A homer by Wayne Garrett in the first inning and three-run smash by Dave Kingman in the sixth carried the Mets to a 4-3 victory over the Braves. Felix Millan was safe on an error and Joe Torre walked ahead of Kingman's decisive blow. The Braves had homers by Earl Williams in the second and Cito Gaston in the fourth before counting their last run in the eighth on a walk to Vic Correll and singles by Rod Gilbreath and Marty Perez. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 4, Atlanta Braves 3

Game Played on Tuesday, July 8, 1975 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Mets 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 Braves 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 5 4 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garrett 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .276 Garr lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Millan 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .278 Perez 2b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .293 Torre 1b 3 1 0 0 2 1 .267 Evans 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .238 Staub rf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .264 Gaston rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .233 Kingman lf 3 1 2 3 1 1 .239 May ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Unser cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .295 Williams 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .216 Heidemann ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Blanks ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Grote c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .282 Correll c 2 1 0 0 1 0 .235 Koosman p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Office cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .314 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .327 Morton p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .204 Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Gilbreath ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Totals 35 4 7 4 4 3 Totals 31 3 5 3 2 5 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 4,942 Left on Base: Mets 8, Braves 3 DP: Mets 1, Braves 2 Errors: Evans, Blanks, Morton, Sosa Home Runs: Garrett (3), Kingman (15), Williams (6), Gaston (5) Caught Stealing: Kingman (4) GIDP: Torre (12), Perez (11) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman W(8-6) 8 5 3 3 2 5 2 30 3.71 Sanders SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.23 Totals 9 5 3 3 2 5 2 33 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morton L(10-9) 6 6 4 3 3 3 2 29 3.72 Leon 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.63 Sosa 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.33 Totals 9 7 4 3 4 3 2 39 Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Dick Stello METS 1ST: Garrett homered; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre struck out; Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez struck out; Evans walked; Gaston popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0. METS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Unser grounded out (second to first); Heidemann grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Williams homered; Blanks flied out to center; Correll flied out to right; Office flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 1. METS 3RD: Grote reached on an error by Evans [Grote to first]; Koosman forced Grote (catcher to shortstop); Garrett flied out to right; Millan singled to right [Koosman to second]; Torre walked [Koosman to third, Millan to second]; Staub lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 1. BRAVES 3RD: Morton grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr singled to right; Perez grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Garr out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 1. METS 4TH: Kingman singled to left; Kingman was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Unser grounded out (third to first); Heidemann popped to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 1. BRAVES 4TH: Evans popped to catcher; Gaston homered; Williams flied out to center; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 2. METS 5TH: Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); Koosman grounded out (second to first); Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 2. BRAVES 5TH: Correll grounded out (shortstop to first); Office flied out to left; Morton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 2. METS 6TH: Millan reached on an error by Blanks [Millan to second]; Torre walked; Staub forced Millan (center to third) [Torre to second]; Kingman homered [Torre scored, Staub scored (unearned)]; Unser singled to left; Heidemann flied out to right; Grote walked [Unser to second]; Koosman struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Braves 2. BRAVES 6TH: Garr flied out to left; Perez struck out; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Braves 2. METS 7TH: Garrett singled to right; Millan reached on an error by Morton [Garrett to second, Millan to first]; LEON REPLACED MORTON (PITCHING); Torre grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Garrett to third, Millan out at second]; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Braves 2. BRAVES 7TH: Gaston made an out to second; Williams popped to first in foul territory; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Braves 2. METS 8TH: Kingman walked; Unser lined into a double play (second to first) [Kingman out at first]; Heidemann grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Braves 2. BRAVES 8TH: Correll walked; Office struck out; GILBREATH BATTED FOR LEON; Gilbreath singled to right [Correll to second]; Garr forced Gilbreath (second to shortstop) [Correll to third]; Perez singled to left [Correll scored, Garr to second]; Evans flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Braves 3. METS 9TH: SOSA REPLACED GILBREATH (PITCHING); Grote flied out to left; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Kranepool popped to third; Garrett reached on an error by Sosa [Garrett to first]; Millan singled to left [Garrett to second]; Torre grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Braves 3. BRAVES 9TH: SANDERS REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); MAY BATTED FOR GASTON; May grounded out (first unassisted); Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Braves 3.

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