Posting his first shutout of the season, Jerry Koosman pitched the Mets to a 4-0 victory over the Expos. Jerry Grote backed Koosman by hitting his first triple of the year to drive in two of the Mets' three runs in the first inning. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 4, Montreal Expos 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    4, 1976 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Mets         3  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   4  9  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Valentine cf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Mangual cf            2   1   1   0     1   0   .244
Rivera lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .286      Millan 2b             1   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Parrish 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .213        Harrelson ss        3   0   0   0     0   1   .206
Morales c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .346      Vail rf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .250
Williams 1b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .215      Kranepool lf          2   1   1   0     0   0   .280
Carter rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .219        Boisclair lf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Mackanin 2b,ss        3   0   0   0     0   2   .227      Torre 1b              4   1   3   1     0   0   .295
Frias ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .194      Grote c               4   0   1   2     0   0   .251
  Foote ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Staiger 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Garrett 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Phillips ss,2b        3   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Carrithers p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .080      Koosman p             2   1   1   0     1   1   .271
  Lang p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .250
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  White ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     0   8             Totals               31   4   9   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance: 15,016
Left on Base: Expos 3, Mets 6
DP: Expos 0, Mets 1
Doubles: Williams (4), Frias (4), Mangual (11), Vail (1)
Triples: Grote (1)
Caught Stealing: Torre (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Mangual (4)
GIDP: Parrish (10)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carrithers L(5-7)       1     3   3   3   1   1   0   7   4.50
Lang                    5.2   6   1   1   1   2   0  23   4.28
Taylor                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Murray                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.76
Totals                  8     9   4   4   2   3   0  34

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman W(13-7)         9     4   0   0   0   8   0  30   3.14
Totals                  9     4   0   0   0   8   0  30

Wild Pitches: Lang (5)

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


EXPOS 1ST: Valentine flied to right; Rivera singled to right;
Parrish grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Rivera out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Mangual walked; Millan singled to right [Mangual to
second]; Vail struck out; Kranepool forced Millan (second to
shortstop) [Mangual to third]; Torre singled to pitcher [Mangual
scored, Kranepool to second]; Joe Torre's hit off Dan
Carrithers' right ankle, forcing pitcher to leave game after
first inning; Grote tripled to right [Kranepool scored,
Torre scored]; Staiger flied to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Mets 3.

EXPOS 2ND: HARRELSON REPLACED MILLAN (PLAYING SS); PHILLIPS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Morales struck out; Williams
doubled to center; Carter popped to second; Mackanin struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 3.

METS 2ND: LANG REPLACED CARRITHERS (PITCHING); Phillips grounded
out (second to first); Koosman struck out; Mangual doubled to
left; Harrelson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 3.

EXPOS 3RD: Frias doubled to right; On a bunt Lang struck out;
Valentine struck out; Rivera grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 3.

METS 3RD: Vail grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
Kranepool singled to third; Torre singled to right [Kranepool to
second]; Grote popped to third; Staiger forced Torre (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Parrish struck out; Morales grounded out (second to
first); Williams singled to center; Carter forced Williams
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 3.

METS 4TH: Phillips flied to right; Koosman walked; Mangual
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Koosman to
second]; Harrelson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 3.

EXPOS 5TH: BOISCLAIR REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PLAYING LF); Mackanin
struck out; Frias grounded out (shortstop to first); Lang struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 3.

METS 5TH: Vail grounded out (second to first); Boisclair popped
to first; Torre singled to shortstop; Torre was caught stealing
second (pitcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets
3.

EXPOS 6TH: Valentine flied to right; Rivera struck out; Parrish
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Mets 3.

METS 6TH: Grote grounded out (third to first); Staiger popped to
second; Phillips grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 3.

EXPOS 7TH: Morales flied to right; Williams flied to left;
Carter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: Koosman singled to left; Mangual out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Koosman to second]; Harrelson flied to
left; Lang threw a wild pitch [Koosman to third]; Vail doubled
to left [Koosman scored]; TAYLOR REPLACED LANG (PITCHING);
Boisclair flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 4.

EXPOS 8TH: Mackanin grounded out (third to first); FOOTE BATTED
FOR FRIAS; Foote grounded out (pitcher to first); WHITE BATTED
FOR TAYLOR; White flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Mets 4.

METS 8TH: GARRETT REPLACED FOOTE (PLAYING 2B); MACKANIN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); MURRAY REPLACED WHITE (PITCHING); Torre
flied to left; Grote grounded out (first unassisted); Staiger
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Mets 4.

EXPOS 9TH: Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivera
grounded out (shortstop to first); Parrish flied to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 4.