In addition to becoming the first 20-game winner in the N. L. this year, Tom Seaver established a major league record by going over the 200 total in strikeouts for the eighth consecutive season while pitching the Mets to a 3-0 victory over the Pirates. Seaver fanned 10 to raise his total to 204. The Mets' ace had previously shared the record of seven straight years of 200 or more strikeouts with Rube Waddell and Walter Johnson.

Mike Vail, who joined the Mets while the club was on the road, homered on his first time at bat in his first appearance in Shea Stadium. The Mets then wrapped up the decision with two runs in the sixth on a single by Felix Millan, forceout by Vail, double by Rusty Staub and single by Joe Torre. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 0
Game Played on Monday, September 1, 1975 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Mets         1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   3  6  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Clines cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .227
Kirkpatrick lf        4   0   1   0     0   2   .227      Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .297
  Ellis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Vail lf               4   2   1   1     0   1   .370
Oliver cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Staub rf              4   1   2   1     0   1   .273
Stargell 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .298      Kingman 1b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .239
Parker rf             4   0   1   0     0   3   .314      Torre 3b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .256
Hebner 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .255        Garrett pr,3b       0   0   0   0     1   0   .261
Sanguillen c          2   0   1   0     1   1   .323      Grote c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .299
Taveras ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Harrelson ss          1   0   1   0     2   0   .218
  Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Seaver p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .202
  Reynolds ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Candelaria p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .147
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Robinson ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   1   .281

Totals               31   0   4   0     1  10             Totals               28   3   6   3     5   6

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 45,991
Left on Base: Pirates 5, Mets 7
DP: Pirates 1, Mets 0
Doubles: Staub 2 (25)
Home Runs: Vail (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (7)
GIDP: Grote (9)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Candelaria L(7-5)       5.1   5   3   3   3   5   1  24   2.85
Tekulve                 1.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   6   2.60
Ellis                   1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.74
Totals                  8     6   3   3   5   6   1  34

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(20-7)          9     4   0   0   1  10   0  32   2.06
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1  10   0  32

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Jerry Dale


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (second to first);
Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Oliver grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan was
called out on strikes; Vail homered; Staub struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker
struck out; Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 1.

METS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Torre flied to right; Grote
walked; Harrelson singled to right [Grote to second]; Seaver
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 0, Mets 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Sanguillen walked; Taveras grounded out (second to
first) [Sanguillen to second]; Candelaria was called out on
strikes; Stennett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 1.

METS 3RD: Clines grounded out (second to first); Millan flied to
left; Vail flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Mets 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Kirkpatrick struck out; Oliver grounded out
(shortstop to first); Stargell singled to left; Parker struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kingman was
called out on strikes; Torre flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Hebner flied to center; Sanguillen singled to
center; Taveras forced Sanguillen (third to second); Candelaria
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Grote grounded out (third to first); Harrelson walked;
Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Harrelson to
second]; Clines was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Pirates 0, Mets 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kirkpatrick singled to second; Oliver flied to left; Stargell
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Millan singled to center; On a bunt Vail forced Millan
(pitcher to second); Staub doubled to left [Vail scored];
Kingman was walked intentionally; Torre singled to center
[Kingman to second, Staub scored]; TEKULVE REPLACED CANDELARIA
(PITCHING); GARRETT RAN FOR TORRE; Grote grounded out (third to
first) [Garrett to second, Kingman to third]; Harrelson was
walked intentionally; Seaver grounded out (pitcher to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 3.

PIRATES 7TH: GARRETT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Parker singled
to right; Hebner grounded out (second to first) [Parker to
second]; Sanguillen struck out; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR TAVERAS;
Robertson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: REYNOLDS REPLACED ROBERTSON (PLAYING SS); Clines
grounded out (second to first); Millan grounded out (shortstop
to first); Vail was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Pirates 0, Mets 3.

PIRATES 8TH: ROBINSON BATTED FOR TEKULVE; Robinson struck out;
Stennett flied to right; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: ELLIS REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PITCHING); ROBINSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Staub doubled to left; Kingman grounded
out (shortstop to first); Garrett was walked intentionally;
Grote grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Garrett out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Mets
3.

PIRATES 9TH: Oliver flied to center; Stargell grounded out
(first unassisted); Parker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Mets 3.