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Dave Kingman hit his 13th and 14th homers of the season, plus a double and single, as the Mets defeated Andy Messersmith, the Braves' million-dollar pitcher, 6-3. Kingman hit solo swats in the second and the fourth innings, drove in another run with a double in the seventh and completed his night's work with a single in the ninth. [The Sporting News] New York Mets 6, Atlanta Braves 3Game Played on Wednesday, May 12, 1976 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumMets 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 - 6 10 2
Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 8 2
Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Phillips 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .313 Lacy cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .237
Unser cf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .214 Royster 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .192
Kranepool lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .271 Paciorek lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .154
Kingman rf 5 2 4 3 0 0 .262 Henderson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .305
Torre 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .393 Williams 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .222
Hodges c 4 1 0 0 1 2 .357 Correll c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .306
Staiger 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .125 Perez 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .286
Harrelson ss 2 0 1 0 2 0 .259 Chaney ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Koosman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .385 Wynn ph 1 1 1 3 0 0 .236
Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Messersmith p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Gilbreath ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gaston ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294
Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Office ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220
Totals 33 6 10 6 6 4 Totals 34 3 8 3 2 2
Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 8,408
Left on Base: Mets 9, Braves 7
DP: Mets 0, Braves 2
Errors: Torre, Hodges, Correll, Dal Canton
Doubles: Torre (2), Kingman (3)
Home Runs: Kingman 2 (14), Wynn (3)
Stolen Bases: Torre (1)
Caught Stealing: Royster (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Koosman 2 (7), Royster (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Unser (1)
GIDP: Kranepool (5), Torre (3)
Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Koosman W(4-1) 8.2 8 3 3 2 2 1 36 3.09
Lockwood SV(5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.55
Totals 9 8 3 3 2 2 1 37
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Messersmith L(0-4) 5 6 5 5 5 3 2 25 5.11
Dal Canton 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 1.08
Torrealba 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 5.40
Totals 9 10 6 5 6 4 2 42
Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Pryor
METS 1ST: Phillips grounded out (first unassisted); Unser
walked; Kranepool grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Unser out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 1ST: Lacy singled to left; Royster out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Lacy to second]; Paciorek grounded out
(third to first); Henderson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 0, Braves 0.
METS 2ND: Kingman homered; Torre doubled to right; Hodges struck
out; Staiger walked; Harrelson forced Staiger (first to
shortstop) [Torre to third]; Koosman forced Harrelson (shortstop
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Williams struck out; Correll lined to right; Perez
singled to right; Chaney flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0.
METS 3RD: Phillips grounded out (second to first); Unser
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Kranepool walked;
Kingman popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Braves 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Messersmith grounded out (third to first); Lacy
grounded out (third to first); Royster singled to right; Royster
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0.
METS 4TH: Torre singled to left; Torre stole second [Torre to
third (error by Correll)]; Hodges walked; Staiger singled to
center [Torre scored, Hodges to second]; Harrelson walked
[Hodges to third, Staiger to second]; Koosman was called out on
strikes; Phillips singled to center [Hodges scored, Staiger to
third, Harrelson to second]; Unser hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Staiger scored, Harrelson to third]; Kranepool grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Braves 0.
BRAVES 4TH: Hodges dropped a foul fly hit by Paciorek for an
error; Paciorek walked; Henderson forced Paciorek (third to
second); Williams popped to catcher in foul territory; Correll
made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Braves 0.
METS 5TH: Kingman homered; Torre grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hodges was called out on strikes; Staiger flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 0.
BRAVES 5TH: Perez singled to center; Chaney grounded out
(catcher to first) [Perez to second]; GILBREATH BATTED FOR
MESSERSMITH; Gilbreath popped to first in foul territory; Lacy
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 0.
METS 6TH: DAL CANTON REPLACED GILBREATH (PITCHING); Harrelson
walked; Koosman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Harrelson to second]; Phillips flied out to center; Unser
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5,
Braves 0.
BRAVES 6TH: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Paciorek
flied out to right; Henderson popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Mets 5, Braves 0.
METS 7TH: Kranepool reached on an error by Dal Canton [Kranepool
to first]; Kingman doubled to left [Kranepool scored
(unearned)]; Torre flied out to center [Kingman to third];
Hodges grounded out (pitcher to first); Staiger flied out to
left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 0.
BRAVES 7TH: Williams singled to center; Correll flied out to
center; Perez walked [Williams to second]; Chaney flied out to
right [Williams to third]; GASTON BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; Gaston
lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 0.
METS 8TH: TORREALBA REPLACED GASTON (PITCHING); Harrelson
singled to left; Koosman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Harrelson to second]; Phillips struck out; Unser flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 0.
BRAVES 8TH: Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); Royster
grounded out (third to first); Paciorek grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 0.
METS 9TH: Kranepool singled to center; Kingman singled to left
[Kranepool to second]; Torre grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Kranepool to third, Kingman out at
second]; Hodges grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Mets 6, Braves 0.
BRAVES 9TH: Henderson flied out to left; Williams singled to
left; Correll singled to left [Williams to second]; Perez flied
out to left; WYNN BATTED FOR CHANEY; Wynn homered [Williams
scored, Correll scored]; OFFICE BATTED FOR TORREALBA; Office
reached on an error by Torre [Office to first]; LOCKWOOD
REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Lacy flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H,
1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Braves 3.
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