When arm trouble forced Craig Swan to leave the mound after three innings, Bob Myrick relieved and received credit for his first major league victory as the Mets defeated the Phillies, 4-1. Myrick was lifted after putting a runner on base in the seventh and Skip Lockwood finished.

The Mets scored twice in the fifth on a single by Roy Staiger, pass to Bud Harrelson, a double steal, infield out and wild pitch. Their other pair followed in the sixth on singles by Bruce Boisclair, John Milner and Joe Torre and a sacrifice fly by Staiger. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Tuesday, July      27, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    0  2  2    0  0  0  -   4  6  0
Phillies     0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1 10  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mangual cf            4   0   0   0     1   1   .254      Cash 2b               5   0   2   0     0   0   .282
Boisclair rf          5   1   1   0     0   2   .289      Bowa ss               3   1   1   0     1   0   .253
Milner lf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .263        Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .283
Torre 1b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .287        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Grote c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .253      Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   0     2   1   .280
Millan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .251      Luzinski lf           5   0   0   0     0   1   .307
Staiger 3b            3   1   1   1     0   0   .220      Johnstone rf          0   0   0   0     2   0   .313
Harrelson ss          3   1   0   0     1   0   .215        Martin ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .317
Swan p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .100        Hutton ph,1b        2   0   0   0     0   2   .254
  Myrick p            2   0   0   1     0   1   .000      Maddox cf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .321
  Lockwood p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .455      Tolan 1b,rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
                                                          Oates c               4   0   1   0     0   2   .243
                                                          Underwood p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .087
                                                            Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Boone ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .303
                                                            Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            McCarver ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .296
                                                            Harmon ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .313

Totals               32   4   6   3     5   5             Totals               36   1  10   1     5  10

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 35,376
Left on Base: Mets 7, Phillies 13
DP: Mets 1, Phillies 0
Doubles: Schmidt (19)
Stolen Bases: Staiger (1), Harrelson (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Staiger (1)
GIDP: Oates (3)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan                    3     4   1   1   3   2   0  16   3.55
Myrick W(1-0)           3     3   0   0   2   3   0  13   1.84
Lockwood SV(10)         3     3   0   0   0   5   0  12   2.30
Totals                  9    10   1   1   5  10   0  41

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(6-3)        5     4   4   4   3   3   0  22   3.54
Schueler                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.74
Garber                  2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.04
McGraw                  1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.68
Totals                  9     6   4   4   5   5   0  38

Wild Pitches: Underwood (3), Schueler (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Frank Pulli


METS 1ST: Mangual flied out to right; Boisclair grounded out
(second to first); Milner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

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

METS 2ND: Torre walked; Grote grounded out (third to first)
[Torre to second]; Millan reached on a fielder's choice [Torre
out at third (shortstop to third)]; Staiger popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnstone walked; Maddox singled to right
[Johnstone to third]; Tolan forced Maddox (pitcher to
shortstop); On a bunt Oates struck out; Underwood struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 3RD: Harrelson flied out to center; Swan struck out;
Mangual was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash flied out to right; Bowa singled to left;
Schmidt walked [Bowa to second]; Luzinski popped to first;
Johnstone walked [Bowa to third, Schmidt to second]; Maddox
singled to center [Bowa scored, Schmidt to third, Johnstone to
second]; On a bunt Tolan grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 1.

METS 4TH: Boisclair was called out on strikes; Milner walked;
Torre flied out to center; Grote grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: MYRICK REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Oates struck out;
Underwood was called out on strikes; Cash singled to pitcher;
Bowa flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies
1.

METS 5TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Staiger
singled to left; Harrelson walked [Staiger to second]; Staiger
stole third and Harrelson stole second; Underwood threw a wild
pitch [Staiger scored, Harrelson to third]; Myrick grounded out
(third to first) [Harrelson scored]; Mangual flied out to right;
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Schmidt walked; Luzinski struck out; MARTIN BATTED
FOR JOHNSTONE; Martin flied out to center; Maddox flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 1.

METS 6TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Boisclair singled
to left; Milner singled to right [Boisclair to third]; Torre
singled to right [Boisclair scored, Milner to second]; SCHUELER
REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Schueler threw a wild pitch
[Milner to third, Torre to second]; Grote flied out to right;
Millan was walked intentionally; Staiger hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Milner scored]; Harrelson flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Tolan singled to pitcher; Oates grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Tolan out at
second]; BOONE BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Boone singled to left; Cash
flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 1.

METS 7TH: GARBER REPLACED BOONE (PITCHING); Myrick struck out;
Mangual flied out to center; Boisclair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Bowa walked; LOCKWOOD REPLACED MYRICK (PITCHING);
Schmidt flied out to left; Luzinski flied out to right; HUTTON
BATTED FOR MARTIN; Hutton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 4, Phillies 1.

METS 8TH: HUTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); TOLAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Milner grounded out (shortstop to
first); Torre grounded out (third to first); Grote singled to
left; Millan forced Grote (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Tolan struck
out; Oates singled to right; MCCARVER BATTED FOR GARBER;
McCarver singled to shortstop [Oates to second]; Cash singled to
second [Oates to third, McCarver to second]; BROWN BATTED FOR
BOWA; Brown was called out on strikes; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Mets 4, Phillies 1.

METS 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); HARMON REPLACED
MCCARVER (PLAYING SS); Staiger flied out to right; Harrelson
flied out to center; Lockwood singled to center; Mangual walked
[Lockwood to second]; Boisclair grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: Schmidt struck out; Luzinski grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hutton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 4, Phillies 1.