Consecutive homers by George Theodore, Rusty Staub and Cleon Jones in the fifth inning highlighted a five-run outburst that sent the Mets on their way a to 10-2 victory over the Padres. Lowell Palmer, who was pitching in relief for the Padres, was the victim of the round-trippers. After Larry Hardy took over, the Mets added to more runs in the stanza on doubles by Jerry Grote and Don Hahn and a single by Wayne Garrett. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 10, San Diego Padres 2
Game Played on Saturday, July      20, 1974 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Mets         0  1  0    0  5  3    1  0  0  -  10 16  0
Padres       1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          5   1   1   0     1   0   .250      Hernandez ss          4   1   2   0     0   0   .228
Theodore 1b           5   2   2   1     1   2   .200      Morales 2b            2   0   1   0     2   0   .250
Staub rf              5   2   2   2     1   0   .263      Colbert lf            3   0   0   0     1   2   .202
Jones lf              5   3   2   2     0   0   .277      McCovey 1b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .266
  Schneck lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Winfield cf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .267
Grote c               3   1   3   0     1   0   .288      Gaston rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .251
  Dyer c              1   0   0   0     0   0   .074      Kendall c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Hahn cf               5   1   2   3     0   0   .295      Roberts 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .180
Garrett 3b            2   0   1   0     3   1   .202      Laxton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Martinez 2b           3   0   2   2     0   0   .213        Palmer p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .125
Koosman p             4   0   1   0     1   1   .173        Hardy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Clarke ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
                                                            Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Beckert ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .341

Totals               39  10  16  10     8   4             Totals               33   2   7   2     3   8

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 31,342
Left on Base: Mets 12, Padres 7
DP: Mets 0, Padres 3
Errors: Roberts
Doubles: Grote (7), Hahn (8), Staub (19), Gaston (8)
Home Runs: Theodore (1), Staub (13), Jones (10)
Stolen Bases: Harrelson (6), Hernandez (26)
Sacrifice Flies: Martinez 2 (2)
GIDP: Staub 2 (12), Koosman (1)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(10-7)         9     7   2   2   3   8   0  36   3.36
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   8   0  36

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Laxton                  1.2   0   1   0   3   1   0   9   5.06
Palmer L(1-4)           2.2   5   3   3   2   0   3  13   5.77
Hardy                   1     5   5   5   2   2   0  10   4.79
Tomlin                  1.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   8   5.01
Romo                    2     3   0   0   1   0   0   9   4.00
Totals                  9    16  10   9   8   4   3  49

Wild Pitches: Koosman (3)
Balks: Koosman (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Art Williams


METS 1ST: Harrelson flied to right; Theodore struck out; Staub
lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Hernandez singled to center; Hernandez stole second;
Morales walked; Colbert walked [Hernandez to third, Morales to
second]; McCovey struck out; Winfield grounded out (first
unassisted) [Hernandez scored, Morales to third, Colbert to
second]; Gaston grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 1.

METS 2ND: Jones reached on an error by Roberts [Jones to
second]; Grote walked; Hahn flied to center [Jones to third];
Garrett walked [Grote to second]; Martinez hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Jones scored (unearned)]; Koosman walked [Grote to
third, Garrett to second]; PALMER REPLACED LAXTON (PITCHING);
Harrelson flied to left; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 1,
Padres 1.

PADRES 2ND: Kendall singled to left; Roberts flied to center;
Palmer struck out; Hernandez singled to center [Kendall to
second]; Morales forced Hernandez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 1.

METS 3RD: Theodore walked; Staub grounded into a double play
(shortstop to shortstop to first) [Theodore out at second];
Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Colbert was called out on strikes; McCovey struck
out; Winfield singled to center; Koosman balked [Winfield to
second]; Gaston doubled to right [Winfield scored]; Kendall
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Padres 2.

METS 4TH: Grote singled to right; Hahn flied to right; Garrett
walked [Grote to second]; Martinez singled to pitcher [Grote to
third, Garrett to second]; Koosman grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Martinez out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 4TH: Roberts popped to second; Palmer was called out on
strikes; Hernandez flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
1, Padres 2.

METS 5TH: Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Theodore
homered; Staub homered; Lowell Palmer warned by HP umpire
Doug Harvey after a brushback to Cleon Jones; Jones homered;
HARDY REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Grote doubled to left; Hahn
doubled to left [Grote scored]; Garrett singled to right [Hahn
to third]; Martinez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hahn scored];
Koosman struck out; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 6, Padres 2.

PADRES 5TH: Morales walked; Colbert flied to left; McCovey
popped to first in foul territory; Winfield popped to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 6, Padres 2.

METS 6TH: Harrelson walked; Harrelson stole second; Theodore
struck out; Staub was walked intentionally; Jones singled to
left [Harrelson scored, Staub to second]; Grote singled to left
[Staub to third, Jones to second]; TOMLIN REPLACED HARDY
(PITCHING); Hahn singled to left [Staub scored, Jones scored,
Grote to second]; Garrett struck out; Martinez flied to right; 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 9, Padres 2.

PADRES 6TH: Gaston struck out; Kendall flied to right; Roberts
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 9,
Padres 2.

METS 7TH: Koosman singled to right; Harrelson flied to right;
Theodore forced Koosman (third to second); Staub doubled to
center [Theodore scored]; Jones grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 10, Padres 2.

PADRES 7TH: SCHNECK REPLACED JONES (PLAYING LF); DYER REPLACED
GROTE (PLAYING C ); CLARKE BATTED FOR TOMLIN; Clarke flied to
center; Hernandez popped to first in foul territory; Morales
singled to center [Morales out at second (center to second)]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 10, Padres 2.

METS 8TH: ROMO REPLACED CLARKE (PITCHING); Dyer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hahn grounded out (third to first);
Garrett walked; Martinez singled to center [Garrett to second];
Koosman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 10, Padres 2.

PADRES 8TH: Colbert struck out; McCovey singled to left; Koosman
threw a wild pitch [McCovey to second]; Winfield struck out;
Gaston popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 10, Padres 2.

METS 9TH: Harrelson singled to shortstop; Theodore singled to
center [Harrelson to second]; Staub grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Harrelson to third, Theodore
out at second]; Schneck popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 10, Padres 2.

PADRES 9TH: Kendall popped to first; Roberts grounded out (third
to first); BECKERT BATTED FOR ROMO; Beckert grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 10, Padres 2.