Tom Seaver, who pitched five scoreless innings before being forced off the mound by a sore left hip, received credit for his first victory since June 1 when the Mets defeated the Phillies, 3-1. Steve Carlton was the loser on two circuit clouts by John Milner, who became the first lefthanded batter to homer off the Phils' southpaw ace this season. Rusty Staub accounted for the Mets' final run with a round-tripper off Mac Scarce in the eighth.

Although the Mets committed five errors, the Phils were unable to score until the ninth. Del Unser and Tommy Hutton each singled to chase Bob Miller, who had relieved Seaver. Tug McGraw took over and induced Mike Anderson to ground into a double play. Bob Boone then walked and Bill Robinson beat out an infield hit, scoring Unser, but Dave Cash flied out to end the game. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Friday, June      21, 1974 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  1    0  1  0  -   3  7  4
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  8  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garrett ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .170      Cash 2b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .315
Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   1   .275
Staub rf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .269      Schmidt 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .320
Jones lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .261      Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .241
Milner 1b             4   2   2   2     0   1   .254      Unser cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .304
Hahn cf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .326      Hutton lf             2   0   1   0     2   0   .202
Grote c               3   0   2   0     1   0   .269      Anderson rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .281
Boswell 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .303      Boone c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .233
Seaver p              1   0   0   0     1   0   .065      Carlton p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .170
  Miller p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .200        Rogodzinski ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Robinson ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .251

Totals               33   3   7   3     3   7             Totals               34   1   8   1     3   4

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 28,262
Left on Base: Mets 6, Phillies 9
DP: Mets 1, Phillies 1
Errors: Millan 3, Grote
Doubles: Anderson (13)
Home Runs: Milner 2 (11), Staub (10)
Caught Stealing: Unser (4)
GIDP: Boswell (4), Anderson (6)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(4-6)           5     3   0   0   2   3   0  20   3.64
Miller                  3     4   1   1   0   1   0  13   3.41
McGraw SV(2)            1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   7.41
Totals                  9     8   1   1   3   4   0  37

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(9-5)          7     6   2   2   3   4   2  29   2.98
Scarce                  2     1   1   1   0   3   1   7   4.46
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3   7   3  36

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - John McSherry


METS 1ST: Garrett flied out to right; Millan struck out; Staub
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa was
called out on strikes; Millan dropped a foul fly hit by Schmidt
for an error; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 2ND: Jones lined to second; Milner grounded out (second to
first); Hahn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Montanez grounded out (third to first); Unser
singled to shortstop; Unser was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Hutton walked; Grote dropped a foul fly hit by
Anderson for an error; Anderson forced Hutton (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 3RD: Grote singled to right; Boswell grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Grote out at second];
Seaver walked; Garrett singled to pitcher [Seaver to second];
Millan forced Seaver (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone flied out to center; Carlton struck out;
Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 4TH: Staub popped to third; Jones struck out; Milner
homered; Hahn walked; Grote singled to center [Hahn to second];
Boswell singled to second [Hahn to third, Grote to second];
Seaver grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Mets 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa made an out to second; Schmidt singled;
Montanez struck out; Unser reached on an error by Millan
[Schmidt to third, Unser to second (error by Millan)]; Hutton
was walked intentionally; Anderson forced Hutton (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 0.

METS 5TH: Garrett flied out to left; Millan lined to third;
Staub popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Boone flied out to center; Carlton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cash singled to center; Bowa popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 0.

METS 6TH: Jones lined to third; Milner homered; Hahn struck out;
Grote walked; Boswell forced Grote (second to shortstop); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: MILLER REPLACED SEAVER (PITCHING); Schmidt struck
out; Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); Unser flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 0.

METS 7TH: Miller struck out; Garrett flied out to right; Millan
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Hutton grounded out (pitcher to first); Anderson
doubled to right; Boone flied out to center; ROGODZINSKI BATTED
FOR CARLTON; Rogodzinski flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 0.

METS 8TH: SCARCE REPLACED ROGODZINSKI (PITCHING); Staub homered;
Jones struck out; Milner struck out; Hahn grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa
singled to center; Schmidt flied out to left; Montanez grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 0.

METS 9TH: Grote grounded out (second to first); Boswell flied
out to center; Miller struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Unser singled to second; Hutton singled to right
[Unser to second]; MCGRAW REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Anderson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Unser to third, Hutton out at second]; Boone walked; ROBINSON
BATTED FOR SCARCE; Robinson singled to shortstop [Unser scored,
Boone to second]; Cash flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 1.