Continuing his mastery of the Padres, Tom Seaver became a 19-game winner by pitching the Mets to a 7-0 victory. Dave Kingman and Rusty Staub hit homers for the Mets. Seaver beat the Padres for the fourth time this season and for the 18th time in 19 decisions over a seven-year span. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 7, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    27, 1975 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Mets         0  1  1    1  0  0    0  2  2  -   7 12  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              5   0   1   2     0   0   .282      Grubb cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .272
Millan 2b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .297      Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Vail lf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .480      Tolan lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .248
Staub rf              4   1   1   2     1   0   .273      McCovey 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .242
Kingman 1b            5   1   1   1     0   1   .245      Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .276
Garrett 3b            4   1   1   0     1   0   .266      Torres ss             3   0   0   0     1   1   .259
Grote c               5   0   2   1     0   0   .302      Roberts 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .292
Phillips ss           2   1   1   0     2   1   .252      Davis c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .216
Seaver p              4   2   1   0     1   3   .207      Spillner p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .158
                                                            Hundley ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .216
                                                            Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
                                                            Locklear ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .313
                                                            Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               39   7  12   7     5   5             Totals               32   0   6   0     1  10

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  8,524
Left on Base: Mets 11, Padres 6
DP: Mets 1, Padres 0
Doubles: Millan 2 (30), Grote 2 (14), Vail (3), McCovey (13)
Triples: Unser (2)
Home Runs: Kingman (27), Staub (15)
GIDP: Davis (2)
Hit by Pitch: Phillips (1,by Frisella)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(19-7)          9     6   0   0   1  10   0  33   2.14
Totals                  9     6   0   0   1  10   0  33

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spillner L(5-11)        5     5   3   3   2   2   1  22   4.23
Johnson                 3     4   2   2   3   2   0  16   3.76
Frisella                1     3   2   2   0   1   1   7   3.14
Totals                  9    12   7   7   5   5   2  45

Hit by Pitch: Frisella (2)

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


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

PADRES 1ST: Grubb flied out to left; Fuentes flied to left in
foul territory; Tolan singled to right; McCovey singled to
center [Tolan to third]; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kingman homered;
Garrett flied out to center; Grote flied out to center; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Torres flied out to right; Roberts singled to left;
Davis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Roberts out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 3RD: Phillips struck out; Seaver walked; Unser grounded out
(first unassisted) [Seaver to second]; Millan doubled to left
[Seaver scored]; Vail flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Spillner was called out on strikes; Grubb singled to
right; Fuentes struck out; Tolan grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

METS 4TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kingman grounded
out (third to first); Garrett singled to center; Grote doubled
to right [Garrett scored]; Phillips was walked intentionally;
Seaver was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3,
Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: McCovey lined to center; Winfield grounded out
(second to first); Torres popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 0.

METS 5TH: Unser grounded out (second to first); Millan grounded
out (shortstop to first); Vail doubled; Staub grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Roberts struck out; Davis singled to center; HUNDLEY
BATTED FOR SPILLNER; Hundley struck out; Grubb struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 0.

METS 6TH: JOHNSON REPLACED HUNDLEY (PITCHING); Kingman struck
out; Garrett walked; Grote grounded out (third to first)
[Garrett to second]; Phillips was walked intentionally; Seaver
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Tolan
grounded out (first unassisted); McCovey grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 0.

METS 7TH: Unser grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan
doubled to left; Vail flied out to right; Staub was walked
intentionally; Kingman forced Millan (third unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: Winfield lined to left; Torres walked; Roberts
forced Torres (shortstop to second); Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 0.

METS 8TH: Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); Grote
grounded out (third to first); Phillips singled to center;
Seaver singled to center [Phillips to second]; Unser tripled to
right [Phillips scored, Seaver scored]; Millan popped to third
in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Locklear was called out
on strikes; Grubb grounded out (second to first); Fuentes lined
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Padres 0.

METS 9TH: FRISELLA REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PITCHING); Vail singled to
left; Staub homered [Vail scored]; Kingman popped to third in
foul territory; Garrett lined to right; Grote doubled to left;
Phillips was hit by a pitch; Seaver was called out on strikes; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 7, Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: Tolan struck out; McCovey doubled; Winfield grounded
out (shortstop to first) [McCovey to third]; Torres was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 7, Padres 0.