Mike Schmidt homered in the sixth inning and drove in another run with a single in the seventh to provide the Phillies with a 4-3 victory over the Padres. Schmidt's homer, No. 23 for the season, cracked a 2-2 tie. In the next frame, after Dave Cash and Larry Bowa singled, Schmidt rapped a hit that counted Cash and enabled the Phillies to shrug off the run that the Padres scored in the eighth on singles by Luis Melendez and Mike Ivie and an infield out by Fred Kendall. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 4, San Diego Padres 3
Game Played on Friday, July      9, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Padres       0  0  0    1  1  0    0  1  0  -   3 10  0
Phillies     0  2  0    0  0  1    1  0  x  -   4  8  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grubb lf              3   0   1   1     2   0   .291      Cash 2b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .282
Fuentes 2b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .282      Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .243
W. Davis cf           3   1   2   0     0   0   .286      Schmidt 3b            3   1   2   2     1   0   .284
  Melendez cf         1   1   1   0     0   0   .208      Luzinski lf           2   1   0   0     2   1   .308
  McCovey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .211        Martin pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Winfield rf           5   0   1   1     0   1   .293      Allen 1b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .286
Ivie 1b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Brown rf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .280
Rader 3b              2   0   0   0     2   1   .270      Maddox cf             4   0   1   2     0   0   .320
Kendall c             4   0   0   1     0   0   .220      Boone c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .307
Hernandez ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .282      Underwood p           2   0   0   0     0   0   .118
Strom p               2   1   1   0     0   1   .100        Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .291
  Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .218        McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  Kubiak ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .319

Totals               36   3  10   3     4   3             Totals               30   4   8   4     6   1

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 35,217
Left on Base: Padres 10, Phillies 8
DP: Padres 1, Phillies 1
Doubles: Melendez (3), Allen (10), Cash (8)
Triples: W. Davis (7), Strom (1)
Home Runs: Schmidt (23)
Caught Stealing: Schmidt (5)
GIDP: Ivie (5), Underwood (2)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strom L(8-9)            6     4   3   3   5   1   1  25   3.23
Metzger                 2     4   1   1   1   0   0  11   2.08
Totals                  8     8   4   4   6   1   1  36

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood W(5-1)        7     6   2   2   3   3   0  29   3.41
McGraw                  1.1   4   1   1   1   0   0   9   3.12
Reed SV(4)              0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.73
Totals                  9    10   3   3   4   3   0  40

Wild Pitches: Underwood (2)

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


PADRES 1ST: Grubb walked; Fuentes flied out to left [Grubb to
second]; W. Davis flied out to center; Winfield struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to center; Bowa grounded out (third
to first); Schmidt walked; Schmidt was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Phillies 0.

PADRES 2ND: Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
grounded out (second to first); Kendall grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski walked; Allen doubled to right [Luzinski
to third]; Brown walked; Maddox singled to left [Luzinski
scored, Allen scored, Brown to second]; Boone flied out to
center; Underwood grounded into a double play (pitcher to third
to first) [Maddox out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
0, Phillies 2.

PADRES 3RD: Hernandez popped to second; Strom struck out; Grubb
walked; Fuentes flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa flied
out to center; Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Phillies 2.

PADRES 4TH: W. Davis tripled; Winfield singled to second [W.
Davis scored]; Ivie grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Winfield out at second]; Rader struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski struck out; Allen lined to third; Brown
walked; Maddox flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 1, Phillies 2.

PADRES 5TH: Kendall grounded out (second to first); Hernandez
lined to shortstop; Strom tripled to left; Grubb singled to
center [Strom scored]; Fuentes flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Padres 2, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); Underwood
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash doubled to left; Bowa
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Phillies 2.

PADRES 6TH: W. Davis singled to right; Underwood threw a wild
pitch [W. Davis to second]; Winfield flied out to center; Ivie
grounded out (third to first); Rader walked; Kendall forced
Rader (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2,
Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED W. DAVIS (PLAYING CF); Schmidt
homered; Luzinski grounded out (third to first); Allen walked;
Brown forced Allen (shortstop to second); Maddox forced Brown
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Phillies
3.

PADRES 7TH: Hernandez singled to center; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR
STROM; Rettenmund flied out to right; Grubb popped to shortstop
in foul territory; Fuentes flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 2, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: METZGER REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); Boone
flied out to center; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR UNDERWOOD; Johnstone
flied out to center; Cash singled to center; Bowa singled to
right [Cash to second]; Schmidt singled to right [Cash scored,
Bowa to third, Schmidt to second (on throw)]; Luzinski was
walked intentionally; MARTIN RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Allen flied out
to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 2, Phillies 4.

PADRES 8TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MCGRAW REPLACED
JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Melendez doubled to center; Winfield flied
out to right; Ivie singled to left [Melendez to third]; Rader
walked [Ivie to second]; Kendall forced Rader (shortstop to
second) [Melendez scored, Ivie to third]; Hernandez forced
Kendall (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3,
Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox
flied out to right; Boone singled to center; McGraw popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Phillies 4.

PADRES 9TH: KUBIAK BATTED FOR METZGER; Kubiak singled to center;
Grubb popped to second in foul territory; Fuentes singled to
left [Kubiak to second]; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR MELENDEZ; REED
REPLACED MCGRAW (PITCHING); McCovey grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Kubiak to third, Fuentes to second]; Winfield grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3,
Phillies 4.