Making his first start of the season, Wayne Twitchell gained his first victory when the Phillies beat the Mets, 2-0, to complete the sweep of a doubleheader after winning the first game, 7-6, in 11 innings. Greg Luzinski hit a grand-slam homer in the fifth inning of the opener to put the Phillies ahead, 6-4, but the Mets picked up a run in the seventh and tied the score in the ninth on a single by Mike Vail, stolen base by pinch-runner Leon Brown and a single by John Milner. In the 11th, with two out for the Phillies, Jay Johnstone singled and, on a run-and-hit play, scored the deciding run from first base when Garry Maddox singled.

In the nightcap, Twitchell came out the winner, with help from Ron Schueler in the last two innings, when Larry Bowa beat out a bunt in the sixth and Mike Schmidt smashed a homer. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 7, New York Mets 6 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, August    1, 1976 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Phillies     0  2  0    0  4  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   7  8  0
Mets         0  0  0    4  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  -   6 10  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Mangual cf            6   0   1   1     0   2   .251
Bowa ss               5   1   1   0     0   1   .241      Vail rf               3   1   1   0     2   0   .222
Schmidt 3b            3   1   0   0     2   2   .276        Brown pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .240
Luzinski lf           3   2   1   4     1   1   .309        Lockwood p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .417
  Martin lf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Milner lf             6   0   2   1     0   2   .269
Johnstone rf          5   2   2   0     0   0   .320      Torre 1b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Maddox cf             5   0   2   2     0   1   .320        Kranepool ph,1b     2   0   0   1     0   1   .286
Tolan 1b              5   0   0   1     0   2   .247      Grote c               5   1   3   0     0   0   .253
McCarver c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .278        Harrelson pr,ss     0   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Underwood p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Staiger 3b            1   1   0   0     1   1   .221
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Phillips ph,3b      1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Boone ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Millan 2b             4   1   1   2     1   0   .250
  Kaat pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .193      Foster ss             3   1   1   1     1   1   .333
  Reed p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .176        Hodges ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .279
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Apodaca p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .180
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Boisclair ph,rf     1   0   0   0     1   0   .281

Totals               40   7   8   7     3   8             Totals               40   6  10   6     6   9

Time of Game: 3:07
Left on Base: Phillies 3, Mets 10
DP: Phillies 0, Mets 0
Doubles: Maddox (23)
Triples: Millan (2), Mangual (3)
Home Runs: Luzinski (16)
Stolen Bases: Schmidt (9), Brown (1)
Caught Stealing: Bowa (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Staiger (1), Phillips (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Kranepool (3)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood               3.2   6   4   4   2   1   0  19   3.81
Schueler                0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   3.38
Reed                    4.2   2   2   2   1   5   0  17   2.93
McGraw                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.52
Garber W(6-2)           2     1   0   0   2   2   0   9   2.83
Totals                 11    10   6   6   6   9   0  49

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Apodaca                 6     6   6   6   3   4   1  26   2.96
Sanders                 3     0   0   0   0   0   0   9   1.50
Lockwood L(6-6)         2     2   1   1   0   4   0   8   2.48
Totals                 11     8   7   7   3   8   1  43

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


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

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

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski walked; Johnstone singled to center
[Luzinski to second]; Maddox doubled to left [Luzinski scored,
Johnstone to third]; Tolan grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Johnstone scored]; McCarver flied out to left; Underwood lined
to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Torre singled to second; Grote singled to center
[Torre to second]; Staiger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Torre to third, Grote to second]; Millan reached on a
fielder's choice [Torre out at home (third to catcher), Grote to
third]; Foster walked [Millan to second]; Apodaca forced Millan
(third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa singled
to third; Bowa was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Schmidt walked; Schmidt stole second; Luzinski struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Mangual grounded out (shortstop to first); Vail
grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Johnstone grounded out (first to pitcher); Maddox
flied out to right; Tolan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Torre flied out to left; Grote singled to right;
Staiger walked [Grote to second]; Millan tripled to left [Grote
scored, Staiger scored]; Foster singled to center [Millan
scored]; Apodaca grounded out (shortstop to first) [Foster to
second]; Mangual tripled to right [Foster scored]; SCHUELER
REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Vail walked; Milner struck out; 4
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: McCarver grounded out (second to first); BOONE
BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Boone singled to left; KAAT RAN FOR BOONE;
Cash singled to center [Kaat to second]; Bowa forced Cash
(second to shortstop) [Kaat to third]; Schmidt walked [Bowa to
second]; Luzinski homered [Kaat scored, Bowa scored, Schmidt
scored]; Johnstone grounded out (first to pitcher); 4 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Mets 4.

METS 5TH: REED REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Torre struck out; Grote
flied out to center; Staiger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 6, Mets 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Maddox struck out; Tolan grounded out (catcher to
first); McCarver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 6, Mets 4.

METS 6TH: Millan flied out to left; Foster struck out; DWYER
BATTED FOR APODACA; Dwyer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 6, Mets 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: SANDERS REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Reed grounded
out (third to first); Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); Bowa
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Mets 4.

METS 7TH: Mangual grounded out (third to first); Vail walked;
Milner singled to left [Vail to third]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR
TORRE; Kranepool hit a sacrifice fly to center [Vail scored];
Grote lined to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Mets 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: KRANEPOOL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Schmidt
grounded out (shortstop to first); Luzinski grounded out (first
unassisted); Johnstone grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Mets 5.

METS 8TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); PHILLIPS BATTED
FOR STAIGER; Phillips struck out; Millan flied out to center;
Foster flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6,
Mets 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Maddox
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolan grounded out (first
unassisted); McCarver grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Mets 5.

METS 9TH: BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR SANDERS; Boisclair grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mangual struck out; Vail singled to
center; BROWN RAN FOR VAIL; MCGRAW REPLACED REED (PITCHING);
Brown stole second; Milner singled to right [Brown scored];
Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 6, Mets 6.

PHILLIES 10TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); BOISCLAIR
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HUTTON BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Hutton
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash popped to second; Bowa
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Mets 6.

METS 10TH: GARBER REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); Grote singled to
left; HARRELSON RAN FOR GROTE; Phillips out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Harrelson to second]; Millan was walked
intentionally; HODGES BATTED FOR FOSTER; Hodges grounded out
(second to first) [Harrelson to third, Millan to second];
Boisclair was walked intentionally; Mangual struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 6, Mets 6.

PHILLIES 11TH: HARRELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HODGES
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Schmidt struck out; Martin struck
out; Johnstone singled to center; Maddox singled to center
[Johnstone scored]; Tolan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 7, Mets 6.

METS 11TH: Lockwood grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner
flied out to center; Kranepool struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 7, Mets 6.