Although faltering in the ninth inning, Jerry Koosman survived a Phillies' rally and pitched the Mets to a 3-2 victory. The Mets scored all their runs off Jim Kaat in the first on a double by Leon Brown, safe bunt by Bruce Boisclair, single by John Milner, sacrifice fly by Joe Torre and single by Felix Millan.

Koosman allowed only two infield hits by Johnny Oates until the ninth when the Phillies struck for their runs with two out on a walk to Mike Schmidt, double by Greg Luzinski and single by Ollie Brown, but Koosman then bore down and retired Jerry Martin on an infield grounder for the final out. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Friday, July      30, 1976 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  4  1
Mets         3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  6  2


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Brown cf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .245
Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   2   .244      Boisclair rf          4   1   1   0     0   2   .289
Schmidt 3b            2   1   0   0     2   0   .279      Milner lf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .261
Luzinski lf           3   1   1   1     1   1   .310        Mangual lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Brown rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .278      Torre 1b              3   0   1   1     0   1   .281
Martin cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Grote c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .248
Boone 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .298      Staiger 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .220
Oates c               3   0   2   0     0   1   .256      Millan 2b             2   0   1   1     1   0   .251
Kaat p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .193      Harrelson ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .209
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Koosman p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .261
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Maddox ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .320
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               30   2   4   2     3   5             Totals               28   3   6   3     3   7

Time of Game: 1:51   Attendance: 26,548
Left on Base: Phillies 4, Mets 5
DP: Phillies 0, Mets 2
Errors: Boone, Staiger, Harrelson
Doubles: Luzinski (23), Brown (2), Torre (7)
Caught Stealing: Brown (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Torre (1)
GIDP: Martin (1), Bowa (9)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat L(10-5)            5     6   3   3   3   2   0  23   2.94
Schueler                2     0   0   0   0   4   0   6   3.42
Garber                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.93
Totals                  8     6   3   3   3   7   0  32

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(12-7)         9     4   2   2   3   5   0  33   3.34
Totals                  9     4   2   2   3   5   0  33

Wild Pitches: Koosman (3)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Bob Engel


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

METS 1ST: Brown doubled to left; Boisclair singled to first
[Brown to third]; Milner singled to right [Brown scored,
Boisclair to third]; Torre hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Boisclair scored]; Grote singled to right [Milner to second];
Staiger popped to first in foul territory; Millan singled to
center [Milner scored, Grote to second]; Harrelson forced Grote
(third unassisted); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski walked; Brown flied out to left; Martin
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Luzinski
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

METS 2ND: Koosman grounded out (second to first); Brown flied
out to center; Boisclair made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone flied out to left; Oates singled to first;
Kaat reached on an error by Staiger [Oates to second]; Cash
flied out to left; Bowa struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 3.

METS 3RD: Boone dropped a foul fly hit by Milner for an error;
Milner grounded out (first to pitcher); Torre doubled to center;
Grote walked; Staiger flied out to center [Torre to third];
Millan walked [Grote to second]; Harrelson grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt walked; Luzinski flied out to center;
Brown forced Schmidt (shortstop to second); Koosman threw a wild
pitch [Brown out at third (catcher to third)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

METS 4TH: Koosman grounded out (shortstop to first); Brown
walked; Brown was caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Boisclair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: Martin flied out to center; Boone popped to
second; Oates struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Mets 3.

METS 5TH: Milner struck out; Torre flied out to right; Grote
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: TAYLOR BATTED FOR KAAT; Taylor grounded out
(second to first); Cash reached on an error by Harrelson; Bowa
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cash
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

METS 6TH: SCHUELER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Staiger struck
out; Millan grounded out (third to first); Harrelson struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Luzinski
struck out; Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: Koosman struck out; Brown grounded out (third to
first); Boisclair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Mets 3.

PHILLIES 8TH: Martin flied out to left; Boone lined to left;
Oates singled to first; MADDOX BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Maddox flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: GARBER REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); Milner grounded out
(second to pitcher); Torre struck out; Grote grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: MANGUAL REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING LF); Cash
grounded out (third to first); Bowa struck out; Schmidt walked;
Luzinski doubled to center [Schmidt scored]; Brown singled to
left [Luzinski scored]; Martin forced Brown (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 3.