Backed by a 17-hit attack, Tom Seaver pitched the Mets to a 7-2 victory to mark the 15th time that the ace righthander had defeated the Padres in 16 career decisions. Johnny Grubb drove in both Padre runs with a double and homer. Cleon Jones, playing in only his third game since coming off the disabled list, had three hits in three trips for the Mets before leaving the game. Ed Kranepool and Mike Phillips also had three hits apiece. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 7, San Diego Padres 2

Game Played on Saturday, May 31, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Padres 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 6 0 Mets 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 x - 7 17 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Grubb cf 2 1 2 2 2 0 .335 Unser cf 5 0 2 2 0 1 .324 Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Millan 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .245 Tolan lf 3 0 2 0 1 1 .245 Jones lf 3 0 3 1 0 0 .800 Winfield rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .285 Gallagher pr,lf 2 1 0 0 0 0 .125 Ivie 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Staub rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .304 Kendall c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .217 Kranepool 1b 4 2 3 0 0 0 .397 Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Torre 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Kubiak 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Phillips ss 3 1 3 1 1 0 .268 McIntosh p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .105 Stearns c 3 0 0 1 0 0 .167 Folkers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Seaver p 4 1 2 0 0 1 .172 Huntz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Greif p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 6 2 3 6 Totals 36 7 17 7 1 3 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 21,049 Left on Base: Padres 5, Mets 8 DP: Padres 3, Mets 1 Doubles: Grubb (17), Jones (1) Home Runs: Grubb (2) Caught Stealing: Tolan (2) Sacrifice Hits: Hernandez (16), Torre (1) Sacrifice Flies: Stearns (2) GIDP: Kranepool (2), Stearns (2), Torre (8) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McIntosh L(5-3) 5.1 11 4 4 0 2 0 24 2.20 Folkers 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 5.19 Greif 0.2 4 3 3 1 0 0 7 4.38 Tomlin 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.37 Totals 8 17 7 7 1 3 0 39 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver W(7-4) 9 6 2 2 3 6 1 34 2.28 Totals 9 6 2 2 3 6 1 34 Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Nick Colosi PADRES 1ST: Grubb walked; Hernandez lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Grubb out at first]; Tolan walked; Tolan was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Unser singled to left; Millan flied out to left; Jones singled to center [Unser to second]; Staub singled [Unser to third, Jones to second]; Kranepool grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Staub out at second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield made an out to third; Ivie grounded out (third to first); Kendall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Torre grounded out (second to first); Phillips singled to right; Stearns grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Phillips out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. PADRES 3RD: Fuentes struck out; Kubiak grounded out (pitcher to first); McIntosh grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Seaver flied out to right; Unser grounded out (second to first); Millan singled to center; Jones doubled [Millan scored]; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. PADRES 4TH: Grubb walked; Hernandez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Grubb to second]; Tolan struck out (catcher to first); Winfield made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Kranepool singled to center; Torre grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Kranepool out at second]; Phillips singled; Stearns flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. PADRES 5TH: Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall flied out to right; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Seaver struck out; Unser lined to first; Millan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. PADRES 6TH: Kubiak grounded out (shortstop to first); McIntosh singled to left; Grubb doubled [McIntosh scored]; Hernandez flied out to left; Tolan singled [Grubb to third]; Winfield struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 1. METS 6TH: Jones singled to center; GALLAGHER RAN FOR JONES; Staub flied out to right; Kranepool singled to right [Gallagher to second]; Torre singled to center [Gallagher scored, Kranepool to second]; FOLKERS REPLACED MCINTOSH (PITCHING); Phillips singled [Kranepool scored, Torre to third]; Stearns hit a sacrifice fly to left [Torre scored]; Seaver singled to left [Phillips to second]; Unser struck out; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 4. PADRES 7TH: GALLAGHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall struck out; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 4. METS 7TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Gallagher grounded out (second to first); Staub popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 4. PADRES 8TH: Kubiak struck out; HUNTZ BATTED FOR FOLKERS; Huntz flied out to right; Grubb homered; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 4. METS 8TH: GREIF REPLACED HUNTZ (PITCHING); Kranepool singled to left; Torre out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Kranepool to second]; Phillips was walked intentionally; Stearns popped to first in foul territory; Seaver singled [Kranepool to third, Phillips to second]; Unser singled [Kranepool scored, Phillips scored, Seaver to third]; Millan singled to right [Seaver scored, Unser to second]; TOMLIN REPLACED GREIF (PITCHING); Gallagher flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 7. PADRES 9TH: Tolan singled to center; Winfield forced Tolan (third to second); Ivie singled to left [Winfield to third]; Kendall struck out; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 7.

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