Joe Torre's three-run double with two out in the seventh lifted the Mets to a 3-2 triumph over the Giants on New York manager Yogi Berra's 50th birthday. Torre tagged a pitch from reliever Gary Lavelle, who had struck out Rusty Staub after replacing starter Jim Barr, who had loaded the bases by giving up singles to Mike Phillips, Felix Millan and Del Unser.

Phillips, acquired from the Giants May 3, booted a grounder by Ed Goodson to set up an unearned run, the first of the game, by San Francisco in the seventh. Goodson moved to third on a single by Bruce Miller and scored on a sacrifice fly by Dave Rader. Willie Montanez singled home Chris Speier in the ninth before Tom Hall relieved to preserve the victory for Jon Matlack. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 3, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Monday, May       12, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   2  6  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  x  -   3 11  3


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .342      Phillips ss           4   1   3   0     0   0   .267
Thomas 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .250      Millan 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .228
Murcer rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .252      Unser cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .347
Matthews lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .295      Staub rf              3   0   1   0     1   2   .274
Speier ss             4   1   1   0     0   0   .280      Torre 3b              3   0   1   3     1   0   .194
Goodson 1b            4   1   0   0     0   1   .221        Garrett 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Miller 3b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .375      Milner 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .217
  Montanez ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .269      Kingman lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .198
  Speed pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Grote c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Rader c               2   0   1   1     0   0   .259      Matlack p             1   0   0   0     1   1   .167
  Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .235        Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .308
Barr p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .059        Baldwin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hill ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .211

Totals               33   2   6   2     2   8             Totals               32   3  11   3     3   4

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 10,836
Left on Base: Giants 7, Mets 8
DP: Giants 1, Mets 2
Errors: Phillips, Torre 2
Doubles: Staub (6), Kingman (3), Torre (4)
Caught Stealing: Milner (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Rader (1)
GIDP: Speier (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr L(3-3)             6.1  10   3   3   3   3   0  30   2.80
Lavelle                 1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.27
Totals                  8    11   3   3   3   4   0  35

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(3-3)          7     4   1   0   2   6   0  28   4.50
Baldwin                 1.1   2   1   1   0   1   0   6   3.71
Hall SV(1)              0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.84
Totals                  9     6   2   1   2   8   0  36

Wild Pitches: Baldwin (2)
Balks: Matlack (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas
popped to shortstop; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Phillips grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Millan grounded out (pitcher to first); Unser singled to right;
Staub doubled to right [Unser to third]; Torre lined to left; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews singled to left; Speier grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Matthews out at
second]; Goodson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Milner grounded out (second to first); Kingman popped
to first; Grote singled to center; Matlack was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Miller singled to center; Rader grounded out (first
unassisted) [Miller to second]; Matlack balked [Miller to
third]; Barr was called out on strikes; Joshua walked; Thomas
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Phillips singled to right; On a bunt Millan made an
out to pitcher; Unser grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Phillips to second]; Staub walked; Torre walked [Phillips to
third, Staub to second]; Milner popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Murcer struck out; Matthews grounded out (shortstop
to first); Speier flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Kingman doubled to left; Grote hit into a double play
(center to shortstop to third) [Kingman out at third]; Matlack
walked; Phillips singled to right [Matlack to second]; Millan
forced Matlack (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
0, Mets 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Goodson lined to right; Miller reached on an error
by Torre [Miller to first]; Rader singled to second [Miller to
second]; Barr struck out; Joshua grounded out (pitcher to second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Unser grounded out (third to first); Staub struck out;
Torre flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Thomas walked; Murcer hit into a double play (right
to first) [Thomas out at second]; Matthews grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Milner singled to right; Kingman was called out on
strikes; Milner was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Mets 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier grounded out (third to first); Goodson
reached on an error by Phillips [Goodson to first]; Miller
singled to right [Goodson to third]; Rader hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Goodson scored (unearned)]; Barr reached on an error
by Torre [Miller to third, Barr to first]; Joshua struck out; 1
R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR MATLACK; Kranepool grounded out
(second to first); Phillips singled to center; Millan singled to
left [Phillips to second]; Unser singled to left [Phillips to
third, Millan to second]; LAVELLE REPLACED BARR (PITCHING);
Staub was called out on strikes; Torre doubled to center
[Phillips scored, Millan scored, Unser scored, Torre out at
third (center to second to third)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Mets 3.

GIANTS 8TH: BALDWIN REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Thomas struck
out; Murcer flied out to right; Matthews grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: Milner flied out to center; Kingman grounded out
(third to first); Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Mets 3.

GIANTS 9TH: GARRETT REPLACED TORRE (PLAYING 3B); Speier singled
to center; Goodson flied out to center; MONTANEZ BATTED FOR
MILLER; Baldwin threw a wild pitch [Speier to second]; Montanez
singled to left [Speier scored]; SPEED RAN FOR MONTANEZ; HALL
REPLACED BALDWIN (PITCHING); ARNOLD BATTED FOR RADER; Arnold
flied out to left; HILL BATTED FOR LAVELLE; Hill struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Mets 3.