The Phillies wound up their home season with an attendance record of 1,808,648 and put a winning stamp on that mark by beating the Mets in a twi-night doubleheader, 6-2 and 6.3. The Phillies beat Tom Seaver in the opener when Jay Johnstone walked in the fifth inning, Del Unser singled and Tommy Hutton homered as a pinch-hitter for Ron Schueler.

In the nightcap, the Phillies piled up five of their runs with the aid of two errors in the second inning. Greg Luzinski, Johnstone and Unser singled, with Luzinski scoring the first run when catcher Ron Hodges dropped a throw to the plate. Larry Cox doubled, driving in Johnstone and Unser. Cox was out at third on a grounder by Wayne Twitchell. Larry Bowa tripled, driving in Twitchell. Rich Puig then dropped a pop fly by Mike Schmidt, allowing Bowa to score. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 6, New York Mets 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, September 25, 1974 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  2
Phillies     0  0  0    0  3  1    2  0  x  -   6  9  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hahn cf               5   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Cash 2b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .307
Millan 2b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Milner 1b             2   0   0   0     3   0   .249      Schmidt 3b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .286
Staub rf              5   0   2   0     0   1   .263      Montanez 1b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .311
Kranepool lf          4   1   3   0     0   0   .302      Luzinski lf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .270
Garrett 3b            3   1   0   0     1   2   .216        Martin pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Martinez ss           4   0   1   2     0   2   .219      Johnstone rf          3   1   0   0     1   0   .315
Dyer c                3   0   1   0     1   1   .213        Anderson rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Seaver p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .103      Unser cf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .260
  Espinosa p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Boone c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .245
  Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Schueler p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .120
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Hutton ph           1   1   1   3     0   0   .238
                                                            Christenson p       2   0   0   0     0   2   .000

Totals               35   2   9   2     5   8             Totals               33   6   9   6     2   5

Time of Game: 2:25
Left on Base: Mets 11, Phillies 6
DP: Mets 0, Phillies 0
Errors: Millan, Milner
Doubles: Luzinski (13)
Triples: Martinez (5)
Home Runs: Hutton (4)
Caught Stealing: Martinez (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (20)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver L(11-10)         6     5   4   4   2   4   1  27   3.26
Espinosa                1     4   2   2   0   0   0   6   5.00
Miller                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.70
Totals                  8     9   6   6   2   5   1  36

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schueler W(11-15)       5     7   2   2   3   5   0  24   3.61
Christenson SV(2)       4     2   0   0   2   3   0  16   3.63
Totals                  9     9   2   2   5   8   0  40

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Dick Stello


METS 1ST: Hahn singled to shortstop; Millan popped to third in
foul territory; Milner grounded out (first unassisted) [Hahn to
second]; Staub was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Bowa reached on an error
by Millan; Schmidt struck out; Montanez grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 2ND: Kranepool singled to center; Garrett struck out;
Martinez was called out on strikes; Dyer walked [Kranepool to
second]; Seaver popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (second to first); Johnstone
flied out to center; Unser struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 3RD: Hahn popped to second; Millan popped to second; Milner
walked; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Phillies 0.

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

METS 4TH: Kranepool singled to right; Garrett walked [Kranepool
to second]; Martinez tripled to right [Kranepool scored, Garrett
scored]; Dyer struck out; Martinez was caught stealing home
(catcher unassisted); Seaver singled to left; Hahn forced Seaver
(third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first); Schmidt
struck out; Montanez singled to left; Luzinski popped to second;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 0.

METS 5TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner
grounded out (second to first); Staub singled to right;
Kranepool singled to second [Staub to second]; Garrett struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Johnstone walked; On a bunt Unser singled to third
[Johnstone to second]; Boone grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Johnstone to third, Unser to second]; HUTTON BATTED FOR
SCHUELER; Hutton homered [Johnstone scored, Unser scored]; Cash
popped to catcher in foul territory; Bowa reached on an error by
Milner [Bowa to second]; Schmidt flied out to left; 3 R, 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 3.

METS 6TH: CHRISTENSON REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); Martinez
grounded out (third to first); Dyer grounded out (second to
first); Seaver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: Montanez flied out to left; Luzinski doubled to
left; Johnstone flied out to right; Unser was walked
intentionally; Boone singled to center [Luzinski scored, Unser
to third]; Christenson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets
2, Phillies 4.

METS 7TH: Hahn grounded out (pitcher to first); Millan grounded
out (first unassisted); Milner walked; Staub singled to left
[Milner to third]; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: ESPINOSA REPLACED SEAVER (PITCHING); Cash singled
to center; Bowa out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cash
to second]; Schmidt singled to left [Cash to third]; Montanez
singled to left [Cash scored, Schmidt to second]; Luzinski
singled to center [Schmidt scored, Montanez out at third (center
to first to third)]; MARTIN RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Johnstone flied
out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 6.

METS 8TH: ANDERSON REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PLAYING RF); MARTIN
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Garrett grounded out (shortstop to
first); Martinez was called out on strikes; Dyer singled to
left; BOSWELL BATTED FOR ESPINOSA; Boswell was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: MILLER REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Unser flied
out to right; Boone grounded out (third to first); Christenson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 6.

METS 9TH: Hahn grounded out (first unassisted); Millan flied out
to right; Milner walked; Staub grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 6.