1   0   0     1   0   .247
Hernandez ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .159      Martinez 2b           6   2   2   0     0   0   .292
Lee lf                4   0   1   0     1   0   .383      Agee cf               6   2   3   3     0   1   .286
Colbert 1b            5   0   0   1     0   2   .260      Staub rf              2   1   1   1     2   0   .290
Brown rf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .180      Jones lf              5   1   2   1     0   0   .318
Kendall c             3   1   2   0     1   1   .290      Fregosi 3b            4   1   1   1     1   1   .265
Jeter cf              4   2   2   3     0   0   .284      Beauchamp 1b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .125
Campbell 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .203        Kranepool ph,1b     0   0   0   1     1   0   .255
Norman p              3   1   1   0     0   1   .250      Grote c               5   0   1   0     0   0   .278
  Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gentry p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .100
  Caldwell p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Hahn ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Corkins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Capra p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schaeffer p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Milner ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .444
  Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dyer ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .500
                                                            McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               38   6  10   6     2   7             Totals               40   8  11   8     6   4

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 21,906
Left on Base: Padres 5, Mets 11
DP: Padres 2, Mets 0
Errors: Thomas 2, Hernandez 2, Lee, Norman
Doubles: Thomas (4), Agee (6), Fregosi (3), Dyer (1)
Triples: Lee (2)
Home Runs: Jeter 2 (3), Thomas (1), Agee (3)
Caught Stealing: Campbell (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Hernandez (4), Staub (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Kranepool (2)
GIDP: Martinez (1), Fregosi (2)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman                  7     6   4   3   4   4   0  32   2.91
Ross                    0     1   1   1   0   0   0   1   2.79
Caldwell                1.1   3   1   1   0   0   0   7   2.31
Corkins                 0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   5.63
Schaeffer               0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0.00
Acosta L(1-1)           1     1   2   0   0   0   1   5   3.09
Totals                  9.2  11   8   5   6   4   1  48

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gentry                  5     5   4   4   2   4   2  22   2.81
Capra                   2     4   2   2   0   0   1   9   5.63
Taylor                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   5.40
McGraw W(1-0)           2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   0.56
Totals                 10    10   6   6   2   7   3  41

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


PADRES 1ST: Thomas doubled to left; Hernandez out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Thomas to third]; Lee walked; Colbert
forced Lee (shortstop to second) [Thomas scored]; Brown flied to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson walked; Martinez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Harrelson out at second]; Agee
reached on an error by Thomas; Staub singled to left [Agee to
second]; Jones forced Staub (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 0.

PADRES 2ND: Kendall struck out; Jeter homered; Campbell flied to
right; Norman struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets
0.

METS 2ND: Fregosi flied to left; Beauchamp struck out; Grote
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets 0.

PADRES 3RD: Thomas struck out; Hernandez popped to second; Lee
lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Gentry struck out; Harrelson flied to right; Martinez
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2,
Mets 0.

PADRES 4TH: Colbert struck out; Brown flied to right; Kendall
walked; Jeter forced Kendall (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Agee grounded out (third to first); Staub walked;
Jones reached on an error by Thomas [Staub to second]; Fregosi
struck out; Beauchamp forced Staub (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets 0.

PADRES 5TH: Campbell flied to center; Norman singled to left;
Thomas homered [Norman scored]; Hernandez flied to center; Lee
tripled to center; Colbert flied to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 4, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Grote singled to third; HAHN BATTED FOR GENTRY; Hahn
flied to left; Harrelson flied to left; Martinez forced Grote
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Mets 0.

PADRES 6TH: CAPRA REPLACED HAHN (PITCHING); Brown grounded out
(first to pitcher); Kendall singled to shortstop; Jeter homered
[Kendall scored]; Campbell singled to right; Norman flied to
left; Campbell was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Agee struck out; Staub walked; Jones singled to center
[Staub to second]; Fregosi grounded into a double play
(shortstop to shortstop to first) [Jones out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 0.

PADRES 7TH: Thomas grounded out (first to pitcher); Hernandez
singled to center; Lee grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Hernandez to second]; Colbert grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Beauchamp grounded out (third to first); Grote
grounded out (shortstop to first); MILNER BATTED FOR CAPRA;
Milner walked; Harrelson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 0.

PADRES 8TH: TAYLOR REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Brown grounded
out (third to first); Kendall singled to right; Jeter forced
Kendall (shortstop to second); Campbell lined to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: Martinez singled to center; Agee doubled to left
[Martinez to third]; Staub reached on an error by Norman
[Martinez scored, Agee to third]; Jones singled to right [Agee
scored, Staub to second]; ROSS REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING);
Fregosi doubled to right [Staub scored (unearned), Jones to
third]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR BEAUCHAMP; CALDWELL REPLACED ROSS
(PITCHING); Kranepool hit a sacrifice fly to center [Jones
scored]; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first) [Fregosi to
third]; DYER BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Dyer doubled to right [Fregosi
scored]; Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first); 5 R (4 ER),
5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 5.

PADRES 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED DYER (PITCHING); KRANEPOOL STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); Caldwell was called out on strikes; Thomas
was called out on strikes; Hernandez flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 5.

METS 9TH: Martinez singled to left [Martinez to second (error by
Lee)]; Agee singled to center [Martinez scored]; Staub out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Agee to second]; CORKINS
REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Jones lined to right; Fregosi
walked; SCHAEFFER REPLACED CORKINS (PITCHING); Kranepool walked
[Agee to third, Fregosi to second]; ACOSTA REPLACED SCHAEFFER
(PITCHING); Grote forced Kranepool (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 6.

PADRES 10TH: Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert was
called out on strikes; Brown grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 6.

METS 10TH: McGraw grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrelson
reached on an error by Hernandez [Harrelson to second (error by
Hernandez)]; Martinez popped to shortstop; Agee homered
(unearned) [Harrelson scored (unearned)]; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 8.