The Phillies scored two runs in the sixth inning, then added two more in the eighth to support the six-hit pitching of Larry Christenson and Tug McGraw in a 4-1 victory over the Mets. Dave Cash tripled to start the home half of the sixth and scored on Larry Bowa's sacrifice fly. Philadelphia Phillies 4, New York Mets 1Game Played on Monday, July 26, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans StadiumMets 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 x - 4 9 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mangual cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Cash 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .280 Dwyer rf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .189 Bowa ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .253 Vail ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Schmidt 3b 3 1 3 0 1 0 .280 Milner lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .291 Martin lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .325 Grote c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Brown rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Millan 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .253 Johnstone ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Staiger 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .217 Maddox cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .318 Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .218 Tolan 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Matlack p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .145 Oates c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Torre ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Christenson p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .176 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 McGraw p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Totals 33 1 6 1 2 3 Totals 31 4 9 2 1 8 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 35,023 Left on Base: Mets 7, Phillies 5 DP: Mets 1, Phillies 0 Errors: Vail Doubles: Kranepool (13), Millan (17), Brown (8), Schmidt (18), McGraw (1) Triples: Kranepool (1), Schmidt (3), Cash 2 (10) Stolen Bases: Maddox (15), Bowa (20) Sacrifice Flies: Bowa (3) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack L(10-5) 6 6 2 2 0 6 0 23 2.74 Lockwood 2 3 2 2 1 2 0 10 2.43 Totals 8 9 4 4 1 8 0 33 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Christenson W(9-5) 6 5 1 1 2 2 0 25 3.97 McGraw SV(6) 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.73 Totals 9 6 1 1 2 3 0 35 Wild Pitches: Matlack (10) Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Doug Harvey METS 1ST: Mangual popped to first in foul territory; Dwyer grounded out (second to first); Milner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); Schmidt tripled to right; Luzinski flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. METS 2ND: Kranepool doubled to right; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first) [Kranepool to third]; Millan reached on a fielder's choice [Kranepool out at home (second to catcher)]; Staiger flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Brown doubled to left; Maddox popped to second; Tolan struck out; Oates grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. METS 3RD: Harrelson flied out to center; Matlack struck out; Mangual grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Christenson struck out; Cash flied out to right; Bowa was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. METS 4TH: Dwyer grounded out (first unassisted); Milner popped to shortstop; Kranepool popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt singled to left; Luzinski lined into a double play (second to first) [Schmidt out at first]; Brown struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. METS 5TH: Grote flied out to right; Millan doubled to right; Staiger walked; Harrelson singled to right [Millan to third, Staiger to second]; Matlack struck out; Mangual forced Staiger (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox singled to right; Maddox stole second; Tolan struck out; Oates grounded out (shortstop to first) [Maddox to third]; Christenson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. METS 6TH: Dwyer walked; Milner flied out to right; Kranepool tripled to right [Dwyer scored]; Grote reached on a fielder's choice [Kranepool out at home (second to catcher)]; Millan singled to center [Grote to second]; Staiger flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 6TH: Cash tripled to right; Bowa hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cash scored]; Schmidt doubled to left; Luzinski flied out to center [Schmidt to third]; Matlack threw a wild pitch [Schmidt scored]; Brown grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 2. METS 7TH: MCGRAW REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PITCHING); Harrelson grounded out (third to first); TORRE BATTED FOR MATLACK; Torre grounded out (pitcher to first); Mangual struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 7TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED TORRE (PITCHING); Maddox grounded out (third to first); Tolan flied out to right; Oates struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 2. METS 8TH: VAIL BATTED FOR DWYER; Vail flied out to center; Milner flied out to center; Kranepool grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 8TH: VAIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); McGraw doubled to right; Cash tripled to right [McGraw scored, Cash scored (error by Vail) (no RBI)]; Bowa singled to left; Bowa stole second; Schmidt walked; Luzinski lined to first; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR BROWN; Johnstone flied out to center; Maddox struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 4. METS 9TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Grote flied out to center; Millan lined to shortstop; Staiger singled to third; Harrelson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 4. |
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