The Mets' Hank Webb hurled his first career shutout, stopping the Padres on five hits, 4-0. Jerry Grote tripled home Dave Kingman, who had doubled, with New York's first run in the second inning. Mike Vail, who had four hits for the winners, made it 2-0 in the fifth with an RBI single. Rusty Staub drove in two insurance runs in the ninth with a double. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 4, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Monday, August    25, 1975 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Mets         0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  2  -   4 11  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clines cf             4   2   2   0     1   0   .227      Tolan cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .295      Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Vail lf               4   1   4   1     1   0   .467      Locklear lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .316
Staub rf              4   0   1   2     1   0   .272      McCovey 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .242
Kingman 1b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .245      Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Torre 3b              4   0   0   0     1   2   .258      Torres ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Grote c               4   0   2   1     0   0   .301      Roberts 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .235
Heidemann ss          3   0   0   0     1   1   .210      Davis c               2   0   1   0     0   1   .206
Webb p                4   0   0   0     0   0   .185        McIntosh p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
                                                            Grubb ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .274
                                                            Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                          Strom p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .118
                                                            Kendall c           2   0   1   0     0   0   .202

Totals               36   4  11   4     5   3             Totals               31   0   5   0     0   2

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  6,358
Left on Base: Mets 11, Padres 5
DP: Mets 0, Padres 0
Errors: Kendall
Doubles: Vail 2 (2), Kingman (17), Staub (22)
Triples: Grote (3)
Stolen Bases: Kingman (5)
Caught Stealing: Clines (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Millan (15), Strom (5)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Webb W(6-5)             9     5   0   0   0   2   0  32   3.13
Totals                  9     5   0   0   0   2   0  32

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strom L(5-5)            5.1   7   2   2   2   2   0  24   2.66
McIntosh                2.2   2   0   0   2   0   0  12   3.44
Tomlin                  1     2   2   2   1   1   0   6   3.88
Totals                  9    11   4   4   5   3   0  42

Wild Pitches: Strom (5)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Satch Davidson


METS 1ST: Clines lined to center; Millan grounded out (shortstop
to first); Vail doubled to right; Staub grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Tolan grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); Locklear flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

METS 2ND: Kingman doubled to left; Torre struck out; Grote
tripled to left [Kingman scored]; Heidemann struck out; Webb
grounded out (second to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: McCovey singled to right; Winfield flied out to
center; Torres flied out to left; Roberts flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 3RD: Clines walked; Clines was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Millan singled to center; Vail singled
to center [Millan to second]; Staub popped to first in foul
territory; Kingman made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Davis singled to center; Strom out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Davis to second]; Tolan flied out to
center; Fuentes grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 4TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Grote
grounded out (shortstop to first); Heidemann flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Locklear grounded out (second to first); McCovey
flied out to center; Winfield flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 5TH: Webb made an out to first; Clines singled to center;
Millan grounded out (second to first) [Clines to second]; Vail
singled to right [Clines scored]; Staub flied out to center; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts
grounded out (third to first); Davis was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

METS 6TH: Kingman flied out to center; Torre walked; Strom threw
a wild pitch [Torre to second]; MCINTOSH REPLACED DAVIS
(PITCHING); KENDALL REPLACED STROM (PLAYING C ); Grote popped to
first in foul territory; Heidemann was walked intentionally;
Webb forced Heidemann (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Kendall flied out to left; Tolan flied out to
center; Fuentes popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

METS 7TH: Clines flied out to right; Millan grounded out
(shortstop to first); Vail doubled to left; Staub was walked
intentionally; Kingman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: Locklear flied out to center; McCovey struck out;
Winfield grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 2, Padres 0.

METS 8TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Grote singled
to center; Heidemann flied out to center; Webb made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: Torres made an out to second; Roberts singled; GRUBB
BATTED FOR MCINTOSH; Grubb lined to center; Kendall singled to
left [Roberts to second]; Tolan grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

METS 9TH: TOMLIN REPLACED GRUBB (PITCHING); Clines singled;
Millan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Clines to
second]; Vail was walked intentionally; Staub doubled to right
[Clines scored, Vail scored]; Kingman reached on a fielder's
choice [Staub out at third (pitcher to third to shortstop)];
Kingman stole second [Kingman to third (error by Kendall)];
Torre struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: Fuentes flied out to center; Locklear singled;
McCovey flied out to center; Winfield forced Locklear (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres 0.