A winner for the first time since July 25, after losing four in a row, Randy Tate pitched the Mets to a 7-2 victory over the Padres. The complete game was only his second of the season. The Mets broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in the fifth inning on singles by Felix Millan, Mike Vail, Rusty Staub and Wayne Garrett and an error. Jerry Grote iced the verdict in the seventh, driving in two runs with a triple. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 7, San Diego Padres 2
Game Played on Tuesday, August    26, 1975 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    2  3  0    2  0  0  -   7 11  1
Padres       1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              5   0   1   0     0   2   .282      Hernandez ss          4   1   1   0     1   0   .220
Millan 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .296      Fuentes 2b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .281
Vail lf               5   3   3   0     0   0   .500      Grubb cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Staub rf              5   2   2   1     0   0   .273      McCovey 1b            4   0   0   1     0   1   .239
Kingman 1b            4   0   1   1     1   2   .245      Winfield rf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .279
Garrett 3b            4   1   1   1     1   0   .267      Tolan lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .248
Grote c               4   0   1   2     0   1   .300      Roberts 3b            4   0   2   1     0   1   .286
Phillips ss           4   0   1   1     0   0   .251      Davis c               3   0   1   0     0   2   .211
Tate p                3   0   0   0     1   2   .000        Kubiak ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
                                                          Freisleben p          1   0   0   0     1   0   .085
                                                            Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .192
                                                            Sharon ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .220
                                                            Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Locklear ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .315

Totals               37   7  11   6     4   7             Totals               33   2   9   2     3   5

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 14,779
Left on Base: Mets 8, Padres 8
DP: Mets 2, Padres 2
Errors: Phillips, Roberts
Doubles: Winfield (15)
Triples: Grote (4)
Stolen Bases: Tolan (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Tolan (12)
GIDP: Vail (1), Millan (15), McCovey (6), Tolan (8)
Hit by Pitch: Millan (10,by Tomlin)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tate W(5-12)            9     9   2   1   3   5   0  37   4.38
Totals                  9     9   2   1   3   5   0  37

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Freisleben L(5-14)      4.2   9   5   4   2   4   0  25   4.17
Folkers                 2.1   2   2   2   2   1   0  10   4.56
Tomlin                  2     0   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.76
Totals                  9    11   7   6   4   7   0  42

Passed Balls: Grote (6)
Hit by Pitch: Tomlin (2)

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


METS 1ST: Unser struck out; Millan walked; Vail grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Millan out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Hernandez walked; Fuentes singled to left [Hernandez
to second]; Grote allowed a passed ball [Hernandez to third,
Fuentes to second]; Grubb made an out to shortstop; McCovey
grounded out (second to pitcher) [Hernandez scored (unearned),
Fuentes to third]; Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 1.

METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kingman walked;
Garrett grounded out (first unassisted) [Kingman to second];
Grote grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 2ND: On a bunt Tolan singled; Tolan stole second; Roberts
was called out on strikes; Davis struck out; Freisleben walked;
Hernandez singled to left [Tolan out at home (left to catcher),
Freisleben to second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 1.

METS 3RD: Phillips grounded out (second to first); Tate flied
out to center; Unser singled; Millan forced Unser (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Fuentes singled to center; Grubb made an out to
second; McCovey grounded into a double play (first to shortstop
to first) [Fuentes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Padres 1.

METS 4TH: On a bunt Vail singled; Staub singled to right [Vail
to second]; Kingman singled to left [Vail scored, Staub to
second]; Garrett made an out to second; Grote struck out;
Phillips singled to center [Staub scored, Kingman to second];
Tate struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Winfield doubled to center; Tolan out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Winfield to third]; Roberts singled to
left [Winfield scored]; Davis singled [Roberts to second]; On a
bunt Freisleben forced Roberts (pitcher to third) [Davis to
second]; Hernandez made an out to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 2, Padres 2.

METS 5TH: On a bunt Unser grounded out (catcher to first);
Millan singled to right; Vail singled to left [Millan to third];
Staub singled to center [Millan scored, Vail to second]; Kingman
struck out; Garrett singled to center [Vail scored, Staub to
second]; Grote reached on an error by Roberts [Staub scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Garrett to third]; FOLKERS REPLACED
FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Phillips flied out to left; 3 R (2 ER), 4
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 5, Padres 2.

PADRES 5TH: Fuentes flied out to left; Grubb flied out to left;
McCovey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Padres 2.

METS 6TH: Tate walked; On a bunt Unser forced Tate (pitcher to
shortstop); Millan grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Unser out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5,
Padres 2.

PADRES 6TH: Winfield grounded out (third to first); Tolan flied
out to center; Roberts singled to center; Davis was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Padres 2.

METS 7TH: Vail singled to right; Staub popped to first in foul
territory; Kingman struck out; Garrett walked [Vail to second];
Grote tripled to right [Vail scored, Garrett scored]; Phillips
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 7,
Padres 2.

PADRES 7TH: SHARON BATTED FOR FOLKERS; Sharon reached on an
error by Phillips; Hernandez made an out to shortstop; Fuentes
walked [Sharon to second]; Grubb forced Fuentes (first to
shortstop) [Sharon to third]; McCovey flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 7, Padres 2.

METS 8TH: TOMLIN REPLACED SHARON (PITCHING); Tate struck out;
Unser was called out on strikes; Millan was hit by a pitch; Vail
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 7,
Padres 2.

PADRES 8TH: Winfield singled to center; Tolan grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Winfield out at
second]; Roberts flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 7, Padres 2.

METS 9TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kingman grounded
out (shortstop to first); Garrett flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 7, Padres 2.

PADRES 9TH: KUBIAK BATTED FOR DAVIS; Kubiak grounded out (first
to pitcher); LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR TOMLIN; Locklear struck out;
Hernandez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 7,
Padres 2.