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Wednesday August 11, 1976
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The wildness of Tom Griffin loaded the bases in the first inning and Mike Vail capitalized on the opportunity with a two-run double to enable the Mets to defeat the Padres, 2-1. Griffin walked Bruce Boisclair and John Milner and hit Joe Torre with a pitch before Vail rapped his two-bagger.

The Padres counted off Jon Matlack in the fifth on singles by Fred Kendall and Enzo Hernandez around an infield out. Matlack was lifted in the eighth with two men on base and one out. Skip Lockwood relieved and put down the Padres' threat. [The Sporting News]


New York Mets 2, San Diego Padres 1

Game Played on Wednesday, August 11, 1976 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Padres       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0
Mets         2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  5  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grubb lf              5   0   1   0     0   2   .285      Boisclair cf,lf       2   1   0   0     2   0   .272
Hernandez ss          3   0   2   1     0   0   .259      Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .259
W. Davis cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .273      Milner lf             2   1   0   0     2   0   .260
Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .276        Brown cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Ivie 1b               2   0   2   0     2   0   .285      Torre 1b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .312
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Vail rf               4   0   2   2     0   0   .273
Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .249        Mangual pr,rf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  McCovey ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .209      Staiger 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .255
  Kubiak 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Hodges c              3   0   1   0     1   1   .277
Kendall c             3   1   1   0     1   0   .246      Phillips ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .258
Griffin p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Matlack p             3   0   1   0     0   1   .190
  Johnson p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Lockwood p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .385
  Melendez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .240

Totals               33   1   7   1     3   9             Totals               28   2   5   2     7   2

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 15,150
Left on Base: Padres 9, Mets 10
DP: Padres 0, Mets 0
Errors: Boisclair
Doubles: Ivie (15), Vail (3), Hodges (5)
Stolen Bases: W. Davis (12), Boisclair 2 (9), Mangual (22)
Caught Stealing: Mangual (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Hernandez (11)
Hit by Pitch: Torre (4,by Griffin)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin L(6-4)          1.2   1   2   2   5   1   0  12   5.84
Johnson                 4.1   2   0   0   0   1   0  15   5.09
Metzger                 2     2   0   0   2   0   0   9   1.83
Totals                  8     5   2   2   7   2   0  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(12-6)         7     7   1   1   2   5   0  30   2.76
Lockwood SV(13)         2     0   0   0   1   4   0   7   2.78
Totals                  9     7   1   1   3   9   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Griffin (2)

Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - John McSherry


PADRES 1ST: Grubb singled to left; Hernandez out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Grubb to second]; W. Davis flied to
center; Winfield flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Boisclair walked; Boisclair stole second; Millan flied
to center; Milner walked; Torre was hit by a pitch [Boisclair to
third, Milner to second]; Vail doubled to left [Boisclair
scored, Milner scored, Torre to third]; Mike Vail and Tito
Fuentes skirmish after tag at 2B; Staiger popped to catcher
in foul territory; Hodges walked; Phillips popped to shortstop;
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 2.

PADRES 2ND: Ivie singled to left; Fuentes forced Ivie (shortstop
to second); Rader popped to third in foul territory; Kendall
walked [Fuentes to second]; Griffin flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 2.

METS 2ND: Matlack struck out; Boisclair walked; Boisclair stole
second; Millan flied to center; Milner walked; JOHNSON REPLACED
GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Torre grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 2.

PADRES 3RD: Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Hernandez
grounded out (third to first); W. Davis grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 2.

METS 3RD: Vail popped to catcher in foul territory; Staiger
lined to left; Hodges struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Mets 2.

PADRES 4TH: Winfield flied to center; Ivie walked; Fuentes
grounded out (second to first) [Ivie to second]; Rader grounded
out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
0, Mets 2.

METS 4TH: Phillips flied to left; Matlack singled to left;
Boisclair flied to right; Millan forced Matlack (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 2.

PADRES 5TH: Kendall singled to left; Johnson struck out; Grubb
grounded out (second to first) [Kendall to second]; Hernandez
singled to center [Kendall scored, Hernandez to third (error by
Boisclair)]; W. Davis struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
1, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Milner grounded out (second to first); Torre singled
to center; Vail flied to right; Staiger grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 2.

PADRES 6TH: Winfield struck out; Ivie doubled to left; Fuentes
popped to second; Rader struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 1, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Hodges flied to center; Phillips popped to second;
Matlack flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 2.

PADRES 7TH: Kendall flied to center; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR
JOHNSON; Melendez lined to pitcher; Grubb was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: METZGER REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Boisclair flied
to center; Millan grounded out (third to first); Milner lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 2.

PADRES 8TH: BROWN REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING CF); BOISCLAIR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Hernandez singled to left; W.
Davis singled to right [Hernandez to third]; LOCKWOOD REPLACED
MATLACK (PITCHING); Winfield was called out on strikes; W. Davis
stole second; Ivie walked; Fuentes struck out; MCCOVEY BATTED
FOR RADER; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 1,
Mets 2.

METS 8TH: KUBIAK REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 3B); Torre grounded
out (shortstop to first); Vail singled to center; MANGUAL RAN
FOR VAIL; Mangual stole second; Staiger walked; Mangual was
caught stealing third (catcher to third); Hodges doubled to left
[Staiger to third]; Phillips was walked intentionally; Lockwood
lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 2.

PADRES 9TH: MANGUAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Kendall
grounded out (second to first); TURNER BATTED FOR METZGER;
Turner grounded out (second to first); Grubb struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 2.



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