Pinch-hitter Wayne Garrett tripled with the bases full to highlight a four-run ninth inning that carried the Mets to a 5-2 triumph over the Phillies. Dave Kingman belted his 17th home run in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Thursday, May       27, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  4  -   5  8  1
Phillies     0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  6  2


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Cash 2b               4   0   1   0     0   2   .296
Brown cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .300      Bowa ss               3   0   1   0     0   0   .308
Torre 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Schmidt 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .303
  Kranepool ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .283
  Boisclair pr,rf     0   1   0   0     0   0   .348        Martin lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Kingman lf,1b         3   2   1   1     1   1   .247      Brown rf              4   2   2   1     0   0   .375
Ayala rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .308
  Garrett ph          1   1   1   3     0   0   .240      Allen 1b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .281
  Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .400        Hutton 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Staiger 3b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .125      Boone c               3   0   1   1     0   0   .317
Grote c               3   0   0   0     1   1   .303        McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .320
Phillips 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .216      Kaat p                3   0   0   0     0   0   .059
Koosman p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .412        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Milner ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .364        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Unser lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .232        Tolan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .316

Totals               32   5   8   5     2   5             Totals               33   2   6   2     2   3

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 29,525
Left on Base: Mets 3, Phillies 7
DP: Mets 0, Phillies 2
Errors: Kingman, Allen, Kaat
Doubles: Staiger (1), Schmidt (5)
Triples: Garrett (1)
Home Runs: Kingman (17), Brown (3)
Caught Stealing: Phillips (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Harrelson (4), Bowa (4)
GIDP: Torre (7)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(6-1)          8     6   2   2   2   3   1  33   2.77
Lockwood SV(7)          1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.88
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   3   1  36

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    8.1   5   2   1   0   5   1  29   4.00
Garber L(1-1)           0.1   1   2   2   1   0   0   2   3.80
McGraw                  0.1   2   1   1   1   0   0   4   2.93
Totals                  9     8   5   1*  2   5   1  35

Balks: Koosman (1)

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Nick Colosi


METS 1ST: Harrelson popped to shortstop; Brown reached on an
error by Allen; Torre struck out; Kingman flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash struck out; Bowa flied out to right; Schmidt
doubled to left; Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 2ND: Ayala popped to pitcher; Staiger was called out on
strikes; Grote was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Brown grounded out (second to first); Maddox
walked; Allen walked [Maddox to second]; Boone popped to catcher
in foul territory; Kaat grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 3RD: Phillips singled to center; Phillips was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Koosman was called out on
strikes; Harrelson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash struck out; Bowa singled to left; Schmidt
flied out to right; Luzinski flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 4TH: Brown singled to center; Torre grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Brown out at second];
Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Brown singled to left; Koosman balked [Brown to
second]; Maddox popped to second; Allen flied out to center;
Boone singled to left [Brown scored, Boone to second (on throw
to home)]; Kaat grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 1.

METS 5TH: Ayala popped to first in foul territory; Staiger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Grote grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Cash singled to center; Bowa out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Cash to second]; Schmidt grounded out
(first unassisted); Luzinski grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 1.

METS 6TH: Phillips popped to second; Koosman singled to
shortstop; Harrelson hit into a double play (third to first)
[Koosman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies
1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Brown homered; Maddox made an out to first; Allen
flied out to center; Boone grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 2.

METS 7TH: Brown flied out to center; Torre grounded out (first
to pitcher); Kingman homered; Ayala grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: Kaat flied out to center; Cash made an out to
first; Bowa reached on an error by Kingman [Bowa to second];
Schmidt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
1, Phillies 2.

METS 8TH: Staiger popped to second; Grote grounded out (third to
first); Phillips grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: Luzinski flied out to left; Brown flied out to
right; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 2.

METS 9TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); HUTTON REPLACED
ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); MILNER BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Milner singled to
right; Harrelson reached on an error by Kaat on a sacrifice bunt
[Milner to second]; Brown forced Milner (third to shortstop)
[Harrelson to second]; GARBER REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING);
KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR TORRE; Kranepool singled to center
[Harrelson out at home (center to catcher), Brown to third,
Kranepool to second]; BOISCLAIR RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; Kingman was
walked intentionally; MCGRAW REPLACED GARBER (PITCHING); GARRETT
BATTED FOR AYALA; Garrett tripled [Brown scored (unearned),
Boisclair scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Kingman
scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; Staiger doubled
[Garrett scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; Grote
was walked intentionally; Phillips flied out to left; 4 R (3
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 5, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: BOISCLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); KINGMAN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); LOCKWOOD REPLACED GARRETT
(PITCHING); UNSER REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING LF); Hutton flied out
to center; MCCARVER BATTED FOR BOONE; McCarver grounded out
(shortstop to first); TOLAN BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Tolan popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Phillies 2.