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. New York Mets 2, San Diego Padres 1Game Played on Wednesday, August 11, 1976 (Night game) at Shea StadiumPadres 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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