After the Phillies forced the game into overtime, their hopes for the Eastern Division title became dimmer when the Mets gained a 9-7 victory on a homer by Ron Hodges with a man on base in the 11th inning. Rusty Staub singled ahead of Hodges' first circuit of the season. The Phillies, after taking a 4-3 lead with back to back homers by Mike Schmidt and Greg Luzinski in the third inning, fell behind again when Felix Millan knocked in three runs with a double in the Mets' half of the third.

Bob Boone homered for the Phillies in the fourth, but Staub rapped a round-tripper in the eighth to pad the Mets lead to 7-5. However in the ninth, the Phillies rallied to tie the score with two singles, an error on a safe bunt by Tony Taylor and sacrifice fly by Dave Cash. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 9, Philadelphia Phillies 7
Game Played on Saturday, September 20, 1975 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Phillies     1  1  2    1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  -   7 14  0
Mets         0  3  3    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  -   9 16  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   0   0   1     0   0   .302      Unser cf              3   1   1   1     2   1   .298
Bowa ss               6   1   1   0     0   1   .307      Millan 2b             6   0   1   3     0   0   .281
Schmidt 3b            5   1   2   2     0   0   .257      Vail lf               5   0   1   1     1   0   .315
Luzinski lf           5   1   2   1     0   1   .299      Staub rf              6   1   5   1     0   0   .280
Allen 1b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .229      Kingman 3b            5   0   0   0     0   3   .233
Anderson rf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .258        Staiger 3b          1   0   0   0     0   1   .143
  Johnstone ph,rf     2   1   1   0     1   0   .335      Kranepool 1b          4   2   1   0     2   1   .322
Martin cf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .216      Grote c               2   2   2   0     1   0   .295
  Hutton ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .252        Clines pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Bannister pr,cf     1   1   1   0     0   0   .286        Hodges c            3   1   1   2     0   1   .200
Boone c               1   1   1   2     0   0   .253      Phillips ss           4   1   2   0     0   1   .257
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .282        Harrelson ph,ss     1   0   1   0     0   0   .227
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Koosman p             0   0   0   1     1   0   .176
  Taylor ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .225        Alou ph             1   1   1   0     0   0   .267
  Harmon pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .188        Webb p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .258
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Baldwin p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  Maddox ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .283        Torre ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .251
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
Simpson p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .222
  Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Rogodzinski ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Oates ph,c          3   0   1   0     0   0   .281

Totals               44   7  14   6     1   4             Totals               43   9  16   9     7   8

Time of Game: 3:29   Attendance: 18,863
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Mets 11
DP: Phillies 3, Mets 0
Errors: Baldwin
Doubles: Allen (18), Millan (34), Staub (29)
Triples: Schmidt (3), Martin (1)
Home Runs: Schmidt (38), Luzinski (34), Boone (2), Staub (19), Hodges (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Boone (6), Baldwin (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Cash (7), Unser (4)
GIDP: Kranepool (12), Millan (17), Torre (22)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Simpson                 1.2   3   3   3   4   1   0  12   3.71
Hilgendorf              1.1   4   3   3   1   3   0   9   1.94
Montague                2.2   4   0   0   1   0   0  11   4.57
Hoerner                 0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   2.61
Schueler                2     2   1   1   0   1   1   8   5.46
McGraw                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.01
Garber L(9-12)          0.2   2   2   2   0   1   1   4   3.63
Totals                 10.2  16   9   9   7   8   2  52

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman                 3     6   4   4   0   2   2  15   3.58
Webb                    1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   4.03
Baldwin                 5     4   2   1   0   2   0  19   3.44
Apodaca W(2-3)          2     3   0   0   1   0   0   9   1.48
Totals                 11    14   7   6   1   4   3  47

Wild Pitches: Hilgendorf (5)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Doug Harvey


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa
singled to center; Schmidt tripled to right [Bowa scored];
Luzinski struck out; Allen popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Unser popped to third in foul territory; Millan flied
out to left; Vail walked; Staub singled to right [Vail to
second]; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Mets 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Anderson struck out; Martin tripled to right;
Boone out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Martin scored];
Simpson singled to left; Cash flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kranepool walked; Grote walked [Kranepool to second];
Phillips singled to first [Kranepool to third, Grote to second];
Koosman walked [Kranepool scored, Grote to third, Phillips to
second]; Unser hit a sacrifice fly to center [Grote scored];
Millan flied out to center; Vail singled to right [Phillips
scored, Koosman to second]; HILGENDORF REPLACED SIMPSON
(PITCHING); Staub singled to left [Koosman to third, Vail to
second]; Kingman struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Mets 3.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa popped to second; Schmidt homered; Luzinski
homered; Allen popped to first in foul territory; Anderson
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
4, Mets 3.

METS 3RD: Kranepool was called out on strikes; Grote singled to
left; Hilgendorf threw a wild pitch [Grote to second]; Phillips
struck out; ALOU BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Alou singled to shortstop
[Grote to third]; Unser walked [Alou to second]; Millan doubled
to left [Grote scored, Alou scored, Unser scored]; Vail grounded
out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Mets 6.

PHILLIES 4TH: WEBB REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Martin lined to
first; Boone homered; ROGODZINSKI BATTED FOR HILGENDORF;
Rogodzinski lined to first; Cash grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Mets 6.

METS 4TH: MONTAGUE REPLACED ROGODZINSKI (PITCHING); Staub
singled to right; Kingman flied out to center; Kranepool
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Staub out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Mets 6.

PHILLIES 5TH: BALDWIN REPLACED WEBB (PITCHING); Bowa flied out
to right; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Luzinski
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
5, Mets 6.

METS 5TH: Grote singled to center; CLINES RAN FOR GROTE;
Phillips singled to right [Clines to second]; Baldwin out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Clines to third, Phillips to
second]; Unser was walked intentionally; Millan grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Unser out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Mets 6.

PHILLIES 6TH: HODGES REPLACED CLINES (PLAYING C ); Allen struck
out; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Johnstone flied out to
right; Martin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 5, Mets 6.

METS 6TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Vail flied out
to right; Staub doubled to right; Kingman popped to first in
foul territory; HOERNER REPLACED MONTAGUE (PITCHING); Kranepool
was walked intentionally; Hodges struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 5, Mets 6.

PHILLIES 7TH: MCCARVER BATTED FOR BOONE; McCarver flied out to
left; OATES BATTED FOR HOERNER; Oates grounded out (shortstop to
first); Cash flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 5, Mets 6.

METS 7TH: OATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SCHUELER REPLACED
MCCARVER (PITCHING); Phillips grounded out (first to pitcher);
Baldwin flied out to center; Unser singled to center; Millan
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 5, Mets 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: Bowa struck out; Schmidt grounded out (shortstop
to first); Luzinski singled to left; Allen forced Luzinski
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Mets 6.

METS 8TH: Vail flied out to center; Staub homered; Kingman
struck out; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Mets 7.

PHILLIES 9TH: STAIGER REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING 3B); Johnstone
singled to center; HUTTON BATTED FOR MARTIN; Hutton singled to
right [Johnstone to second]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR SCHUELER;
BANNISTER RAN FOR HUTTON; On a bunt Taylor singled to pitcher
[Johnstone scored (error by Baldwin) (no RBI), Taylor to second,
Bannister to third]; HARMON RAN FOR TAYLOR; Oates grounded out
(second to first); Cash hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bannister
scored (unearned), Harmon to third]; Bowa grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 7, Mets 7.

METS 9TH: BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MCGRAW REPLACED
HARMON (PITCHING); Hodges popped to shortstop; HARRELSON BATTED
FOR PHILLIPS; Harrelson singled to left; TORRE BATTED FOR
BALDWIN; Torre grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Harrelson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 7, Mets 7.

PHILLIES 10TH: APODACA REPLACED TORRE (PITCHING); HARRELSON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Schmidt popped to first; Luzinski
grounded out (pitcher to first); Allen doubled to left;
Johnstone was walked intentionally; Bannister singled to left
[Allen out at home (left to catcher), Johnstone to second]; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 7, Mets 7.

METS 10TH: Unser was called out on strikes; Millan flied out to
left; Vail popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 7, Mets 7.

PHILLIES 11TH: MADDOX BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Maddox grounded out
(shortstop to first); Oates singled to center; Cash grounded out
(third to first) [Oates to second]; Bowa popped to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 7, Mets 7.

METS 11TH: GARBER REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); Staub grounded out
(shortstop to first); Staiger struck out; Kranepool singled to
center; Hodges homered [Kranepool scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 7, Mets 9.